The latest installation of Netlinked involves a pair of news items relating to a topic that should be common with the Nets this offseason: player and staff movement. After a disappointing 2014-15 season, there’s a big chance Brooklyn has a very different roster, and front office, composition when next year tips off in late October.
The first development, which has been rumored at since the Nets’ playoff “run” ended after six games with the Atlanta Hawks, is that assistant general manager Bobby Marks will not return to the organization next season. Marks, a New Jersey native and 20-year veteran of the Nets franchise, tweeted that his time with the team was over as his contract expired and was not renewed by Brooklyn (full tweet can be found at the bottom of this post).
Marks is known as a salary cap expert and has been with the Nets since he was an intern in the mid-1990s. However, the writing appeared to be on the wall during this past season when rumors flew of a possible front office revamping, which almost involved Marks being hired by the Pelicans to replace Dell Demps. As of now, general manager Billy King’s job is safe, although it’s possible he may still not be around come Brooklyn’s season opener.
In player-related news that is not the least bit surprising, Joe Johnson and Jarrett Jack are reportedly on the trade market as the Nets look to nudge themselves under the luxury cap threshold. During this past season, both of them were almost traded around three or four times so a report like this is to be expected. Still, it does not mean that any deal is imminent.
In player-related news that is pretty surprising, sophomore big man Mason Plumlee is also being shopped to teams. He was a player the Nets made off-limits to teams this year but apparently, with the situation as dire as it is, he could be had for the right price, which may be a draft pick or a package of them. It’s interesting the Nets have changed their tune on Plumlee so fast, as the Duke product didn’t play well for parts of the 2014-15 campaign but perked up toward the end.
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— Bobby Marks (@jakecooper) May 26, 2015
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