Cam Johnson’s closing recreation as a Web might have already occurred.
The star ahead and staff’s second-leading scorer, who has missed the previous two video games with a re-aggravated proper ankle sprain, sat out Monday’s 110-96 loss to the Kings and will likely be reevaluated subsequent week, mentioned coach Jordi Fernandez.
Johnson will miss the following two video games — at Charlotte and at Houston — this week, which leaves solely two extra video games to play earlier than the commerce deadline on Feb. 6.
“He’ll be reevaluated I think next week. He’s out right now,” Fernandez mentioned earlier than tipoff at Barclays Heart on Monday. “Obviously we want him to get that ankle right. He was good when he came back, it’s just like he tweaked it again twice. And again, it’s unlucky, but we just want to make sure that now it’s strong enough that he’ll be able to play through things and he’s 100 percent. Obviously, we want him back. We love having Cam Johnson, because you guys know his leadership and also the impact he has for us, but right now this is the situation that we have to deal with.”
Johnson is the newest Web whose identify has come up in commerce rumors following the departures of Dorian Finney-Smith and Dennis Schroder.
One of many groups Johnson has been linked to is Sacramento.
Johnson initially injured his ankle within the closing seconds of the Nets’ 113-110 win over the Bucks on Jan. 2 whereas coming down with a rebound.
The harm sidelined him for 5 video games, till his return in opposition to Portland on Jan. 14, when he scored 24 factors. He re-injured the ankle in a loss to the Knicks on Jan. 21.
Noah Clowney exited late within the second quarter with what seemed to be a left ankle harm and was ultimately dominated out for the rest of the sport.
Following the Nets’ seventh straight loss, Fernandez didn’t have an replace on the younger ahead.
Clowney went up for a rebound, didn’t come down with it, and landed on Domantas Sabonis’ foot. He went down in what seemed to be lots of ache and was holding his left leg. He was helped off the courtroom by the coaching workers.
Cam Thomas is about to endure scans on his injured left hamstring Wednesday, Fernandez mentioned. Following that, the Nets will present a timeline for his return.
Thomas, who’s the staff’s prime scorer, averaging 24.7 factors, has missed the previous 13 video games.
Ben Simmons (decrease again soreness), Bojan Bogdanovic (left foot harm restoration), Johnson (proper ankle sprain), Maxwell Lewis (left tibia fracture), Thomas (left hamstring pressure), Trendon Watford (left hamstring pressure) all sat out in opposition to the Kings on Monday.