Nets’ roster should be healthier after NBA All-Star break

The NBA All-Star interruption can’t travel rapidly capable for the Nets, who participate Saturday’s roadworthy matchup against the Houston Rockets 13th successful the Eastern Conference Standings astatine 15-33.

Barring immoderate further trades — which are surely not retired of the question — they should person a healthier roster implicit the last 28 games of the regular season. Then wide manager Sean Marks tin crook his attraction to the 2025 NBA Draft — and Jordi Fernandez tin absorption connected what comes next.

“He’s been great, and evidently it isn’t casual for him, either,” Nic Claxton said of his caput coach. “We were, you could say, overachieving astatine the opening of the year, past trades happened, things happened, it’s each portion of the business. It hasn’t needfully been casual for immoderate of us, but we’re each figuring it retired and figuring it retired together.”

Cam Thomas, the Nets’ starring scorer astatine 24.7 points per game, hasn’t played since Nov. 25 due to the fact that of a near hamstring strain, but had a follow-up MRI earlier this week that revealed due healing. In a caller wide wounded update, the Nets said Thomas volition proceed to advancement successful idiosyncratic on-court workouts and is expected to instrumentality soon aft the All-Star break.

“Scans were clean,” Fernandez said of Thomas. ” We’re blessed that everything is progressing the close way, and close now, it’s a substance of clip and being diligent and support moving hard and he’s doing it.”

The Nets are 8-11 successful games Thomas has appeared successful this season. They’re minus-2.7 with him connected the tribunal and minus-6.2 with him disconnected it.

Noah Clowney, who suffered a near ankle sprain successful Monday’s nonaccomplishment to the Sacramento Kings, volition stay retired done the All-Star break.

Cam Johnson, who hasn’t played since Jan. 21 due to the fact that of a close ankle sprain, remains day-to-day. He’s already been ruled retired of Saturday’s matchup against Houston and is expected to beryllium re-evaluated sometime adjacent week. The 28-year-old has averaged a career-high 19.4 points per crippled this play and remains 1 of the apical commercialized targets astir the league.

The Nets are 14-21 successful games Johnson has appeared successful this season. They’re minus–3.1 with him connected the tribunal and minus-5.0 with him disconnected it.

“He was successful signifier with his teammates, making definite helium knew everything we’re doing,” Fernandez said of Johnson. “He was not portion of practice… he’s retired [against Houston], and past we’ll spot aft that.”

Day’Ron Sharpe exited Wednesday’ crippled against the Charlotte Hornets aboriginal due to the fact that of near hamstring tightness but was not listed connected Friday’s wounded report. Ben Simmons and Trendon Watford some returned from extended absences earlier successful the week.

“He went done practice, got scanned yesterday,” Fernandez said of Sharpe. “Everything looked good, but we inactive person to measure the discomfort. He went done it, and present we’ll spot however helium feels aft this.”