When your in the midst of a four-game losing streak, the last team you want to face is a team as dangerous as the San Antonio Spurs.

However, it’s impossible to know when a team is going to struggle when the schedules are made, so the Nets will either have to rise above the adversity beleaguering them, by playing hard and consistent basketball for 48 minutes or, much like they have over the past four games, give up leads and forget how to play defense and score in the third and fourth quarter.

The choice will ultimately be up to them.

Williams back from D-League- After an eight-game stint with the team’s affiliate in the developmental league, second year center Sean Williams is back with the team. How much they’ll use him is totally up in the air. With Brook Lopez needing minutes and Josh Boone being a dependable understudy, Williams would best be used in a trade to bolster the bench, which has let them down on occasion this season, causing Vince Carter and Devin Harris to be collectively benched on Saturday.

That of course is a story for perhaps another time, but at the very least, the Nets should consider benching people that aren’t producing half of the team’s offense every night and doing everything they can to keep this team afloat.

Simmons Trade Rumors- Averaging just eight points a game in 26 minutes of action a night, Bobby Simmons has not been the replacement for Richard Jefferson the team has needed. With the rumors of a possible trade with the Bulls for Larry Hughes in the works, the Nets have an opportunity to bolster their team and add some some spunk in the process. I know some aren’t exactly big fans of Hughes, but the fact of the matter is a simple one. He’s a better player than Simmons and has energy. With Harris running around like a lunatic every game and Hughes feeding off of that, Carter will have more space as well. Once Yi Jianlian comes back healthy, the Nets will be one step closer to assuring themselves of a playoff spot.

While Vandeweghe won’t directly assess the rumors, he did make an interesting comment the other day that alone may show that the Nets are serious about getting into the playoffs and making their team better.

“You’re always trying to canvass the league and find out what everyone’s doing and you’re trying to improve your team, with goals in mind,” general manager Kiki Vandeweghe told the Associated Press. “What we’ve talked about is we’re not going to look to band-aid solutions and whatever we do will be sticking towards the plan.”