Nets general manager Sean Marks may never top Sunday when he landed superstars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in free agency.
Monday’s encore was extracting a first-round pick from Golden State for D’Angelo Russell, a restricted free agent many thought would be renounced and leave for nothing.
There had been reports early Monday morning that the Nets would likely get back no better than a Top 55-protected second-round pick. In the end Marks did far better than that.
Brooklyn had signed Durant to a four-year, $164 million max contract on Sunday, a move the star forward confirmed on Instagram.