Some pundits have suggested that the pressure is on for Sean Marks and his new team, assembled over the last several months. It's their first big test, first big transactions after buying out Joe Johnson and Andrea Bargnani and signing Sean Kilpatrick to a multi-year, vets minimum deal.
Nah.
Marks, the neophyte GM out of San Antonio, enters the Draft with one pick, the 55th, and limited expectations. Anything beyond that is gravy, as long as he doesn't make a huge mistake. That bar, of course, is high, considering the huge mistakes his predecessor made to get the Nets into this mess, one which ESPN's Jeff Goodman says will go on for a while.