Joe Tsai’s comment this week about managing difficult players may have been tongue-in- cheek but as Brian Lewis reports Sunday, the degree of difficulty will be a guiding force for Sean Marks this summer. The Nets learned their lesson the hard way.
That’s not to say Kevin Durant didn’t give it his all whenever he was healthy enough to take the court, but the exits of Kyrie Irving and before him James Harden were fraught with headline-grabbing, sound byte-filled commentary on how the Nets needed players more concerned with the team rather than personal goals. (And if you don’t believe Tsai the media, remember what a respected veteran like Goran Dragic had to say.