Welcome back Caris.

The Nets will take a four-game losing streak into Saturday’s game against the Raptors. It’s their longest since snapping last season’s eight-game skid against those same Raptors. But at least help is finally on the way, with Caris LeVert and Garrett Temple both listed as probable.

Though Temple sat out just a single game with a sore knee, LeVert has missed 24 straight following thumb surgery. He hasn’t played since Nov. 10, but even rusty and presumably on limited minutes, his return is a huge boon.

“That’s the plan: Plan to try and make a difference as soon as I come back,” LeVert said in Dallas.

LeVert was the Nets’ second-leading scorer when he went down, averaging 16.8 points, five rebounds and four assists. Kyrie Irving was lost with a shoulder impingement four days later and though Irving hasn’t practiced since, LeVert is on the brink of a comeback.

“Anytime you’re down — well, not including [Kevin Durant] — but down your two best players, when you get them back it’s a big boost,” said Spencer Dinwiddie, who has taken on an outsized burden in Irving’s absence.

But the problem isn’t what Dinwiddie brings when he’s on the court, but what he takes away when he isn’t.

Irving was the starting point guard, and LeVert has filled the role of emergency point guard. With both hurt, Theo Pinson has been up-and-down in that capacity while Temple has been worn down trying to both start at off-guard and run the second unit as well.

That’s where LeVert may be most impactful right off the bat.

“He’ll have to be the Swiss Army knife,” coach Kenny Atkinson said. “It’s easy to slide him in there in many positions. When guys have been out, he’s played point guard. He’s a point guard at heart, so he feels comfortable and knows all our stuff. … It’ll really help [Garrett Temple] too, getting him back in his comfort zone.”

To say the offense craters whenever Dinwiddie sits is an understatement. The Nets are plus-48 when he plays, best on the team. And they’re minus-85 when he sits, again the most glaring figure.

The Nets’ Offensive Rating of 110.2 with Dinwiddie on the court plummets to a 95.8 whenever he sits. It’s a 95.7 with Pinson playing.

LeVert went through several contact 5-on-5 workouts and practiced fully this week for the first time since Nov. 7. He worked both with the starters and reserves as an off-guard and a backup point guard.

“I’ve been getting run with both groups, interchangeable spots, so at the 1 and the 2,” said LeVert, confident his conditioning is much further along than last season’s comeback from a dislocated foot. “It’s definitely a lot different because this is an upper-body injury. In those I wasn’t [running]. I was off of running for a while. This time, that’s not the case. I was able to do a lot of lifting and running and things like that, so it’s definitely a lot different.”

LeVert’s return couldn’t come at a better time to help the Nets shake out of what Atkinson called “a rut.”

“We’ve been through this before. It happens in the NBA,” Atkinson said. “But I like our group in there. We’ll bounce back. Hopefully it’s against a very good Toronto team on Saturday.”

It was beating the Raptors on Dec. 8 that helped an 8-18 Nets team turn around last season. They went on a seven-game run and ended up making the playoffs.

“In any experience, whether it’s positive or negative, you can learn from it. Obviously, we’d rather learn from wins than learn from losses,” Dinwiddie said. “We’re going to continue to make changes and practice and do all the things we’re supposed to do to continue to get better. But you don’t want to continue to drop games.”