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@ErikSlater_ @LockedOnNets @LucasKaplan_ Is trading back as far as Thunder’s 12th pick really worth it after 2 years of tanking? Pros: We recoup the value we lost in Rockets pick trade Cons: What the hell was the purpose of last 2 seasons? To move up 2 spots last year and get a late lottery pick this year?

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@levert_szn @JfromBk You go look at that surrounding cast. World beaters I got out what needed to be said about Marks. I have better things to do now. PEACE OUT

@RickW05 @JfromBk are you just gonna ignore the supporting cast on the celtics? what about how the same celtics team with jaylen brown and derrick white couldn’t close out the sixers with a 3-1 lead? jaylen brown is so great the celtics are currently shopping him and his albatross contract

Every #NetsWorld argument, disagreement, discussion, daily spam tweets, misery, back & forths can be traced to 2 things; 1) the GM is a loser, 2) May 10th, getting the 6th pick.

@levert_szn @JfromBk Bruh. Those 2 just led the Celtics to 56 wins without Tatum for 90% of season. You’re right though. We don’t have the type of GM that can put the right players around them to get those results

@RickW05 @JfromBk we acting like clowney traore and saraf are finished products? jaylen brown and derrick white would be a great 35 win team without jayson tatum and the other players that the celtics have.

@levert_szn @JfromBk Will it be celebrated if he doesnt nail the picks he got for it? So far he’s gotten Clowney, Traore, & Saraf. Will have to wait & see how it all pans out Idk about you but I think I wouldve enjoyed winning bball with Jaylen & White instead of the misery we have now

@RickW05 @JfromBk you’re truly toxic… the return he got for KD, and then Mikal/CJ will be celebrated for decades once the team starts to develop in the coming years.

@levert_szn @JfromBk Wow Kai did something crazy that hurt the team? Im utterly shocked. As I said in another post. He was already doing this shit prior to the major things. Marks chose to continue to gamble with him and lost

@levert_szn @JfromBk Yea Kai was going to be Kai at that period of time. If Marks couldnt get control of it, he shouldve traded him when he still had value & built a deeper team around KD & Harden

@levert_szn @JfromBk KD literally demanded Marks to be fired only months before he left. What does that have to do with the owner?

@levert_szn @JfromBk Beyond the point

@RickW05 @JfromBk jason kidd was the knicks first option last year, how’d that work for them?

@levert_szn @JfromBk Kyrie demanded a trade from Cavs, they wanted him to stay. He chose to sign with Nets even though they wanted him to stay. They love him in Dallas. Dont need to lie about him being cast off everywhere

@levert_szn @JfromBk How could he possibly be the best option if he made an offer to Kevin Young first?

@RickW05 @JfromBk so marks should’ve not hired the best option for long term coaching because of ping pong balls? yall are the biggest idiots. they didn’t get lucky in a draft lottery and that’s somehow marks’ fault. moronic.

@levert_szn @JfromBk No. The bad thing was having a GM that had no idea how to handle a team with superstars. You think this shit happens under Pat Reilly? No. You tell your star whos in charge. Marks fear of upsetting them set a terrible culture which led to its implosion

@RickW05 @JfromBk you think building a team around Kyrie and KD was a bad thing?? are you being serious right now? they were a turned ankle away from winning it all in 2021. yall mfs are not serious people.

@levert_szn @JfromBk Blame Jordi? Unreal. Marks is the GM. If Jordi wasn’t up for the job for 2 seasons, he wasnt the right choice. It shows Marks is once again not aligned with the team

@RickW05 @JfromBk he botched the tank because he hired a head coach who has no desire to tank early on and had a team of misfits playing at a higher level than the talent on the roster. blame jordi, the great coach he hired for getting the most out of that team.

@levert_szn @JfromBk Its never Marks fault. Always someone elses. The unluckiest GM in the history of the NBA

@RickW05 @JfromBk bro you keep blaming the GM for the owners decisions to pull max offers from harden/kyrie. joe tsai is why marks couldn’t extend harden. joe tsai is the one who couldn’t get along with kyrie. sean marks hands were literally tied by the owner. do an ounce of research.

@levert_szn @JfromBk Who botched the 1st month of the tank with zero cornerstone talent on the team when their one goal was to be the worst team in the league? Oh and then he followed up that act by not tanking hard enough the following season

@RickW05 @JfromBk yall keep using this “10 years” and adding ZERO context. that is what morons do. please explain to me what Marks did wrong between 2016-2021 to make them a title contender after walking into the worst front office situation in nba history?

@levert_szn @JfromBk Who waived the physical for a player with a back issue & mental health issues bc he was blindsided? A trade that crippled our flexibility & led to KD requesting a trade?

@levert_szn @JfromBk Fired Kenny (nice patience) to hire a coach w/ 0 coaching experience for a win now team with major egos. A coach Kai didnt respect. Who couldve guessed that would go badly?

@levert_szn @JfromBk Funny thing is Marks wouldve kept Mikal if it werent for Mikal requesting a trade out of here. Marks has been the GM of 4 stars making a trade demand & 1 demanding Marks himself gets fired Its everyone elses fault. Not Marks. Hes the victim

@levert_szn @JfromBk Who made the decision to try retooling around Mikal & CJ in the 1st place? The same GM who chose that direction over trading for Brown, White, and a 1st Terrible talent evaluation by Marks. There wouldnt have been a need to tank. Prob adding pieces to contend instead