When I hear opposing coaches across the NBA marvel at the job being done in Brooklyn by the Sean Marks/Kenny Atkinson tandem, I wonder if they’re just being nice.
What can you say about a franchise mired in the league’s lowest depths over the last few years with little hope of rising in the foreseeable future?
Warriors coach Steve Kerr was Brooklyn’s latest admirer, telling the media scrum prior to Golden State’s 118-111 victory at the Barclays Center on Sunday how impressed he’s been with the Nets’ culture change.
Kerr said Marks inherited “the worst hand to play with as a GM of anybody in the history of this league” when Marks replaced the disgraced Billy King in February 2016.