Along with DeSagana Diop, Nenad Krstic, Darrell Armstrong and Boki Nachbar, the Nets have four players that will all be valuable to other teams this offseason. Diop is a great second option off the bench for rebound and blocks. Armstrong is a good leader and can be a great teacher for a young point guard. Krstic, despite injuries, still has a ton of potential and can still be a dependable starter in this league. However, I think Nachbar is someone the Nets can’t afford to part ways with. The development of Sean Williams and Josh Boone will limit the playing time of a guy like Diop and there’s no telling of Krstic will ever be the same player again. With Devin Harris continuing to prove he’s capable of being the newest member of the “Big Three” and Marcus Williams eager to put last season behind him, Armstrong may find himself the odd man out as well.

Nachbar on the other hand, is a dependable scorer off the bench who can and will produce if given more of an opportunity. He plays with his heart on his sleeve every night and while he is an extremely streaky shooter, he’s someone that every team in the NBA would want to have and a player that the Nets need coming off the bench.

“When you’re trying to assess players, the ones who care and the ones who give you all they have are valuable,” Thorn told the Star Ledger during the trading deadline, when some people expected Nachbar to be dealt. “Certainly you take that into consideration. It says a lot about him that he’s still out there playing. Even though our chances don’t look very good right now, he’s still out there competing. But that’s the kind of guy Boki is.”

Injured during the playoff stretch, Nachbar continued to play the same way he played all season and while the Nets didn’t make the playoffs, I don’t think Nachbar has anything to be ashamed of.

“If it were a December thing, I’d take off. But now is not the time to do it, so I’m willing to suck it up a little bit and hope for the best,” Nachbar said. “This team has given me so much, it would be unfair for me to shut it down right now when it’s the most important part of the season.”

Hopefully the Nets can give Nachbar another contract so he can prove how good he can be when he’s healthy.