Scans as recently as January 23rd have confirmed that Philadelphia 76ers rookie Ben Simmons’ right foot is not fully healed, reports Keith Pompey of Philly.com:
The first overall pick in last summer’s draft is scheduled to visit the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York as early as Monday to determine if his right foot is fully healed, according to multiple sources.
Sources said that a foot scan on Jan. 23 showed that his foot was not fully healed.
Simmons suffered a Jones fracture in the fifth metatarsal of his foot in late September during training camp.
Originally, Simmons was expected to miss just three months. Recently, rumors of Simmons missing the entire season have materialized.
Simmons is not the first young 76ers big man to be hampered by injuries; Joel Embiid missed his first two seasons with foot injuries, and is now dealing with a knee injury. Nerlens Noel missed a season with a torn ACL. Jahlil Okafor dealt with varying injuries throughout his rookie season as well, though none as serious as Simmons, Embiid’s, or Noel’s.
