When LaMarcus Aldridge first broached the subject of a return from a hasty, medically driven retirement, with Sean Marks, the Nets GM advised him to forget it. Aldridge had a relationship with Marks. The two overlapped when Aldridge was a player for the Spurs and Marks was the assistant GM.
“He did try to sway me,” Aldridge said Monday, echoing what Marks himself had said last week. “Sean’s a great guy, a very understanding guy.”
“I said, ‘Why? You don’t need this. Why would you come back?’ ” the Nets’ GM told the media. “[But] I think it’s important to see the conviction.