Ben Simmons was forced out by a nagging knee injury during the Nets' loss to the Magic on Sunday at Barclays Center.

On Friday evening, the Brooklyn Nets hosted the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center. The Nets lost by a score of 123-100 to fall to 9-11 in their first 20 games o

This was the aggressiveness that Jordi Fernandez wanted. That Ben Simmons had lacked. That the Nets needed for their offense to click and inch closer to its potential, especially with leading scorer Cam Thomas out of the lineup with lower back tightness.

The Nets could move on from a struggling guard and complete a game-changing in-season trade for a Chicago Bulls superstar to help them turn the corner as a franchise. “For the Nets, the appeal of (Zach) LaVine is obvious,