Report: Nets to retain GM, ‘cast a wide net’ in head-coaching search

A few months in the past, there was some hypothesis that Sean Marks‘ job with the Nets may be in jeopardy amid a disappointing 2023-24 season which noticed the group dismiss former head coach Jacque Vaughn. At one level in mid-December, the Nets have been 13-10. After Friday’s loss to the Knicks, they’re now 32-49 with one recreation left within the common season.

Nonetheless, in line with Brian Lewis of The New York Publish, Marks will return as Brooklyn’s basic supervisor subsequent season. A number of league sources inform Lewis that Marks will likely be answerable for hiring a brand new head coach, with the group anticipated to “forged a large web” in its search.

“Joe and I’ve all the time been in full partnership,” Marks stated in February. “And it doesn’t imply we all the time agree. I imply, you need to have good discussions and strong discussions, however Joe and I’ll make this choice, and he has given me no purpose to imagine that I received’t have the ability to make that call.

“By the tip of this, I’ve little question that we’ll come and discover the perfect individual match for this job.”

Marks has been Brooklyn’s GM since 2016. The Nets had made the playoffs every of the previous 5 seasons previous to 2023-24, however have been shortly eradicated within the first spherical on 4 of these events.

Interim head coach Kevin Ollie is predicted to obtain consideration for the everlasting place. The Nets have gone 11-17 below Ollie, a longtime former NBA participant who took over for Vaughn a few months in the past.

“Yeah, I’m the interim, so I’ve bought to seek out out if I’m holding the job first,” Ollie replied just lately to a query from The Publish about his standing. “We’re going to have some exit conferences right here shortly, most likely Monday or Tuesday after which we’ll speak. I’ll speak with Sean, our medical employees.

“We do every little thing as a company, we do every little thing as a neighborhood. We be sure that we have now the identical voice, surround-sound system with our gamers, ensuring we’re saying the identical issues. So we’ll have these talks.”