When word came on February 17, 2016 that Sean Marks had won the Nets general manager job, it was supposed to be a great day for the organization.
The morning after the Nets and Marks had seemingly agreed on the job, the Nets were officially opening the HSS Training Center in Brooklyn’s Industry City. Reporters and season ticket-holders got tours, key figures from the team and Hospital for Special Surgery were toasting each other. A corner had been turned.
But there was a problem. The Nets had low-balled the assistant GM of the Spurs, offering him roughly the same salary he was getting in San Antonio.