Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks is looking to make a significant move in the team's rebuild, prioritizing flexibility and positioning themselves to take advantage of opportunities. With an abundance of draft capital and a market attractive to star players, Marks aims to build a contender once again.
MILWAUKEE — Nets general manager Sean Marks craves nothing more than flexibility — the ability to pivot when needed and pounce when necessary. Already armed with the most draft capital in the NBA — and the potential to add even more should it trade Cam Johnson — Brooklyn is in position to take a big swing and jump-start a rebuild. Whether that’s at the trade deadline with Sacramento’s De’Aaron Fox or with any other star who becomes available.
“You have to be poised and position yourself to be able to have that opportunity,” Marks told The Post. “We’re going to give ourselves the best chance to do that. Now, on whom and when, that’s TBD. But when we took over , it was three or four seasons before we were able to say, ‘Hey, we’ve all of a sudden got a team that’s now able to contend. It’s a playoff team.’ “And next year, you’re attracting a different caliber player … or players. So we know we’ve done it. We did it before. Now to be able to do it in this new CBA and hopefully reach that ultimate goal, we fell short. We didn’t come close. So the goal now is to be able to do it again, build it up and try and have another hit at it.”They’ll have four in June’s exceptionally deep draft.Robert Sabo for NY Post “When we started out here eight years ago, the hand we were dealt, we were handcuffed. There was only a couple … really one way of building, whereas now we’ve got a few more,” Marks told The Post. “We’ve got these draft assets that you can obviously pick them, you can trade them, you can move them around. We’ve got the room. And ultimately, we’ve got two things: We’ve got a market that’s going to be attractive, and we’ve got Joe as an owner that’s proved that at the right time, he’ll go all-in, and he’s not afraid to say it and do it. “In this CBA, that speaks volume
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