For the first time in 50 games Spencer Dinwiddie, D’Angelo Russell, and Caris LeVert will all be active. This will be the first Nets game since October of 2017 that no player on the roster is injured. DeMarre Carroll started the season injured for the Nets followed by Treveon Graham, Caris LeVert, Joe Harris, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson, and Rodions Kurucs. Dzanan Musa was the only Nets player who showed up on the HSS Special Report, not because of injury but because of a G-League assignment. Coach Kenny Atkinson will face some tough decisions with regards to the rotation in the coming games. The Nets need Spencer Dinwiddie back in the rotation, which means Shabazz Napier’s minutes will go down drastically and it’s possible he may not have a spot in the rotation. Napier may face the same fate that Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Jared Dudley have faced over the past week. Both RHJ and Dudley started multiple games for the Nets this season, but lost their spots in the rotation to Treveon Graham, DeMarre Carroll, and Rodions Kurcus.

Over the past 2 seasons the Nets have played an array of players because their games did not matter, but things are different this year. The Nets are in the heart of a playoff run, and can not afford to play 10-12 players in a given game. The Nets are gonna play who ever is hot, and hope that that player can ride them into late April basketball. The Nets being fully healthy allows Kenny to get creative with his rotations. Kenny can match certain players like Russell and Dinwiddie together and leave LeVert by himself, or he can keep Russell and LeVert together and let Dinwiddie run the second unit. Late in games Kenny can just play the guy with the hot hand instead of being forced to play a struggling player just because of his talent (see LeVert since his return). Early in the season LeVert was closing games, then Dinwiddie took over when he got hurt, and then Dinwiddie and Russell took turns up until Dinwiddie went down. Russell is the finisher for the Nets, but Coach Atkinson now has choices if D’Angelo has a rare off game. The Nets return to health could not have come at a better time, as the Nets have crucial Eastern Conference matchups before heading out West for a 7 game road trip. All in all, the Nets return to health should guide them to the playoffs.

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