Shaquille O'Neal ripped down a net during the game between Phoenix and New Jersey after being fouled on a shot attempt, causing a nine minute delay during the second quarter on Saturday night, the Associated Press is reporting.

O'Neal grabbed the bottom of the net and pulled most of it off its hooks after being fouled by DeSagana Diop with 9:11 left before halftime.

According to Nets forward Richard Jefferson, the distraction created by Jason Kidd wanting out of New Jersey has put the team into a hole as they try to make the playoffs, the New York Daily News is reporting.

"I'm not going to lie," Jefferson said Thursday, "we were dead men walking with the Jason Kidd situation."

Rod Thorn doesn't plan on firing Nets' Head Coach Lawrence Frank at the end of the season even if the team misses the playoffs, according to ESPN.com.

"I don't have any thoughts or ideas of replacing him at all," Thorn told the Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. "He's done a good job for us, and I'm sure he'll continue to do so in the future."

The Nets currently trail the Hawks by a half-game for the final playoff spot in the East.

Nets' center Nenad Krstic, who will be a restricted free agent this summer, wants to remain in New Jersey, according to The Record.

Although his agent has confirmed that he wants to remain with the team, Krstic refuses to think about free agency down the stretch.

"We have 11 games left in the regular season, and we're trying to make the playoffs," Krstic said. "If I think about contract stuff, that's more stuff in my head. So I'm really trying to not think [about it]. It's really hard to not think about it. It's always there in my head"

The New York Knicks still haven't asked to speak with Kiki Vandeweghe, according to the Star-Ledger.

"I honestly don't know. I don't know what they want to do over there," Nets' President Rod Thorn said.

New Jersey is reportedly interested in extending their agreement with Vandeweghe, which could keep him away from the crosstown Knicks.

New Jersey assistant Bill Cartwright could be up for the newly vacated head coaching position at the University of San Francisco, according to the Star-Ledger.

Nets' Coach Lawrence Frank gave his assistant a huge endorsement saying, "I haven't talked to Bill about it at all, but they would be getting one hell of a freaking coach if they ever went down that path."

Devin Harris is unlikely to play for the Nets on Wednesday night because of yet another sprained his ankle, according to The Star-Ledger.

He suffered the latest injury against the Bulls on Tuesday night.

"It's day to day. We'll re-evaluate to get a better read," Harris said.

He claims that it's not as bad as the sprain that caused him to miss games as a member of both the Mavericks and Nets earlier this season.

Bostjan Nachbar was extremely relieved when last month's trade deadline passed and he was still a member of the Nets, according to The Record.

"I'm as comfortable here as I've been with any other place in the world playing basketball," Nachbar said. "So this is where I want to be."

Richard Jefferson hopes to remain a member of the New Jersey Nets for the duration of his career.

"For one, this is the only team I've ever been on, the only franchise I've ever been with, so there's a little bit of, I won't say loyalty, but there's a little bit of respect there," he said. "We've been through good times and bad times. It's been frustrating for everybody. But I've been here since it started, so that's pretty much all I've known.

"I think it's great to play for one team your entire career," he said. "I was probably close to being traded a few times. It's not like I don't understand the business part of it. But if it were possible and our team was competitive, I'd love to end my career as a New Jersey Net and be one of the few guys, especially in this day and age, that's been with one team their entire career.

"There aren't too many guys that have been with their team and have had as significant a role as I have had with this one, as long as I have."

Jason Kidd said that the success he and the Nets had in New Jersey did not receive the accolades that it should have because of how the team is overshadowed by the Knicks, the New York Post is reporting.

"We were on the wrong side of the Hudson," Kidd said.

"We were on the right side. If we were on the left side, I think things would have been funer. There would've been a lot more attention."

"The things we accomplished in that short amount of time would have been documented at a higher level. And unfortunately it wasn't. But we were still treated to a lot of things on the other side."