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Report: Nets Likely To Hire New GM This Week
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Nets could hire their next general manager in place any day now. According to an ESPN report, the team has shortened its list of candidates to three and is likely to make a...
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Report: Nets Offer GM Job To Spurs’ Exec Sean Marks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Order may be restored to the Nets’ front office soon. According to a report from Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski, Brooklyn has apparently zeroed in on its top choice for it...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Get High Marks If They Lure Spurs’ Assistant For GM
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns As far as sports theory goes, a woebegone franchise such as the Nets would not be unwise to pick off the fruit of a winning team’s tree when looking to cultivate a...
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Nets Name Sean Marks New General Manager
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Sean Marks, a rising star in the San Antonio Spurs’ front office, has been named the new general manager of the Brooklyn Nets. The team announced on Thursday that Marks, 40, has...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Have Winning Week Without Playing A Game
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Maybe Joe Johnson sent a text message telling him it really isn’t that bad here. More likely it was Brooklyn owner Mikhail Prokhorov’s Godfather offer that lured...
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Keidel: Even With Knicks Brutal, Nets No Closer To Making Dent In NYC
By Jason Keidel » More Columns So the Nets have gone against their nature and hired someone somewhat competent, from a royal basketball family no less. Sean Marks is now Mikhail Prokhorov’s new general...
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Nets Introduce New General Manager Sean Marks
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New Nets general manager Sean Marks says he’s ready to see if he can apply the things he’s learned while playing for, coaching and working in the front office of the San Antonio...
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Lopez Sinks Season-High 33 As Nets Usher In Marks Era With 109-98 Win Over...
Center Brook Lopez matched a season-high with 33 points and the Brooklyn Nets ushered in the Sean Marks era with a 109-98 victory over the New York Knicks on Friday night.
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Nets GM Sean Marks On WFAN: I’m Looking For A Coach Like Popovich
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – New Nets general manager Sean Marks won’t be able to hire Gregg Popovich as coach, but he admitted he’s looking for someone who reminds him of the Spurs great. Marks told WFAN’s...
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Lichtenstein: Johnson Buyout Is A Raw Deal For Nets Fans
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns While engaging with others on social media on Thursday following the Nets’ announcement that they had waived forward Joe Johnson, I flashbacked to my childhood when...
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Lichtenstein: What We’ve Learned From Nets’ Road Trip
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns The Nets will conclude their 19-day, nine-game circus road trip — an annual slog — after Friday’s tilt in Philadelphia. Brooklyn’s 104-99 loss in Toronto on Tuesday...
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Lichtenstein: Nets On The Mark With Atkinson Hiring
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns As the Nets were winding down their season from hell, many experts who get paid to speculate were adamant that the meddling from owner Mikhail Prokhorov and his...
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Nets Formally Introduce New Head Coach Kenny Atkinson
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Nearly a month after hiring him, the Brooklyn Nets formally introduced Kenny Atkinson as their new head coach Monday. The former Hawks assistant was hired April 17, but his...
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Boomer & Carton: Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks In The House
Subscribe to the Boomer & Carton Podcast » Boomer and Craig welcomed Sean Marks, the rookie general manager of the Brooklyn Nets, into the Allstate Studio on Thursday morning and the three engaged...
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Lichtenstein: Nets’ Draft Day Trade A Case Of Poor Marks-Manship
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns I thought the Nets hit rock-bottom at the end of this past season. A 21-61 record, their lottery ticket for Thursday’s NBA Draft owned by rival Boston, and little...
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Lichtenstein: Nets’ Bargain Pickups All Part Of Marks’ Plan
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns In case you missed all the news, the Nets signed a bunch of players to short-term contracts this week to round out their roster for the upcoming season. After...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Betting Culture Change Will Eventually Lift Franchise
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns As Nets general manager Sean Marks and coach Kenny Atkinson were giving the media their takes on the state of this tortured franchise Tuesday, all I could think...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Can’t Close Deals On Or Off The Court
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns As is often the case in Nets Land, Brooklyn’s 118-113 loss to Washington, in which the Nets blew a 15-point halftime lead, was not the most significant event at...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Must Tweak Formula, Try To End Season On Higher Note
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns The NBA trade deadline passed Thursday with little bang considering all the pregame hype and with more whimper from Nets fans who already were less than excited...
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WATCH: Nets’ Marks, Atkinson Still Positive At Tail End Of Tough Season
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Despite owning the NBA’s worst record, the Nets, at least on the surface, don’t appear to be a franchise in disarray. Speaking to WFAN’s Evan Roberts in the Adorama Theatre on...
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After 60-Loss Season, Nets Not Looking To Rush The Rebuild
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Brooklyn Nets own two first-round draft picks, though not the one that has a 25 percent chance of being No. 1 overall. They have money to spend in free agency, if they...
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Lichtenstein: NBA Playoffs Should Show Nets’ Marks Folly Of Taking On Mega...
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns With the NBA playoffs in full bloom, here are a couple of observations from a Nets fan’s perspective. Brooklyn may have anywhere between approximately $27 million...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Finally Cash In Brook Lopez Trade Chip
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Like many Nets fans, I will miss Brook Lopez. According to a report Tuesday by The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Lopez will be traded along with Brooklyn’s later...
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Lichtenstein: Nets Fans, Pray Wizards Match Porter Jr. Offer Sheet
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns The Nets are not one player away from contention, no matter how much the Eastern Conference has been decimated by All-Star flight this offseason. And even if they...
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Marks, Atkinson Eager To Put Nets’ New Pieces Into Play
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The Brooklyn Nets may have plenty of new faces this season, but their goals are basically the same. In the first year of general manager Sean Marks’ multiyear rebuild, the Nets...
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Lichtenstein: Atkinson Faces Tough Playing-Time Decisions At Nets Camp
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Earlier this summer, following a whirlwind of roster activity, Nets general manager Sean Marks told a press gathering that the organization was in...
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Lichtenstein: Nets On Track For Another Season Of Moral Victories
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns When I hear opposing coaches across the NBA marvel at the job being done in Brooklyn by the Sean Marks/Kenny Atkinson tandem, I wonder if they’re just being nice....
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Nets GM Marks On WFAN: D’Angelo Russell Could Return From Knee Injury Soon
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — All signs point to D’Angelo Russell returning to the Brooklyn Nets soon. The third-year guard, acquired in a trade with the Lakers in June, has been out since injuring his left...
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Lichtenstein: Prokhorov Era Set To End With Nets Still NBA’s Laughingstock
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Now that Mikhail Prokhorov’s deal to sell the Nets to Joseph Tsai has been closed, according to a Forbes report, it’s time to take a look at what the Alibaba...
View ArticleNets GM Fined $25K, Suspended For Entering Refs’ Locker Room
NEW YORK (AP) — Nets general manager Sean Marks was suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for entering the referees’ locker room after Brooklyn’s loss to Philadelphia in...
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