NET NOTES

SALT LAKE CITY – The cast came off sooner than expected and Keith Van Horn was feeling far better than expected. So the Nets forward projected that his return from a broken left leg could come sooner than expected.

Now he believes he expected too much too soon.

Van Horn admits his projection of a return to practice at least by Dec. 1 might have been overly optimistic.

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Future Hall of Famer John Stockton tied John Havlicek’s record for most games played with one team, 1,270. Stockton will break the record in Detroit tomorrow.

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John Starks has found new life with Jazz after his exile to Golden State and Chicago. “For anybody who’d been successful for eight or nine years like when I was with New York and we were able to go to the playoffs year after year, to step back and watch everybody else perform it was kind of hard,” said Starks, who scored nine points.