The headline news that Sean Marks and Jacque Vaughn broke Tuesday morning was the newfound health of Ben Simmons. The three-time All-Star is playing 5-on-5 with “no restrictions,” and we have the full story on that here.
But while the discussion on Simmons occupied much of the 27-minute presser that Marks and Vaughn gave, the two did touch on many elements of the Brooklyn Nets roster that they've assembled.
Of course, neither got too into the weeds on X’s and O’s; it was, after all, the first public engagement of any kind on the 2023-24 calendar.