Nets provide updates on Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, T.J. Warren

Nets acting head coach Jacque Vaughn told reporters that Ben Simmons continues to deal with left knee soreness and swelling, and he won’t travel with the team for its next two road games (Twitter link via ESPN’s Nick Friedell). The Nets face the Wizards on Friday followed by the Hornets on Saturday.

Simmons will have missed four consecutive games with the knee issue after Saturday’s contest. He has struggled to regain his prior form early on this season after missing the entire 2021-22 campaign for various reasons, including a lengthy holdout with Philadelphia, mental health issues and a herniated disc in his back, which later required surgery.

Vaughn said that guard Seth Curry, who has been limited to one regular-season game in ’22-23 after offseason ankle surgery, will play one of the two road games. Vaughn also provided an update on forward T.J. Warren, who is making progress but has yet to scrimmage with the team, Alex Schiffer of The Athletic tweets.

Warren has appeared in just four games since 2020 after sustaining consecutive stress fractures in his left foot. It was anticipated that he wouldn’t return until November at earliest, so it’s hard to read too much into Vaughn’s statement beyond the fact that Warren almost certainly won’t play before practicing at least a couple times first.