Jason Collins didn't want to talk about it, but admitted he may need surgery on his troublesome right knee.

That would be the worst-case scenario for the Nets' starting power forward, who missed Wednesday's game and may not play this week after his surgically repaired knee acted up again.
 
"I don't want to go there," Collins said of undergoing surgery. "Not yet.

"I don't think it would be season-ending. But it would be a lot longer than I'd like."

Collins has inflammation in his right peroneal nerve. Two weeks ago, he received three needles to the area in Stanford that brought some relief. But he reaggravated the knee going up for a rebound Saturday against Toronto. A different doctor saw Collins on Monday and injected him with different medication. He was told to test the knee in about a week.

"We're trying something a little bit different," Collins said. "We just have to hope for the best.

"[We] definitely have to make sure all the symptoms, all the soreness, all the pain, all the stiffness is out before I start back playing again."