If all goes well for Ron Mercer tomorrow the Nets forward is expected to be out for only one month.  If doctors find anything when they open up his knee tomorrow he could be out much longer, but the signs after rest so far seem positive.

"Going just by the pain in my knee right now, we're hoping it's just a simple cleaning," Mercer said. "My knee feels good because I haven't played on it.

"It's not hurting the way it was a couple days ago. So hopefully that will be a good."

"What I'm hoping, basically, is that they go in, clean it out and then rehab from there," said Mercer.

"It's frustrating but for something like this, I'd rather have it happen now. Hopefully it's not that bad and I can continue to play this year. It's good we're taking care of it now rather than in the middle or the end."