All signs point to Brooklyn Nets forward Andrei Kirilenko being finished with the team. Several reports indicate Kirilenko, who's been healthy but hasn't played in three straight games, might not rejoin the Nets after the team's three-game road trip.
Nets coach Lionel Hollins deactivated Kirilenko for Monday's game against Miami, and the 33-year-old didn't play in the team's next game against Milwaukee. The Nets then said Kirilenko would not be traveling with the team for their upcoming road trip due to "personal reasons," and a report from Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News indicated Kirilenko's time in Brooklyn might be over.
"Lionel Hollins says he doesn't know if Kirilenko will rejoin team after trip," Bondy tweeted Friday. "... Source says situation between Kirilenko and Nets probably won't be resolved until he's on another team."
Kirilenko becomes an unrestricted free agent after the season. He's set to earn $3.32 million this season, and while his dismal production - 0.4 points and 1.1 rebounds per game - this season doesn't make him a hot commodity, his expiring contract could induce a team to trade something for him closer to the February deadline.
As for Kirilenko, he admitted earlier in the week there wasn't much he could do about his playing situation.
"It's tough, but there's nothing I can do," he said Tuesday, via the New York Post. "I'm not the one making decisions, and it is what it is."
Brooklyn begins their three-game road trip Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder.
