GM thinks Nets' success will attract free agents
Nets general manager Sean Marks believes the team's success this season will help attract free agents this summer.

























Nets general manager Sean Marks believes the team's success this season will help attract free agents this summer.
Jarrett Allen will work on adding strength and extending his range to the 3-point line this summer. Here's Kenny Atkinson on Allen: "In our exit meetings Wednesday, we talked to him about the things he wanted to work on. I expect him to listen, and in two-three years, to be an elite center in this league. He's going in that direction. I'm really thrilled with his development so far."
Impending free agent D'Angelo Russell would like to return to the Nets, but he knows anything is possible.
Nets veteran Jared Dudley was asked what advantages the Nets would have over the Knicks in free agency (4/4): "And it depends on—some people want to take on that Garden. Some players want this. The advantages depend on the player. And I would say that they have, right now, Brooklyn has put [itself] in fighting position to be able to land somebody."
Nets veteran Jared Dudley was asked what advantages the Nets would have over the Knicks in free agency (3/4): "So I would say as much media as we have here, I'm pretty sure over there with the Knicks there's a little more media to deal with, a little more scrutiny. There's less scrutiny here, and that's just how it is. How it is when I was with the Clippers, that's just the way it is. Practice facility. If you want to be here in Brooklyn, if some players want to live in the city and you can drive 10-15 minutes to practice, or do you want to go all the way to Westchester and take an hour and have a driver? You know what I mean? There's a lot of different stuff, man."
Nets veteran Jared Dudley was asked what advantages the Nets would have over the Knicks in free agency (2/4): "Out of 10 pages, they got seven pages (of coverage in a newspaper). That's just how it is. And nothing is going to change there. I don't care, Dolan could burn down Manhattan and they're going to talk about the Knicks, let's be honest. Let's be honest. And so for us, the advantages they have here is, for one, the foundation and the culture we have. And not just in New York and in the NBA, one of the best young cores here. They have draft picks, they have cap space. And I know the Knicks do have cap space and they have a pretty good couple, one or two guys."
Nets veteran Jared Dudley was asked what advantages the Nets would have over the Knicks in free agency (1/4): "It's advantages and disadvantages. The advantages the Knicks have is the history. There's a lore that they have about playing in the Garden, you know, having that Knicks jersey, even though they might not have been good for the last, you know, 15, 20 years and stuff like that. But it's the Knicks. It's like the Lakers. When I played for the Clippers and we were the 3 seed, they were talking about the Lakers."
DeMarre Carroll says that his wife will be making his free-agency decision this summer: “I'm dictating this free agency," Carroll said his wife told him recently. "It's been 10 years and I've been sitting aside” and she said it's my time. So it's her time, all I can do is sit back. I hope my wife picks a good destination and hopefully its back here but we'll see what happens.”
With 122 points in Game 5 to bring their series total to 612, the Sixers became the first team with at least 600 points in its first five playoff games since the Lakers (600) and Suns (618) in 1989.
Ben Simmons thumped his chest after a big dunk , Joel Embiid pointed toward an overmatched defender on a slam of his own, and the Philadelphia 76ers flexed their offensive muscle from the opening tip to beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-100 on Tuesday night...
Nets minority owner Josephy Tsai was fined $35,000 by the NBA for comments critical of officiating after Game 4.
Nets' owner Joe Tsai was fined $35,000 for his tweet on Sunday which was construed by the NBA as a public statement detrimental to the league.
Brian Windhorst, Andrew Han, Kevin Pelton and Nick Friedell discuss the Blazers-Thunder series (1:20), the looming inevitability of a Warriors title (9:30), the Sixers (45:00) and a Windhorst filibuster.
According to the NBA's Last Two Minute Report released Sunday, Nets center Jarrett Allen was fouled in the final seconds of Saturday's Game 4 loss to the 76ers.
Brooklyn Nets forward Jared Dudley and Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler have each been fined for their roles in an on-court altercation, it was announced today by Kiki VanDeWeghe, Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations. Dudley has been fined $25,000 for escalating an on-court incident which spilled into the spectator stands by shoving Philadelphia's Joel Embiid. Butler has been fined $15,000 for escalating it further by then shoving Dudley. The incident, for which Dudley and Butler each received technical fouls and were ejected, occurred with 7:42 remaining in the third quarter of Philadelphia's 112-108 victory over Brooklyn on Saturday, April 20 at Barclays Center.
Joel Embiid's flagrant foul level one from Game 4 will stand as called, sources told ESPN. Embiid remains with two flagrant foul points for the postseason. Once a player gets to four flagrant points, they earn an automatic one-game suspension.
Nets general manager Sean Marks has been suspended one game without pay and fined $25,000 for entering the referees' locker room after Brooklyn's loss to Philadelphia in Game 4.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto | 58 | 24 | .707 | - | W2 |
| Philadelphia | 51 | 31 | .622 | 7 | W1 |
| Boston | 49 | 33 | .598 | 9 | W1 |
| Brooklyn | 42 | 40 | .512 | 16 | W3 |
| New York | 17 | 65 | .207 | 41 | L1 |
| RD(PK) | PLAYER | POS | SCHOOL |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1(29) | Dzanan Musa | SF | |
| 2(10) | Rodions Kurucs | SF | |
| 2(15) | Hamidou Diallo | SG | Kentucky |
| YEAR | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-19 | 42 | 40 | .512 |
| 2017-18 | 28 | 54 | .341 |
| 2016-17 | 20 | 62 | .244 |
| 2015-16 | 21 | 61 | .256 |
| 2014-15 | 38 | 44 | .463 |


