Nets DayRon Sharpe staying healthy and starting to make impact

After missing training camp and the first two months of the regular season, Day’Ron Sharpe isn’t just staying healthy for a depleted Nets team, he is playing some of the best basketball of his career.Back from a hamstring injury, the Nets big man is averaging a career-high 7.8 points on 48 percent shooting along with 6.3 rebounds through 25 games.Sharpe has been even better in January — averaging 8.9 points and 7.1 rebounds as his playing time has jumped to 19.6 minutes per game due to injuries and trades creating more opportunities.His rebounding ability has always been a strength, but the four-year Net feels he has refined his game elsewhere.“Pacing myself.Not just being in a hurry with everything.

I feel like when I first got back, I was in a hurry,” Sharpe said following the Nets’ 110-96 loss to the Kings on Monday night at Barclays Center.“Just trying to go too fast.

Not paying attention.Not really focused.

I was just trying to play hard so I could play the right way.But I feel like the month of January I’ve been getting my rhythm back.

So, just pacing myself and perimeter [defense].Being able to slide, switch.

I feel like I’ve been working on that a lot.I’ve got a ways to go though.”Sharpe is shooting 53 percent from the field this month — up from 44 percent once he started playing in December.The 23-year-old who is already in his fourth season in Brooklyn has scored in double digits in six of 14 games this month, which included three double-doubles.Sharpe had to deal with Kings standout big man Domantas Sabonis, who leads the league in rebounding, on Monday and still earned his third double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds (seven offensive) along with one block and three steals across 23 turnover-free minutes.He has three games with eight or more offensive rebounds off the bench this season.

No other player has more than one such game.“That’s just what I do, grab offensive rebounds no matter who the other b...