Report: Nets Expected to Explore Ben Simmons Trade in Off-Season

The Ben Simmons experiment may be coming to an end in Brooklyn

The Ben Simmons experiment may be coming to an end in Brooklyn. While there was much promise about Simmons returning to form in Brooklyn, that just hasn't happened. According to a report from Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports, it seems like the Nets will explore trading Simmons in the off-season.

Here is the exact excerpt from Fischer's article:

"What becomes of Simmons and the final two years and nearly $80 million remaining on his contract after this season is of course another dynamic to monitor in Brooklyn. The Nets are widely expected to gauge what trade market could materialize for Simmons after his disappointing campaign comes to a close. The three-time All-Star is still far from the form he exhibited during his best days in Philadelphia."

Simmons is averaging 3.2 points, 4.4 assists, and 3.8 assists in his last five games with the Brooklyn Nets. His minutes are starting to diminish and head coach Jacques Vaughn even publicly admitted that's becoming hard to fit him in the roster after the Kevin Durant trade.

"You put another big next to Ben, then you got to figure out what the spacing is around him," Vaugn said. "Then if you put another playmaker next to him, then you got to figure out what Ben looks like without the basketball. Then if you go small with Ben, then you have to figure out can you rebound enough with him? So the challenges are ahead of us," he said postgame. "We'll look them head-on. We'll figure it out."

It's a very unfortunate situation for Simmons where it's looking like he may legitimately never return to the form he once was. At this point, we've seen other players like Kawhi Leonard and Jamal Murray return to who they were after being out for over a season. At some point, you have to run out of patience for that return.

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