Sean Andrew Marks (born 23 August 1975) is a New Zealand-American basketball executive and former player and coach who is the general manager and alternate owner of the

Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The ...

of the

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(NBA). He was the first New Zealand-born player to play in the NBA. Marks won two championships with the

San Antonio Spurs The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home ...

: one as a player in

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and another as an assistant coach in

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Basketball career

After attending

Rangitoto College Rangitoto College is a state coeducational secondary school, located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. Serving years 9 to 13, Rangitoto has a school roll of as of making it the largest "brick-and-mortar" school in New Zealand (on ...

in Auckland, Marks moved to the United States in 1992 to play for the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant un ...

where he majored in

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, graduating with a BA degree in 1998. He was drafted 44th overall in the

1998 NBA Draft The 1998 NBA draft took place on June 24, 1998, at General Motors Place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This draft helped turn around four struggling franchises: the Dallas Mavericks, the Sacramento Kings, the Boston Celtics, and the To ...

by the

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, and was traded on draft night, alongside

Charles Oakley Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963) is an American former professional basketball player. Oakley played for the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Washington Wizards, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association ( ...

, to the

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for

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. Marks would later play for the

Miami Heat The Miami Heat are an American professional basketball team based in Miami. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The club plays its home games at FT ...

and

. In 2000–01, Marks started the season with

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of Poland, and in December 2000 had an unsuccessful ten-day contract (0 games) with the

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, returning to his Polish team until the season ended. In 2003–04, while with the Spurs, he did not play a single second due to

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tendonitis. In the next season, while playing for the Spurs Marks averaged 10 minutes per game and produced an average of 3 points and 2 rebounds. That year the Spurs won the NBA championship by defeating the Detroit Pistons in seven games. Marks did not receive any playing time for the Spurs during the 2005 playoffs. Marks signed with the

Phoenix Suns The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA), as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Suns are the only team in t ...

on 27 July 2006, to a one-year contract, re-signing with the

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outfit on 24 July 2007. On 16 April 2008, during a win over the

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in the Suns last regular-season game, Marks scored a

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with 16 points and 13 rebounds, along with 1 steal and 1 block. Marks later signed with the

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on 28 August 2008. On 21 October 2010, Marks was waived by the

Washington Wizards The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays ...

after he had failed to suit up for a pre-season game because of a hamstring injury. He was signed by Portland in November after the retirement of

Fabricio Oberto Fabricio Raúl Jesús Oberto (; born March 21, 1975) is an Argentine-Italian color analyst and former professional basketball player. At , he played as a center and power forward. With the LNB club Atenas, in his native Argentina, Oberto began ...

. On 24 February 2011, Marks was traded along with

Joel Przybilla Joel Przybilla (; born October 10, 1979) is an American retired professional basketball player who played the center position for 13 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). High school career Przybilla was born in Monticello, Minn ...

, Dante Cunningham and two future first-round draft picks to the

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for Gerald Wallace. The Bobcats waived Marks on March 3, 2011. Internationally, Marks represented

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. He competed in the

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and

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, and was part of their fourth-place finish at the

2002 FIBA World Championship The 2002 FIBA World Championship was the 14th edition of the competition now known as the FIBA Basketball World Cup, the international world championship for men's basketball teams. The tournament held by the International Basketball Federation i ...

held in

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, US.

Coaching and executive career

Marks retired in 2011. In 2012, he was named basketball operations assistant for the

and general manager for the

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. He became an assistant coach with the Spurs in 2013. The Spurs went on to win the 2014 NBA Finals after defeating the

in five games. It was Marks second championship and first as an assistant coach. At the start of the following season he returned to the front office, being named assistant general manager. On 18 February 2016, it was announced that the Brooklyn Nets named Marks as the new general manager for the team, and penned a 4-year contract. Marks told then-owner

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that his vision for rebuilding a team that had collapsed to only 21 wins involved a process that would take several years to execute, and made clear that he was not interested in a repeat of Prokhorov's previous "win now" approach. Earlier, Prokhorov had acknowledged his previous free-spending strategy was not the best way in the long run to build a champion. During the third year of Marks' contract, the Nets appeared in the

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, making it their first appearance since

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. On 19 May 2017, Marks was inducted into the Basketball New Zealand Hall of Fame. On 21 April 2019, Marks was suspended for Game 5 of the Nets' contest against the

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, due to entering the referees’ locker room after the Nets' Game 4 loss. He was subsequently fined $25,000.

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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Personal life

Marks and his wife Jennifer have four sons. The family resides in

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References

External links

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NBA career statistics

Regular season

Playoffs

Personal life

See also

References

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