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.

One of the first things that new Nets’ owner Mikhail Prokhorov did was inform head coach Kiki Vandeweghe that his services were no longer needed. Vandeweghe came down from the front office to replace Lawrence Frank as the head coach in season and he was 12-52 (18.8%). Prokhorov probably wants a high profile coach who will help him lure free agents to New Jersey as they have a lot of cap space available.

22-year old center Brook Lopez is developing into one of the best centers in the NBA at a rapid pace. The 7′0″, 265 pound Lopez played in 82 games (all starts) for the Nets last season and he averaged 36.9 minutes, 18.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.7 blocks per game. Lopez was not influenced at all by a lack of talent around him as he came to play every night despite the Nets being one of the worst teams in NBA history last season. He has played in 164 games (156 starts) in his two years with the Nets and he has averaged 33.7 minutes, 15.9 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.8 blocked shots per game. Lopez is also a good shooter as he has hit 51.2% of his shots from the floor in his NBA career and he has also cashed in on 81% of his free throws. Lopez is very durable as he has yet to miss a game in his short NBA career so the Nets can depend on him. Now they just need to get him some help over the summer.

22-year old SF/SG Terrence Williams finished the season strong for the Nets. In March & April, Williams played in 22 games in which he averaged 31.2 minutes, 14.2 points, 6.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game. Overall, this year Williams played in 78 games (9 starts) in which he averaged 22.6 minutes, 8.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. Williams is looking like he will be a big part of the Nets’ future as long as he keeps his head on straight.