PHILADELPHIA -- Ben Simmons took a spot in the Philadelphia 76ers locker room instead of the starting lineup on opening night.Simmons, the 2016 No. 1 overall draft pick, hoped to return at some point this season from a broken bone in his right foot and said he was never involved in any discussion about sitting out the season.Ill come back when Im ready, Simmons said.Simmons was expected to become the franchise player for a forlorn Sixers team coming off a 10-72 season. Simmons instead attended the season opener on Wednesday in street clothes and was set to watch the game against Oklahoma City from the locker room.Simmons was injured last month during a training camp scrimmage. The Australian forward played at LSU last season.As soon as I get out there, Id love to play, he said.Simmons injury was the latest blow to a franchise that has been beset in recent years by injuries to their players. Joel Embiid was set to make his regular-season debut two years after he was the No. 3 overall pick of the 2014 draft. Embiid sat out with right foot injuries and was expected to be limited to just 20 minutes against the Thunder.Nerlens Noel underwent recent surgery on his left knee and will miss at least another month. Jahlil Okafor, last seasons leading scorer and second-leading rebounder, is coming off knee surgery and would be limited to 12 to 14 minutes a game.Simmons said he would use the time off to work on his shooting.Ill have my first game eventually, he said. My time will come.Simmons became an instant fan favorite before he ever played a game and expectations were high that he was the cornerstone player that could eventually help turn the Sixers into playoff contenders. Simmons, the 6-foot-10, 250-pound forward out of LSU, was Philadelphias first No. 1 pick since they drafted Allen Iverson in 1996.Simmons, who grew up in Australia before moving to Florida for three years of high school at Montverde Academy, signed a $20 million sneaker deal with Nike before the draft.Im just ready to get back, he said. Im looking forward to just rehabbing every day and getting stronger. I want to be the best at what Im doing now and thats rehab. As long as I can do that, Ill think I can be fine. Fake College Jerseys From China . -- About a third of the way through the regular season, the Washington Wizards are at . Fake College Basketball Jerseys . -- Los Angeles Lakers guard Jordan Farmar will be out for roughly four weeks after tearing his left hamstring. https://www.fakecollegejerseys.com/ . Ryan Garbutt had a goal and two assists as Dallas snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Tuesday night. Cheap College Jerseys .1 million pounds ($61.2 million) on Saturday, giving the beleaguered English Premier League champions a major lift. Wholesale College Jerseys . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. Let us know which side youre on for UFC 167 use the hashtag #TeamLynch or #TeamJC on Twitter. RENO, Nev. -- Ty Gangi scored on a 6-yard run with five seconds left, completing a 13-point, fourth-quarter comeback and lifting Nevada over Utah State 38-37 on Saturday night.With 11 seconds remaining, Nevada faced fourth-and-goal with no timeouts and trailing 37-31. Gangi faked the handoff to the running back, rolled to his right looking to pass, then saw an opening to run up the middle and sprinted untouched into the end zone for the tying score.Spencer Pettits ensuing PAT gave the Wolf Pack a 38-37 lead.Utah State (3-8 Mountain West, 1-7) led 37-24 with 77:50 left in the fourth quarter after Dominik Eberles third field goal.dddddddddddd. Nevada went three-and-out, but Utah State fumbled the punt, and it bounced into the end zone where Elijah Mitchell recovered it for the touchdown to pull within 37-31.Kent Myers passed for 127 yards and rushed for 90 yards and two scores for the Aggies. Tonny Lindsey had 168 yards rushing, including a 68-yard TD.Utah State outgained Nevada 523-341. ' ' '