* Marks says JV’s sacking was not consulted with the players, but was made in agreement with Joe Tsai. * Main reason for firing JV was that the team was heading in a bad direction and wasn’t meeting expectations. * Marks doesn’t want to put the blame solely on JV. He’s introspective and says that the roster construction is also to blame for the underwhelming results. * Ultimately, the team needs a change and a higher level of competitiveness, so he decided to see if switching the HC position will do that. * Marks says he tries to match the coaching position to the roster. JV was brought in based on the roster at that time (with Kyrie and KD), but the roster has changed significantly since then. * Seems Marks is most disappointed with the lack of fire. He wants the Nets to be known as a team that plays hard, relentless basketball and that’s not happening right now. * He isn’t concerned with luring FA talent right now. Says we never had problems convincing players to come to Brooklyn and he doesn’t foresee it changing.
I like that he took responsibility – at least partially – for our bad results. I like that he’s constantly evaluating the roster construction and whether anything can be done organizationally to improve our situation. It wasn’t said here, but it’s pretty clear he likes the talent we have right now and wants to build on that foundation instead of looking for opportunities to start from scratch.
He’s good at this lol
IN MARKS I TRUST
idk what more people want.. he got us past the Celtics trade era, he drafts pretty solid and he just works with the hands he’s dealt. Nearly every fanbase hates on their GM and Ownership, but I can appreciate more of what Marks has done especially after Billy King and Prokhorov, Rod Thorn and Ratner, Kiki Vandeweghe, etc.
Yeah Sean you did put the roster together. I’m glad you put that out to your fan boys. I like how you also said this isn’t all JV’s fault because your fan boys always have an excuse for you.
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Great interview. A lot of interesting answers.
* Marks says JV’s sacking was not consulted with the players, but was made in agreement with Joe Tsai.
* Main reason for firing JV was that the team was heading in a bad direction and wasn’t meeting expectations.
* Marks doesn’t want to put the blame solely on JV. He’s introspective and says that the roster construction is also to blame for the underwhelming results.
* Ultimately, the team needs a change and a higher level of competitiveness, so he decided to see if switching the HC position will do that.
* Marks says he tries to match the coaching position to the roster. JV was brought in based on the roster at that time (with Kyrie and KD), but the roster has changed significantly since then.
* Seems Marks is most disappointed with the lack of fire. He wants the Nets to be known as a team that plays hard, relentless basketball and that’s not happening right now.
* He isn’t concerned with luring FA talent right now. Says we never had problems convincing players to come to Brooklyn and he doesn’t foresee it changing.
I like that he took responsibility – at least partially – for our bad results. I like that he’s constantly evaluating the roster construction and whether anything can be done organizationally to improve our situation. It wasn’t said here, but it’s pretty clear he likes the talent we have right now and wants to build on that foundation instead of looking for opportunities to start from scratch.
He’s good at this lol
IN MARKS I TRUST
idk what more people want.. he got us past the Celtics trade era, he drafts pretty solid and he just works with the hands he’s dealt. Nearly every fanbase hates on their GM and Ownership, but I can appreciate more of what Marks has done especially after Billy King and Prokhorov, Rod Thorn and Ratner, Kiki Vandeweghe, etc.
Yeah Sean you did put the roster together. I’m glad you put that out to your fan boys. I like how you also said this isn’t all JV’s fault because your fan boys always have an excuse for you.