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Achilles Tear Cuts Short Simmons Comeback
A torn Achilles arrives just as the player had begun to show progress recovering from multiple back procedures.
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Setback Arrives on Eve of Season
The Achilles injury landed heavily because it arrived after Simmons had begun answering doubts about his commitment. He had been working back from back problems that included a microdiscectomy and a second operation. Those issues caused him to miss thirty eight straight games in one stretch. The latest problem ends any chance to see whether he could regain his earlier level before the new campaign starts.
Early Career Peak
As a rookie he averaged at least fifteen points eight rebounds and eight assists while shooting better than fifty percent. He posted twelve triple doubles that year second only to one earlier player total of twenty six. Those numbers helped him earn three straight All Star nods from two thousand nineteen to two thousand twenty one along with All Defensive First Team honors in two thousand twenty and two thousand twenty one.
Contract and International Path
He signed a five year one hundred seventy million dollar extension in two thousand nineteen. Earlier he had been the first Australian to win Rookie of the Year and to earn All Star status. A broken foot in training camp in two thousand sixteen had already cost him an entire rookie year yet he still built the strongest peak any Australian has reached in the league.
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