A major blow to the New Jersey Nets

By David
Kaye

Nets center Nenad Krstic suffered a torn ACL in his left knee during his teams loss last night at home against the Lakers.

Krstic will be out for the duration of the season and this leaves a major gap up front for the Nets. They will dearly miss his 16.4 PPG, 6.8 RPB and his 52.6% shooting from the field.

Even with the likes of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson on their team, New Jersey has faltered to a disappointing 11 and 15 mark through the first 26 games. Luckily for them, they play in the Eastern Conference and most notably the Atlantic division, so reaching the playoffs will not be a problem.

Unfourtanetly, the aspirations of seriously contending in the East were crushed after Krstic's injury. Unless Rod Thorn makes a move by the trade deadline to acquire a scoring big man, Jason Kidd and the up tempo Nets will be silenced come playoff time.