Getting harder for Nets to bank on Brook
Oft-Injured Center Could Put a Crimp in Hollins’ ‘Big’ Plans
Brook Lopez and the Nets are being cautiously optimistic about the former All-Star center’s latest injury to his lower extremities.
Both parties are doubtlessly hoping that what is being characterized as a “mild sprain” slated to sideline the 7-footer from Stanford for two weeks doesn’t become another season-ending fracture to his right foot.
Combining 2011-12 (the season before the Nets arrived in Brooklyn) and last year, Lopez played a grand total of 22 games due to a break in the same foot, and an issue with his ankle as well.