The Brooklyn Nets absorbed a major blow to their campaign this season after starting center Brook Lopez was ruled out for the remainder of the 2013-14 NBA season last week due to a broken foot.

Lopez, who leads the Nets in scoring this season with 20.7 points per game, sustained a fracture of the fifth metatarsal of his troublesome right foot during the fourth quarter of their 121-120 overtime loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday.

Losing Lopez, who also averaged 6.0 rebounds and 1.8 blocks in 17 games this season, is a huge blow to the Nets, but general manager Billy King said that have will not be forced to make immediate trades to address their roster issues.

"If there's a deal out there that we feel is going to make us a better team, we'll do it regardless of tax or the future, but we're not going to panic and do a move just to make a move because we feel we have to," King said in a statement via ESPN New York. "I still believe in this group. Brook's a big part of it, but we do have other guys, that's why we have depth."

The Nets are expected to apply for a disabled-player exception in the coming days that will give them additional cap space if they decide to enter into trade deals or sign a free agent.

Recent rumors suggested that the Nets could acquire All-Star power forward Zach Randolph from the Memphis Grizzlies for veteran small forward Paul Pierce.

Randolph, who is averaging 16.4 points and 9.9 rebounds, would be an ideal replacement for Lopez, but there are no indications that the Grizzlies and the Nets are talking about a possible trade.

King said that they are receiving calls from other teams about trades after Lopez's season-ending injury was announced, but King reiterated his belief that they have players who can step up in Lopez's absence.

"Every team that has a big guy on the sideline calls to offer their services, but we had been in discussions with a lot of teams up to this point," King said. "There's not an imminent move, we're not looking to make any imminent move trade-wise. We've got 14 other guys that can step up, but we'll continue to discuss possibilities if it can make our team better."

Andray Blatche, Mirza Teletovic, or Reggie Evans could replace Lopez in the starting lineup for the Nets, who have a 9-17 win-loss record this season and are 2-7 without Lopez in their lineup.