Asked about how he feels about Brooklyn’s current situation, with draft picks and cap space, Sean Marks laughed and told reporters, “Well, it beats the alternative.” It was perhaps the first signal of Marks recognizing that he has finally normalized the Brooklyn Nets after years of basketball purgatory ... or worse.
Marks held a press conference Tuesday at HSS Training Center to address free agency on Tuesday. Despite some excitement and optimism about the future of the Nets organization, Marks, once again, tempered expectations for the upcoming season. It’s what he does.
“The patience, I can only give credit to ownership that’s stood by and hopefully there’s something down the road, so between Mikhail [Prokhorov] and Joe [Tsai] they’ve been terrific with how they’ve shown their patience and belief in us,” said Marks.