Report: Ben Simmons To Have Scan On Right Foot
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Ben Simmons will have another bone scan on his right foot on Tuesday, according to 94WIP's Howard Eskin.
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Hopefully, it's the final one.
Big day for #Sixers @BenSimmons25. Sources tell me will have a bone scan 2day right foot to determine if it's fully healed. @SportsRadioWIP
— Howard Eskin (@howardeskin) April 11, 2017
Listen: Howard Eskin on the 94WIP Morning Show
The Sixers could announce Simmons' foot is fully healed and he's ready to begin playing basketball.
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"If they say anything," Eskin joked.
@BenSimmons25 with the underarm shots pre-game. pic.twitter.com/wPy7WCDnKQ
— Sam Bauer (@sam__bauer) April 10, 2017
Simmons, who turns 21 in July, was the Sixers' first overall pick last season. He missed the entire 2016-17 campaign after suffering a fracture of the fifth metatarsal bone of his right foot on September 30th, just before the start of the preseason.