re: Ben Simmons out for the year with a back injury

I hadn’t heard about origins of back injury previously. I recently read about Larry Bird’s lifelong back problems starting when he decided to do some home project (maybe driveway paving?) himself rather than pay someone.

Bird was never close to same. I’ve never had severe back issues but definitely play basketball more passive with even the slightest lower back soreness.

Simmons put up pretty good stats at LSU for that season but didn’t seem to be a leader or have a killer instinct.