NBA News: Brooklyn Nets must give up four to eight weeks on three specialist Joe Harris

The Brooklyn Nets will have to do without Joe Harris several weeks. The tri-specialist was successfully operated on Monday on the left ankle and will be missing for four to eight weeks.

This shared the franchise by official press release on Monday. According to information from Adrian Wojnarowski ( ESPN ), however, in Brooklyn, optimism rule that Harris can rather return earlier than later on the targeted timeline.

As Head Coach Steve Nash explained, a small bone part of Harris' left knuckle had to be removed at the operation. The 30-year-old has already missed the past six games after hurting the ankle at the victory against Oklahoma City in mid-November.

We believe that this is a good thing, and he can leave this situation through the OP instead of risking a re-achievement of injury in the long run, Nash said. It's just better to remove the small particles. Hopefully it's over.

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Harris is one of the best triangles of the league, in the current season he meets 46.6 percent of its 6.3 experiments per game. On average, the wing player placed 11.3 points and 4.0 rebounds in 14 inserts. The Nets lead the Eastern Conference with a balance sheet of 14-6.