No big deal: Nets likely to stand pat

Despite Kyrie Irving’s statements that the Nets need more pieces to win — and his second significant injury already this season — the trade deadline seems likely to come and go Thursday without the team being involved in any major deals.

So if you’re expecting Aaron Gordon, Clint Capela or Andre Drummond, don’t be.

Granted, the deadline brings more disinformation than a CIA operation, and more misdirection than a magic show. But everything from both team and league sources implies that any move the Nets make will be comparatively minor, as they try to figure out exactly what they have.

“It’s hard. You kind of don’t know how many different teams you’re evaluating,” Kenny Atkinson had said before Irving’s latest injury, a right knee sprain suffered Saturday that will cost him at least a week. “The fact that we’re pretty much whole besides [Kevin Durant], that’s super-important for our evaluation purposes. So hopefully we can continue that way. I do think you can evaluate the season in sections, depending on who was playing and who was not.”

Atkinson didn’t get his wish for the Nets, who have far too many in the “not playing” category to fairly judge what they are.

Irving missed his 29th game in Monday’s 119-97 win over the Suns, and he’ll sit out versus Golden State on Wednesday and at Toronto on Saturday. With the Nets saying Sunday he’d be reevaluated in a week, next Monday’s tilt at Indiana seems in serious doubt as well.

Key cog Caris LeVert missed 25 games — 24 in a row after thumb surgery — and rotation piece Wilson Chandler served a 25-game PED suspension. In short, their rotation has been musical chairs.

“We’re still finding what our team identity looks like,” Irving had said Wednesday.

On Jan. 15, it was Irving that had caused a fervor by flatly stating that — even once Durant returns — the Nets need to add more pieces.

“It’s transparent. It’s out there. It’s glaring in terms of the pieces that we need in order to be at that next level,” Irving had said.

“Collectively, I feel like we have great pieces. But it’s pretty glaring we need one more piece or two more pieces that will complement myself, KD, [DeAndre Jordan], [Garrett Temple], Spencer [Dinwiddie], Caris, and we’ll see how that evolves.”

Realistically, any move the Nets make will have to be one that works in tandem with Durant and Irving.

That means despite rumors about Gordon, they aren’t likely to be adding the Magic’s skywalking power forward, especially since he’s not a great shooter, hasn’t played small forward in years and could be a poor fit next to Durant next season and beyond.

And don’t expect the Nets to get in on centers Drummond or Capela, or any other All-Star caliber talent. At least not this week.

As The Post has reported, only deadline moves would probably amount to churning the bottom of the roster.

But whatever move they make is likely to be small, not seismic. Don’t expect a third star in this system, but maybe a small moon at best.

➤ Joe Harris will defend his crown.

After The Post reported over the weekend Harris had been invited back to the 3-Point Contest at All-Star Weekend but was unsure if he’d go, he has apparently made up his mind. The Nets forward has opted to go to Chicago to defend his title, according to multiple reports.

Harris is shooting 40.5 percent from deep and went 2-for-5 from 3 in the Nets’ win over the Suns, scoring 16 points on 7 of 13 shooting.