Ben Simmons health questions linger over Nets training camp

Brooklyn’s training camp starts Tuesday and won’t wrap up until Opening Night on Oct.23.

And every day from the beginning right to the end, Ben Simmons’ health won’t be a big story.It’ll be the single biggest story. Yes, that says something about how bad, or boring, the Nets could end up being.

But it also speaks to how injury-riddled Simmons’ past few years have been.And though he’s been cleared for the official start of camp — and been among their best players in their pickup games the past month, sources told The Post — the question of whether he can stay on the floor is going to hang over the team. “Being the competitive guy he is, you wish him well and you hope he can get out there on the court.

From what we’ve seen so far with Ben, Ben will be a full go in camp, which for us, that’s exciting to see,” Nets GM Sean Marks said.“And for him, he’s champing at the bit to be able to get out there and contribute.

So this is a big year for him, just like it is for the rest of us.” It’ll be a rebuilding year for the Nets, who have already been together and playing pickup games for weeks to get a head start for new coach Jordi Fernandez. But it’ll be a huge year for Simmons.He’s missed 189 of 246 games over the prior three seasons, and all eight of Brooklyn’s playoff games due to a bad back.

After his nerve impingement returned, Simmons had a season-ending microscopic partial discectomy in March, his second such procedure in three years. Now, with Simmons on a $40.3 million expiring deal and the Nets presumably tanking for the next two seasons, it behooves him to get out on the court and stay healthy.An unrestricted free agent next summer, he needs to earn his next deal, even if it is a massive pay cut. That starts in camp and preseason. “He’ll be full go to start camp,” Fernandez said.

“But we’ll treat him the same way as everybody else.We’ll go through practices, evaluate how everybody feels and then we�...