"Win now. Not next year. Not three years or four years. Now.

And part of that thinking stressed by Nets general manager Billy King yesterday could involve either Dallas center Tyson Chandler or Denver's Nene.

"There's mutual interest," one source close to the situation with Chandler said last night while another described the two-way interest as "strong."

But Nene remains the Nets' preferred target at forward.

Chandler, 29, sounded like a guy who has played his last game in Dallas, where the championship Mavs appear willing only to offer one year as they try to prepare for the possibility of landing either Deron Williams or Chris Paul next summer."