Nets Full of Stars and Questions About Roles EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The most parroted word lately among Nets players and coaches has been "process." It is a euphemism, really, that connotes the distinct growing pains the team is going through at the moment, trying to array its vast talent into winning combinations. The pains, to be clear, were expected. Stockpiling All-Stars at great speed is a thrilling exercise. But difficulty can arise once unfamiliar players are tossed on the court and asked to win. Coexistence is always the early challenge. The Nets are feeling that now. "They haven't spent enough time together," Coach Jason Kidd said after his team practiced Monday afternoon. They've got to work through this. He added, "It's a process." It is very early, and the process has remained a bit erratic. The Nets are off to a 1-2 start, sandwiching two road defeats to inferior teams around one stirring victory at home over the defending champion Miami Heat. Kidd's analysis on Monday was spurred by a blowout loss the previous night to the Orlando Magic, who sliced and dashed through a hesitant Nets group. The Nets afterward did not concede outright that they were not trying hard enough Sunday, but there were enough hints that the point was clear. "We can't pick and choose who we want to play," Kevin Garnett said Sunday. Compounding the issue, though, has been that every Nets player seems to have strayed from his comfort zone while trying to accommodate others" needs. More telling from Garnett, then, was his admission that he was not able to play full-bore, that he was still feeling out his role within the group, that the process was possibly constraining him on the court. "I'm just being a little more passive, trying to be the glue, if you will," he said. I need to be a little more aggressive at times. It was an honest and noteworthy comment from Garnett, who has always been counted among the game's pre-eminent Type A personalities. But the Nets have many now. "Everyone on this team, that starting five, has always been the man on some team," Kidd said. "Now it's, "What can I lead in, stat-wise, if it's not points or assists or rebounds? Is it steals? Is it contesting shots? Doing the little things, it's the game within the game that they're learning. The Nets looked tentative on offense Sunday against the Magic. They were satisfied to hang back and take jump shots, which never fell. It was telling that 39 of their 89 field-goal attempts came from medium range. They tried 17 3-pointers but made just 4. On defense, they looked half a step slow against Orlando's quick guards. Defending the high pick-and-roll - who goes where and when - was singled out later as a problem area. The Cleveland Cavaliers had enjoyed similar success against the Nets last week during the teams" season opener. "We're all trying to figure one another out," Andray Blatche said. I feel like, right now, our main problem is we're all just too antsy. We're not being aggressive enough. We're trying to worry too much about making the right play instead of being aggressive and getting to the rim. Blatche said that Garnett seethed Sunday night, from the arena to the airplane. His teammates gave him his space. Later on, he delivered some motivational words to the team. On Monday afternoon, one day before they were to try to bounce back at home against the Utah Jazz, the Nets conducted a spirited practice. The coaching staff emphasized communication and trust on defense. On offense, coaches were imploring the players to be aggressive and get to the rim. As the practice wound down, Garnett looked like the antithesis of passivity. On a half-court, five-on-five drill, before the ball was bounced into play, Garnett locked his hip into Mason Plumlee's back and raised his arms. "You can't come this side," he yelled out as the assistant coach Lawrence Frank was setting up the drill. He yelled it out again and again and again, perhaps a dozen times. Garnett was still amped up when the team huddled on the court to close practice. "That was hard work today," he said to his teammates, using slightly more colorful language than that. You feel me? The Nets players have been honest about needing more time to blend as a group. Suffice it to say that the atmosphere inside the gym Monday was far from panicked. They are three games into a long season. The urgency to win will come - just not yet. "We're still figuring it out," Joe Johnson said. We just have to find that happy medium. Andray Blatche and Brook Lopez sat out practice Monday while nursing sprained ankles. The Nets said both players would probably be ready to play Tuesday night.