After a loud offseason, the Brooklyn Nets are entering another rebuild under general manager Sean Marks. The GM rebuilt Brooklyn once before, taking what many considered the worst situation in NBA history and crafting a title favorite in less than four years.
As preseason kicks off in the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets will begin a new season under clear No. 1 option Cam Thomas. After the departure of Mikal Bridges in June via trade, Thomas has become the franchise's star scorer at just 22 years old, but the Nets will already have to figure out his future with the team soon.
Entering year one of their rebuild, the Brooklyn Nets are taking fliers on several former top prospects. During his first rebuild with the Nets, General Manager Sean Marks succeeded with low-risk reclamation projects such as D’Angelo Russell, Spencer Dinwiddie and Joe Harris.
NBA media day had no shortage of entertainment, even from the Brooklyn Nets who are entering the first year of a rebuild. The team doesn't have a lot of expectations going into the 2024-25 season, but there's still a lot of buzz surrounding the team's stars and the state of the roster.
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets appear to be on stage one of a rebuild, but the roster still features plenty of short-term contributors who teams widely expected to make the playoffs might hold more of a long-term interest in than Brooklyn.
The 2024-25 season is an audition year for the Brooklyn Nets. While general manager Sean Marks’ primary focus will be landing a top pick in next June’s draft, he’ll also need to identify which of Brooklyn’s young players fit his long-term vision.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks revealed an honest goal for the organization entering year one of a rebuild. “We’re looking at it as, ‘Who are the next Nets?’ Who do we look at and say, ‘Ok, this person can be part of this rebuild, and this person is on the team for the next two, three years,'” the GM said.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks and new head coach Jordi Fernández sat down for a preseason press conference on Thursday. Over half an hour, the Nets’ leaders discussed everything from the team’s identity going forward to whether plans exist for certain players.
The 2024-25 season is underway. Sean Marks and Jordi Fernandez spoke to the Nets beat writers about what’s next. Here’s the video and transcript. Sean Marks and Jordi Fernandez met the media Thursday afternoon, taking on questions ranging from Bojan Bogdanovic’s and Ben Simmons’ health to Ziaire Williams and Killian Hayes potential going forward.
Just weeks away from the 2024-25 preseason, teams are gearing up to begin training camp and catapult themselves into another NBA season. The Brooklyn Nets are the freshest rebuilding team in the league, having offloaded its star in Mikal Bridges over the offseason.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks is taking a page out of his old playbook as he enters his second rebuild. He’s taking chances on low-risk reclamation projects, and plenty of them.
The Brooklyn Nets are turning the page to a new era in 2024-25. Owner Joe Tsai and General Manager Sean Marks committed to a full rebuild by trading Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks and regaining control of their 2025 and 2026 first-round picks from the Houston Rockets.
There may not be another NBA franchise who enacted a complete turnaround the way the Brooklyn Nets have this summer. Immediately post-NBA Finals, the questions surrounding the franchise were loud.
The Brooklyn Nets wasted very little time making their first big move of the 2024 NBA offseason. Shortly after their 2023-24 regular season came to an end, they decided to hire Sacramento Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernandez to become their next head coach.
The former NBA player and assistant coach has held the GM position for the Nets since 2016.
Interim head coach Kevin Ollie is expected to receive consideration for the permanent position. The Nets have gone 11-17 under Ollie, a longtime former NBA player who took over for Jacque Vaughn a couple of months ago.
It's been a while since Ben Simmons stepped onto the hardwood, much less garnered an All-Star nod, but Nets GM Sean Marks believes the 26-year-old can reach those heights again.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks built the most dynamic Big 3 in NBA history and arguably in any team sport, and then he saw it crumble in his own hands without a championship to show.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks has made it known what star Kyrie Irving must do to potentially return from his suspension.
Executives around the NBA are reportedly happy that the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant were able to work out their differences because it seems that many of them were hesitant to sell the house to acquire a man building a track record as a player that can burn your house down.
Kyrie Irving is trying to cleanse the negative energy surrounding him in the press right now.
“I am not sure where this narrative is coming from, but Kyrie does not hate Steve nor Sean,” Shetellia Riley Irving said.
It seems that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant share a similar dislike of Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks.
Shams Charania of The Athletic produced the latest bombshell on Monday related to Durant's early-summer trade request.
The Nets are facing some gale-force headwinds right now, but they have now given themselves at least some form of certainty moving forward.
Ben Simmons and his representatives will work with the Brooklyn Nets on a plan to optimize his physical and mental health in advance of training camp, according to Brian Lewis of The New York Post.
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