Entering the 2017-2018 season, these new-look Brooklyn Nets aimed to shatter all the disappointing expectations. Full of young, prosperous talent, these Nets have shown the league that Brooklyn basketball is back.
How was general manager Sean Marks able to pick the franchise out of mediocrity? Well, the rebuild was nothing short of outstanding.
Marks successfully went out and got himself a true leader in Kenny Atkinson. He traded longtime Nets’ big man Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers for D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov.