The Nets have traded 23-year old shooting guard Chris Douglas-Roberts to the Nets for a 2nd round pick in 2012. Douglas-Roberts played in 67 games (38 starts) last season for the Nets and he averaged 25.8 minutes, 9.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game. He played in 111 games (41 starts) in his two years with the Nets and he averaged 20.8 minutes, 7.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. I don’t like this move for the Nets unless it’s part of a bigger plan to clear cap space to bring in free agents.

The Nets have signed 45-year old Avery Johnson to be the new head coach. Details have not been released yet. Johnson last coached in 2007-08 with the Dallas Mavericks. Johnson has a career record of 194-70 (73.5) during the regular season. He is also 23-24 (48.9%) in the post season in his NBA career. He led the Mavericks to the NBA Finals during the 2005-06 where they were defeated 4-2 by the Heat. He won the Coach of the Year Award that season.

With the Nets getting the #3 selection in the NBA Draft it makes perfect sense that they will keep 27-year old point guard Devin Harris. If the Nets had won the lottery they would have likely drafted John Wall out of Kentucky and traded Harris. Harris played in 64 games (61 starts) for the Nets last season and he averaged 34.7 minutes, 16.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. He has now played in 158 games (152 starts) in his three years with the Nets and he has averaged 35.1 minutes, 18.6 points, 3.3 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game. The Nets should see by now that Harris is a player to build around not one to trade unless they get an offer that they can’t refuse.

I see the Nets letting most of their 8 free agents (6 unrestricted, 2 restricted) leave town as they look to reload the roster. Power forward Kris Humphries is a unrestricted free agent with a player option for 2010-11. It will be interesting to see if he opts out or not but I have a feeling he’ll want to stay with the Nets. I don’t see the Nets bringing back any of their other unrestricted free agents likely letting Tony Battie, Trenton Hassell, Jarvis Hayes, Bobby Simmons and Chris Quinn walk away. Josh Boone is a restricted free agent and I see him walking away if he gets a big offer to go somewhere else. I do see the Nets picking up their player option on Chris Douglas-Roberts for next season as he is a decent player who works cheap.

25-year old power forward Kris Humphries has been quite a find for the Nets. He came to them in a trade with the Mavericks during last season. Humphries played in 44 games (0 starts) for the Nets last season in which he averaged 20.6 minutes, 8.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. He played in 69 games (0 starts) combined for the Mavs & Nets last season in which he averaged 17.7 minutes, 7.1 points, 5.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. I think that Humphries could really be a asset for the Nets in the near future and I think he could get more P.T. in 2010-11 depending on if the Nets add at power forward or not. He has now played in 357 games (8 starts) in his NBA career and he has averaged 12.8 minutes, 4.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.

UPDATE: (6/29/2010) - Kris Humphries has picked up his player option for the 2010-11 season valued at $3.2 million bucks.