By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
Just days after denying that he even knew who Sean Marks was, Mikhael Prokhorov and the Nets announced that the New Zealand born former player is the new GM of the Nets.
“After an exhaustive vetting process, we are delighted to have Sean as our General Manager,” Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov said. “His experience on the court, in coaching and management gives him a 360 degree view of the job at hand. His background helping to build one of the greatest teams in the NBA gives him an unparalleled frame of reference. And he impressed us all with his vision, his values, his personality and his enthusiasm for the club. The vote to select him from an incredible list of talent was unanimous. We welcome Sean into our Nets family and look forward to his strong leadership and independent thinking as we build our own success story”.
“I am very excited to be named the General Manager of the Brooklyn Nets, and to become a member of the vibrant and dynamic organization that represents Brooklyn,” Marks said. “I would like to thank Nets’ ownership for giving me this opportunity, and I look forward to the challenge of creating a unified culture and building a winning team”.
According to Eurohoops sources the job was also offered to Andrey Vatutin, president of CSKA Moscow, and now the questions is if Ettore Messina will also leave the Spurs in order to became the coach of the Nets.