Can Ben Simmons be the Brooklyn Nets 2023-2024 Season X-Factor?
The NBA 2023-2024 Season will begin this October. The offseason is currently in full effect for all 30 teams. Every team has a x-factor. The Brooklyn Nets will enter the new season as a rebuilding team. They no longer feature a Super Star duo of Kevin Durrant and Kyrie Irving. However, they have a former All Star in Ben Simmons. Simmons is coming off of injury plagued season. He is a former number one pick, multi All Star and all deffensive player. He only played in 42 games out of the 82 regular season and missed the playoffs. He played like a shell of himself in the 42 games, averaging fewer than 8 points per game. Prior to his season ending injury, the Nets began the second half of the season with a new starting five of Nic Claxton, Mikal Bridges, Dorian Finey Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie and Cam Johnson. Simmons played only 4 games with Spencer Dinwidie and Dorian Finey Smith following the Kyrie irving trade. Simmons also only played 3 games with Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson ...