With David Nwaba joining Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Caris LeVert and Nic Claxton on the injured list, the Nets are decimated. More players will have to step up ... doing different things over longer stretches.
Garrett Temple, for example, played 39 minutes on Saturday and scored 25 points, a lot of them as back-up point guard. Temple’s been doing that all season. So it’s expected. But now, the Nets will have to relay on players who haven’t played that much for whatever reason.
The player most likely to see bigger minutes is Rodions Kurucs, who after starting 46 games —and averaging 8.