Ten games into the season and the Nets have already started to go into the well of the free-agent pool to sign players to replace injured ones. After Darrell Armstrong’s thigh injury on Wednesday against the Celtics, the Nets were forced to sign Eddie Gill. For those of you who have already forgotten Gill’s AMAZING preseason with the team, the guy was cut after four games for a reason.

I can’t believe I’m going to say this, but when is Marcus Williams coming back? At this point, I would have rather had David Wesley playing out of position or Robert Hite playing there than Gill. I know it’s only about 10 minutes a game this guy is going to have coming off the bench, but those 10 minutes looked a lot better with a veteran like Armstrong than with someone who doesn’t have a great shot or good passing ability or ability to help on the boards.

However, while that injury will hurt the Nets Vince Carter’s may hurt them more, depending on what they do on offense without him. Before his injury, the guy wasn’t shooting effectively at all, shooting barely 39 percent from the field. Definitely not what the Nets needed from Carter this year. With Jason Kidd not scoring at his usual 13 point clip and missing shots as well, the Nets have been hard pressed for offense from other sources.

Luckily [I can’t believe I’m about to say this] Antoine Wright has scored 14 points in both of his last two games and Sean Williams is starting show fans why the team drafted him in the first round considering all the off the court problems he had.

Scoring 22 points against the Heat the other night, Williams looked strong in the low post, but needs to be more of a force away from the basketball there and start hitting more free throws before he truly starts to blossom. This team isn’t rebounding nearly as much as they need to lately and if the rookie steps up his game, he can help change things. Every knowledgeable basketball fan knows that good teams rebound well and in order for the Nets to crack this dry spell, they have to start busting their rumps on the boards. Nenad Krstic was never a force on the boards and the way he has played as of late, Williams may be getting more playing time until the seven-foot Yugoslavian is 100 percent and can start scoring again.

Earlier in the season, I thought the Nets would bring Williams along slowly, instead relying on free agent pickup Jamal Magloire to play the majority of the backup minutes. That hasn’t happened yet. The way the past week has gone for the Nets, you have to wonder what’s going to happen next.