Getting from, as DeMarre Carroll tweeted, “from an irrelevant ball team to being a Free Agent Fantasy,” wasn’t easy and a long process Sean Marks et al have gotten a lot of credit for what they’ve accomplished since the former Spurs executive walked into HSS Training Center in February 2016.
So much attention has been focused —and rightfully so— and what Marks, Kenny Atkinson and their staffs have done since 2016 ... but not enough on how they manipulated the system in the last month, carrying out some subtle moves that put them in position for the big ones that got them Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant .