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Brooklyn Nets: 10 best Nets from 3rd NBA decade (1996-2006)

By Phil Watson

SAN ANTONIO - JUNE 6: Jason Kidd #5 and Richard Jefferson #24 of the New Jersey Nets walk to the bench in Game two of the 2003 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at SBC Center on June 6, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. The Nets won 87-85. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
SAN ANTONIO - JUNE 6: Jason Kidd #5 and Richard Jefferson #24 of the New Jersey Nets walk to the bench in Game two of the 2003 NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs at SBC Center on June 6, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas. The Nets won 87-85. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images) /
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UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 24: New Jersey Nets’ Nenad Krstic (left) tries to get past New York Knicks’ Eddy Curry during the second half of game at Madison Square Garden. The Nets went on to defeat the Knicks, 94-90. (Photo by Ron Antonelli/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images) /

Nenad Krstic. 7. player. 147. . PF. 1st round, 24th overall from Kraljevo, Serbia, 2002 NBA Draft

The New Jersey Nets took Serbian 7-footer Nenad Krstic late in the first round of the 2002 NBA Draft, selecting him 24th overall, and then waited two years for him to come to the U.S.

Krstic played two more seasons at Partizan in Serbia before joining the Nets for the 2004-05 season.

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Playing primarily at the power forward spot, Krstic was an All-Rookie second teamer after averaging 10.0 points and 5.3 rebounds in 26.2 minutes per game, starting 57 of his 75 appearances and shooting .493/0-for-2/.725.

A full-time starter in his second season, Krstic logged a career-high 80 games while putting up 13.5 points and 6.4 boards in 30.9 minutes on .507/1-for-4/.698 shooting.

He remained with the Nets two more seasons, but never really recovered from a torn left ACL sustained just before Christmas 2006.

In the two seasons he logged during the 1996-2006 frame, Krstic averaged 11.8 points and 5.9 rebounds in 28.6 minutes per game while shooting .502/1-for-6/.712.

Krstic played in 15 playoff games with the Nets, averaging 15.7 points and 7.0 rebounds in 34.7 minutes a game, shooting .520/—/.739.

He left New Jersey in December 2008 when the Nets declined to match a three-year, $15.8 million offer sheet Krstic signed with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Krstic was traded to the Boston Celtics in February 2011 before returning to Europe that summer, where he played another five seasons before retiring in September 2016.

He played 16 professional seasons in all, seven in the NBA.

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