According to Marc Spears from Yahoo Sports, the Nets have some interest in Celtics forward-center Glen Davis.

With Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson gone, the team has some holes to plug, but Davis, may not be the answer. The team already has Brook Lopez, Josh Boone, Tony Battie, Sean Williams and Yi Jianlian who can play power forward and center if they have to, so if Davis joins the team, it means one of these guys have to go.

Should be interesting to see where this develops.

No Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson may possibly make the Nets a dull team next season.

A consistent scoring threat, Carter could always be counted on. Anderson was still rough around the edges, but had the capability to be a damn good bench player or someone who could hit a big three and contribute on the boards.

Rafer Alston is going to be a small part of next year’s team, unless Keyon Dooling gets hurt. Courtney Lee is a step up from Bobby Simmons, but it may take him some time to get used to New Jersey. Tony Battie makes the most of his time on the floor and will be a sleeper success in New Jersey. However, when it’s all said and done, the Nets will be lacking the star power and sheer dynamism to win more than 35 games next season.

That is unless Terrance Williams can be the swingman the team is hoping he can be and Devin Harris and Brook Lopez continue to develop. If that happens, then maybe the Nets sneak by a few teams early in the season and unlike this past year, can stay consistent and sneak into the playoffs in an always weak Eastern Conference.

For my taste however, they are still a few pieces away from being a .500 team.

Both part of the Vince Carter deal last month, Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee had two different felings when joining the team.

Alston’s take from Yahoo Sports:

“I’m excited not only to be with the Nets but to be able to play in front of family and friends, and also the opportunity to help a franchise turn things around,” Alston told Yahoo Sports. “I know we have a lot of young athletic guys. That’s one thing I stressed to Kiki (general manager Vandeweghe) and Rod (team president Thorn) is that I’m very excited to be on the court with a lot of young athletic guys, although I’m getting old.

“Most people get down about a trade. I had the opportunity to get traded from a contending team to another contender. Now I have a chance to help a team turn things around,” concluded Alston.

My Thoughts: He could have been shocked, but the guy is obviously adept at handling the media and is ready to play this upcoming season. While his role will most likely be smaller, Alston did a good job here of playing his cool and giving cliché answers. Nevertheless, he should be a good option off the bench.

Lee’s take from Yahoo Sports:
“Going all the way to the Finals on a good team, just expecting to regroup for next year and make it back to the playoffs again, and to get the news that you’ve been traded—it definitely was a shock but it’s one I have to live with,” said Lee.

My Thoughts: He was honest. Most young players say things like this and when they get older, they learn to keep quiet. Overall, I think it was more of the media trying to look for a story here. On my depth chart, Lee looks to get big minutes and while Orlando was the better team, he will have an opportunity to be a better player in New Jersey. After the first few games, he’ll understand that too.

After trading away another key member of their team at the draft for the second consecutive season, the New Jersey Nets’ star power is at all time low.

The Nets say they are trying to get smaller and more athletic, but it looks pretty obvious that they’re looking for as many ways to shed salary as possible.

“With Williams and Lee and Devin we have three guys who can handle the ball and are very, very quick. I’m sure we’ll play them together a lot,” Nets President Rod Thorn told the Associated Press. “We think we’ve got a real nice cadre of young players that have a lot of talent. Not only are they young but they have talent. We have some great athletes now and we think that’s the way the league’s going. I don’t think we’re a finished product. I think you’ll see us do other things between now and the start of the season.”

Notice how Thorn repeated himself in that quote? It’s almost as if he’s trying to assure himself as well.

If you’re trying to build a young and talented team, why trade Ryan Anderson and leave Yi Jianlian to middle his way through another NBA season? The guy has as much passion as a pet rock and is about the same in terms of agility.

Saving money is one thing, but getting rid of your leading scorer and forcing this team to rise above it again may be asking too much. The fact that the team hung in the playoff picture as long as they did last season was a miracle, especially since they had no real small forward or power forward most of the season and rookie center, who thankfully was able to grow and develop.

Asking it to happen again is an absolute impossibility.

Forcing more youngsters to come in and play big minutes right away for a second consecutive season, the Nets are rebuilding.

Make no mistakes about it.

The only team that doesn’t know it or is unwilling to admit it is them.

So while there is a possibility they make another move or so, don’t expect one; the real work will come in 2010-11, forcing fans to wait through another disappointing season.