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The Nets are closer to a title in terms of talent. The Knicks have some stability and future. But both teams still are flawed.

Irving played in only 29 games this season, missing almost every home game because of his vaccination status.

Brooklyn is hoping that he is fully recovered before the start of training camp this fall.

Simmons will have a microdiscectomy, in which a small fragment of the disk is removed.

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Talented guard's vaccination status hovers over a sour season.

Steve Nash said he is not disappointed in Simmons, whose back injury has prevented him from playing.

No one in the league is a better scorer and no one has been asked to do more for his team (and country) than Durant has this year.

The Nets reduced a 15-point deficit to one, but had another season end in disappointment.

Kyrie Irving played on the Cavs team that rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals, but realizes this is different.

ESPN reported that Ben Simmons said his back pain has returned.