Kevin Garnett has quietly missed the last nine games because of back spasms, and according to Jason Kidd on Monday, he'll miss at least three more this week.
Garnett will miss Monday's game against the Suns, Wednesday against the Bobcats and Friday against the Celtics.
Kidd said there hasn't been a setback for Garnett, but that it's just been a day-to-day situation where he hasn't improved enough to play. The team says Garnett will then be re-evaluated to determine whether he'll travel with the team on Saturday.
Without Garnett in the last eight games, the Nets are 6-2.
Garnett, 37, is averaging 6.7 points and 6.7 rebounds in 49 games this season.
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Andrew Bynum out Monday for Pacers with swelling in knee
Andrew Bynum has been back on an NBA court for all of a week, playing in two games, he has averaged 11.5 points and 9.5 rebounds a game. He played 20 minutes Saturday night in Detroit.
That was enough to lead to swelling in his knee, which will keep him out Monday night against the Sixers, coach Frank Vogel announced.
“[He] had some swelling,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said pregame, “so they did an MRI with him today and we’ll know more in the next couple of days.”
It’s not a big surprise — right now when Bynum is on the court he gives a team some offense and rebounding, a big body but not much else on defense (his recognition and rotations are slow, as you would expect of a guy who has played little in recent years). But he is just not going to be on the court consistently.
“This is what we signed up for,” Vogel said of the situation. “We knew he’s a great player with some problem area knees. He’s going to be in sometimes, he’s going to be out sometimes. We’re fully aware of that and we’ll be excited for whenever we have him in uniform.”
When they need him in uniform is the playoffs.
Ian Mahinmi will be back from bruised ribs and will resume his role as Roy Hibbert’s backup.
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