With only four games remaining and a playoff birth an almost certain impossibility, the New Jersey Nets still haven’t begun to think about what they’ll do with the pending free agents on their roster come this offseason. “It’s still too early,” team president Rod Thorn told the Bergen Record. “I want to wait until we get to the end and then dispassionately look at the whole thing. Right now, you have opinions about certain guys, but we’ll wait until this is over, see what else is out there, and what the costs are going to be.” Darrell Armstrong, Nenad Krstic, DeSagana Diop and Bostjan Nachbar, the quartet of players in question, represent a huge part of the team’s depth. Armstrong provides veteran leadership but may be expendable if Marcus Williams develops into the type of player the Nets envisioned when they drafted him in the first round a few years ago. Diop is a solid shot blocker who can play both forward and center but, just like Armstrong, could prove to be dispensable if Sean Williams can stay out of foul trouble and guard more efficiently against the pick and roll.

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Three and a half games out of a playoff spot with only seven games left to play, the New Jersey Nets ap­pear to be on a sinking ship with no oars. Originally looking rejuvenated after trading Jason Kidd to the Mav­ericks, the Nets have failed to win down the stretch, going 4-6 in their last ten games. Last week, the team was stress­ing the need to continue their streak of six consecutive seasons in the playoffs. It was almost as if they thought that fate alone would give them a postseason birth. Now, they see things in a much different light.

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