The Nets released Shawne Williams before he even played a game for them after coming over earlier this week from the Mavericks in the Eduardo Najera trade. Williams was indicted by the Grand Jury on 8 drug charges. The Nets didn’t want Williams anywhere near the young roster they have right now.

The Nets have released 23-year old F/C Sean Williams to make room on the roster for Shawne Williams and Kris Humphries. Sean Williams played in 20 games (0 starts) for the Nets this season and he is averaging 11.4 minutes, 2.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 0.1 assists per game. He has now played in 126 games (29 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 14.8 minutes, 4.3 points, 3.6 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. The Nets have just grown tired of Williams’ antics both on and off the court.

The Nets have traded 33-year old forward Eduardo Najera to the Maverics for 24-year old power forward Kris Humphries and 23-year old small forward Shawne Williams. Najera played in 13 games (2 starts) for the Nets this season and he averaged 15.7 minutes, 3.8 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. Kris Humphries is the key of this trade from the Nets point of view. He played in 25 games (0 starts) for the Mavericks this season and he averaged 12.6 minutes, 5.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. He has now played in 313 games (8 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 11.7 minutes, 4.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.4 assists per game. Shawne Williams has not played at all this season. He has played in 126 games (6 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 13.4 minutes, 5.2 points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Williams was a first round pick so the Nets are holding out some hope that he hasn’t reached his potential yet. Humphries was the key to the deal though as he will back up Yi Jianlian the rest of the year for the Nets.

The Nets have acquired 26-year old point guard Chris Quinn, a 2012 second round pick and cash for a heavily protected 2010 draft pick. Quinn has not played this season in the NBA. He played in 66 games last season for the Heat and he averaged 14.6 minutes, 5.1 points, 1.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game. Quinn has now played in 168 games (26 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 16.1 minutes, 5.6 points, 1.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. His main asset on offense is his three point shooting as he has hit 39.7% of his shots from that range in his NBA career. This was a good move for the Nets as Quinn is cheaper than Rafer Alston and he has a lot of the same skills.

The New Jersey Nets have fired head coach Lawrence Frank. Frank led the Nets to a 0-16 record this season. He coached seven years for the Nets compiling a 225-241 record (48.3%) and he was 18-20 in the playoffs. Tom Barrise will coach the Nets tonight against the Lakers in L.A. as they will be trying to avoid tying the 1988-89 Miami Heat and the 1999 Los Angeles Clippers for the most consecutive losses to open a season with 17. The Nets will likely make a decision early next week as to whether Barrise will keep the job or if they will hire someone to replace him. This season is quite a mess for the Nets and Frank was lucky to get out of town.