The former NBA player and assistant coach has held the GM position for the Nets since 2016.
Lots going on Nets season ends, from coaching hires to roster construction to the draft (ya never know) to free agency. Sean Marks will again be in charge of it all.
Interim head coach Kevin Ollie is expected to receive consideration for the permanent position. The Nets have gone 11-17 under Ollie, a longtime former NBA player who took over for Jacque Vaughn a couple of months ago.
Every NBA season, fringe playoff teams reach a point where they must decide between digging deep or packing it in. For the Brooklyn Nets, it came at the All-Star break, with general manager Sean Marks firing Jacque Vaughn and promoting Kevin Ollie to interim head coach.
Jeff Peterson goes from Sean Marks assistant GM to the head of basketball operations in Charlotte One day after Marc Stein reported that the Nets were
The Brooklyn Nets lost a key front office executive Thursday ahead of a pivotal offseason, with assistant general manager Jeff Peterson joining the Charlotte Hornets as their head of basketball operations, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
After trading away superstars and parting with another coach, the Nets are shifting focus to the future. Brooklyn's blueprint should look familiar.
With Jacque Vaughn's dismissal, the Nets lost a major figure in the organization. General manager Sean Marks is now looking for a new head coach who can permanently succeed JV’s role as the primary tactician.
Stability and continuity have not been defining characteristics of the Brooklyn Nets during Sean Marks’ time as general manager. After firing Jacque Vaughn on Monday, Marks is expected to hire his fourth head coach this offseason, a rarity for any GM in today’s NBA climate, especially one with one playoff series win in eight seasons.
The Brooklyn Nets announced on Monday that they have parted ways with Jacque Vaughn, who was in the middle of his second year as head coach before being released.
The Brooklyn Nets have dismissed head coach Jacque Vaughn, the team announced Monday. The decision follows a 50-point loss to the Boston Celtics Wednesday, the second-worst in franchise history, after which Mikal Bridges didn’t hide his feelings about Brooklyn’s coaching.
The Hornets GM job is open and Sean Marks’ No. 2 is in line for it. Mitch Kupchak, the three-time NBA champion who ran the Charlotte Hornets front office for Michael Jordan, is stepping down, reports Adrian Wojnarowski, and Jeff Peterson, an assistant GM with the Brooklyn Nets is among the leading candidates to replace him.
The Nets have a 21-31 record after 52 games, which most fans did not expect since the team had plenty of talented players. Brooklyn’s struggles stem from the numerous injuries throughout the season.
Brooklyn made two trades that sent Spencer Dinwiddie to Toronto and Royce O’Neale to Phoenix. Those two players were expected to get traded, because of their expiring contracts, but Nets general manager Sean Marks opted to keep Dorian Finney-Smith since the 6’8'' forward has more time left on his deal.
The clock is striking midnight on Nic Claxton. Set to to become an unrestricted free agent this summer, it's expected the center will earn $20-$25 million per year, whether he resigns with the Nets or not. It's pretty clear that it is Claxton's preference to remain in Brooklyn.
It's been a while since Ben Simmons stepped onto the hardwood, much less garnered an All-Star nod, but Nets GM Sean Marks believes the 26-year-old can reach those heights again.
Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks built the most dynamic Big 3 in NBA history and arguably in any team sport, and then he saw it crumble in his own hands without a championship to show.
Executives around the NBA are reportedly happy that the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant were able to work out their differences because it seems that many of them were hesitant to sell the house to acquire a man building a track record as a player that can burn your house down.
Kyrie Irving is trying to cleanse the negative energy surrounding him in the press right now.
It seems that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant share a similar dislike of Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash and general manager Sean Marks.
Kevin Durant also apparently told Tsai he was unhappy with the team’s direction and requested a change to the franchise’s leadership.
The Nets are facing some gale-force headwinds right now, but they have now given themselves at least some form of certainty moving forward.
Ben Simmons and his representatives will work with the Brooklyn Nets on a plan to optimize his physical and mental health in advance of training camp, according to Brian Lewis of The New York Post.
Sean Marks didn't mince words when discussing what the team is looking for in its players.
The GM confirmed Tuesday that Irving would only lose money for those games, an amount accounting to approximately $380,000 per contest.
Brooklyn hosts its first regular-season home game Oct. 24 against the Charlotte Hornets, so there remains plenty of time for personnel to get their shots before they have to take the court in New York.
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