Wow, a week can really change things. Last week at this time, I was complaining about injuries to Darrell Armstrong and the lackluster play of Vince Carter. Now a week later, the team has continued to get decent offensive production from Antoine Wright and Nachbar Bostjan. That help from the bench, combined with the solid play of Richard Jefferson, the Nets have won three games in a row.

However, to be perfectly honest, this team needs that kind of scoring every night to keep pace with the rest of the teams in the conference. This kind of play lately almost feels like it’s something that isn’t going to be taking place all season. As we all know, Wright has taken his time developing and it feels like he can revert to his old self at any point. Bostjan on the other hand is starting to prove that his solid play from last season was no fluke. However, how long can he keep his play?

Additionally, someone else besides Jason Kidd needs to start getting rebounds on this team. Jefferson and Carter help out in that area as well, but I think Sean Williams, who hasn’t done a thing since his 22-point effort last week against the Heat, and Josh Boone [if he could get some playing time] would be the two main guys that could help the team in that area.

Some think Jamaal Magloire is another guy who would be getting more boards, but averaging almost four a game with the playing time he’s been getting is just fine. Two seasons ago with the Bucks, he was averaging almost 10 rebounds a game playing 30 minutes a game. Asking for more than four in only 13 is a little too much.

Over the last week and change, Nenad Krstic’s playing time has decreased a lot as well. In fact, he hasn’t played the last two games and only played a combined 14 minutes in the two games he played before that. Is he a non-factor in the Nets offensive scheme right now? You can bet on it. At this point, the Nets need to start getting people like Magloire, Boone, Williams and Bostjan as involved in the offense as possible. Even when Krstic is fully healthy, having options on the bench will be extremely helpful when he isn’t effective against the bigger teams in the division.

Well, at least the Nets are starting to get more scoring from players not named Carter, Kidd and Jefferson. With a 7-7 record, the Nets officially have a clean slate. Lets see where they can take things from here.