Nets guard Courtney Lee will miss the team's preseason opener against the Knicks with an inflamed tendon in his left foot.

"It's been bothering me for the last couple of months, so we decided right now would be the best time to go get it taken care of," Lee told the New York Post. "Being that it's preseason, it's the best time to do it."

Lee, who received a cortisone shot, will ice and rest his "pretty sore" foot. He had similar inflammation in college.