Before Billy King was ousted from his GM job back in January, the Nets were one of only five NBA teams to have an African-American GM The others are Dell Demps in New Orleans, Milt Newton in Minnesota, Masai Ujiri in Toronto and Doc Rivers who holds both coaching and GM jobs in L.A. with the Clippers.
Now that Sean Marks has been hired to fill King's spot, three sports writers --all African-American-- are suggesting that while Marks is a solid if inexperienced hire, the hiring process fits a pattern: owners are not interviewing candidates of color for the top jobs on their team.