There are soon going to be two Nets point guards 25 or younger.
There probably is also going to be only one Net playing major minutes who isolder than 28.
With Jason Kidd gone – and 29-year-old big men Malik Allen and Jason Collins having departed as well – the Nets are loaded with youth.
Other than 31-year-old Vince Carter, every key player is between the ages of 21 and 28.
Even Richard Jefferson, who’s in his seventh season, is just 27.
Saturday night at the Meadowlands, the Nets’ kids formed into a winning unit versus Indiana.
Second-year center Josh Boone, 23, put up 19 points, 13 boards and two blocks. Second-year point guard 23-year-old Marcus Williams, who’s starting while Kidd’s replacement, Devin Harris, is hurt, rang up 13 assists along with eight points and seven rebounds.
Take a look at the difference in the Nets roster with Kidd gone to Dallas. They went from being the seventh-oldest club in the league to the 14th.
“I think in the next couple of years, it’s really going to show that all these young guys are going to start to develop,” said Boone.
Boone has totaled more double-doubles this year than every second-year player in the league other than Portland’s LaMarcus Aldridge.
Williams will be backing up Harris, the 25-year-old point guard who came from Dallas in the Kidd exchange.
But Williams has quite a bit of skill himself. The 22-year-old tallied 25 points, five assists and two steals Wednesday.
Asked about Williams still getting a lot of minutes even when Harris returns from his sprained ankle, coach Lawrence Frank said, “It’s on me to find minutes for the guys who are playing well.”
Up front, the Nets not only have Boone and Jefferson but plenty of other talented young players. The 21-year-old rookie Sean Williams (6-foot-10 and athletic) often is the first player off the bench.
And 7-footer Nenad Krstic, 24, is back after tearing his ACL last year.