No team was hit worse by Marksy Marks’ RFA traps than the Portland Trail Blazers. Stuck spending way over the luxury cap for a team that finished 41-41 and were swept in the opening round of the playoffs. That’s not ideal.

So… what have the Brooklyn Nets been doing this time around? Well, aside from using their copious cap room to trade for D’Angelo Russell and also picking up the odd curious draft prospect… pretty much the same as last year, actually.

The Los Angeles Lakers had Timofey Mozgov on this disgusting contract – 30 years old and one season into a four-year $64m contract averaging 7.4 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in 16-17 – and they needed to get the hell out of it.

That a New Zealander is calling the shots for the Brooklyn Nets makes them immediately interesting to a kiwi site such as ours… but the Nets are fascinating far beyond national ties.

Sean Marks was handed a poisoned chalice when he took over the Brooklyn Nets General Manager’s role, that’s not an alternative fact.

How do you rebuild a fallen empire? One brick at a time. 

Sean Marks was at the Spurs so long it must seem weird to be hanging around in the NBA at this time of the year without having a playoff game to prepare for.