Depleted Nets plan restart

New York

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving aren't coming back. DeAndre Jordan and Wilson Chandler aren't going, either.

Spencer Dinwiddie is a maybe, with his status unclear after both he and Jordan tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Brooklyn Nets don't look ready for a restart, but general manager Sean Marks said Wednesday there was no discussion of the team not traveling to Florida for the resumption of the NBA season.

"Look, we have a job to do," Marks said. "Again, we have to bring a team to Orlando. We will bring a team to Orlando. We will go down there and we will compete. That's our jobs here."

It's not an easy one for interim coach Jacque Vaughn, who took over when the Nets surprisingly parted ways with Kenny Atkinson on March 7. He won his first two games, capped by an impressive victory over the West-leading Lakers in Los Angeles.

Then the season stopped and his challenges really began.

Vaughn had moved Jordan into the starting lineup, but now the job apparently goes back to Jarrett Allen. If Dinwiddie can't play — he is currently on the travel list but is experiencing symptoms — Vaughn might need a new point guard, too. And NBA rules haven't been allowing teams to practice together, so it may take almost until the July 31 resumption before Vaughn knows who he's sending out on the court for the (re)opening tip.

Clippers: Coach Doc Rivers says Lou Williams is expected to join the team for the NBA's restart in Florida. Williams has described himself as "50-50" on whether he would finish out the pandemic-interrupted season because he didn't want to distract from the ongoing push for social justice in the wake of George Floyd's death while in police custody. Rivers said he doesn't think any of the Clippers are opting out from resuming the season. The team...