Once upon a time Sean Marks was the general manager of a plucky underdog Brooklyn Nets team, inheriting the job at a time when few would have envied the task ahead of him but quickly transforming the entire perception of the franchise as he and head coach Kenny Atkinson instilled a fresh, modern, humble, team-first culture.
It’s taken a lot of waiting for this NBL season to finally swing around and even as it does the Breakers still have to wait a little longer as they didn’t have a scheduled game in round one. All part of the juggling of various state protocols, trying to do this thing in the midst of a global pandemic, you know?
Not gonna lie, it’s been difficult to get a handle on this Steven Adams on the New Orleans Pelicans thing and it’s nothing to do with the player or the team either. This whole NBA season has been ridiculous so far.
Well, here we are. We made it. Somehow amidst a crippling pandemic in a nation led by morons and power-grabbers the National Football League is just 16 games shy of a completed regular season.