Before determining just how good (well, bad) his team is, Rod Thorn wants to see them with a healthy Nenad Krstic. Krstic has now missed the last nine games, but is "getting closer" and looking "better" according to Thorn, who admits to being inundated with trade proposals for Jason Kidd since the migraine controversy.
- Krstic's absence tables decisions - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger