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| Brooklyn Nets | |
|---|---|
| Title | General manager |
| League | NBA |
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1975-08-23)23 August 1975 (age 50) Auckland, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealand / American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Rangitoto College (Auckland, New Zealand) |
| College | California (1994–1998) |
| NBA draft | 1998: 2nd round, 44th overall pick |
| Drafted by | New York Knicks |
| Playing career | 1998–2011 |
| Position | Power forward /center |
| Number | 22, 4, 40 |
| Coaching career | 2013–2014 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1998–2000 | Toronto Raptors |
| 2000–2001 | Śląsk Wrocław |
| 2001–2003 | Miami Heat |
| 2003–2006 | San Antonio Spurs |
| 2006–2008 | Phoenix Suns |
| 2008–2010 | New Orleans Hornets |
| 2010–2011 | Portland Trail Blazers |
Coaching | |
| 2013–2014 | San Antonio Spurs (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
As player:
As assistant coach: | |
| Career statistics | |
| Points | 638 (2.8 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 501 (2.2 rpg) |
| Blocks | 87 (0.4 bpg) |
Stats at NBA.com  | |
| Stats atBasketball Reference | |
Sean Andrew Marks (born 23 August 1975) is a New Zealand-American basketball executive and former player and coach who is the general manager of theBrooklyn Nets of theNational Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first New Zealand-born player to play in the NBA. Marks won two championships with theSan Antonio Spurs: one as a player in2005 and another as an assistant coach in2014.
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After attendingRangitoto College in Auckland, Marks moved to the United States in 1992 to play for theUniversity of California, Berkeley where he majored inpolitical science, graduating with a BA degree in 1998. He was drafted 44th overall in the1998 NBA draft by theNew York Knicks, and was traded on draft night, alongsideCharles Oakley, to theToronto Raptors forMarcus Camby. Marks would later play for theMiami Heat andSan Antonio Spurs.[citation needed]
In 2000–01, Marks started the season withŚląsk Wrocław of Poland, and in December 2000 had an unsuccessful ten-day contract (0 games) with theSeattle SuperSonics, returning to his Polish team until the season ended. In 2003–04, while with the Spurs, he did not play a single second due topatella 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 thePhoenix Suns on 27 July 2006, to a one-year contract,[1]On 16 April 2008, during a win over thePortland Trail Blazers in the Suns last regular-season game, Marks scored adouble-double with 16 points and 13 rebounds, along with 1 steal and 1 block.
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Marks later signed with theNew Orleans Hornets on 28 August 2008.[2] On 21 October 2010, Marks was waived by theWashington Wizards 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 ofFabricio Oberto.
On 24 February 2011, Marks was traded along withJoel Przybilla,Dante Cunningham and two future first-round draft picks to theCharlotte Bobcats forGerald Wallace.[3] The Bobcats waived Marks on March 3, 2011.[4]
Internationally, Marks representedNew Zealand. He competed in the2000 and2004Olympic Games, and was part of their fourth-place finish at the2002 FIBA World Championship held inIndianapolis, US.
Marks retired in 2011.[5] In 2012, he was named basketball operations assistant for theSan Antonio Spurs and general manager for theAustin Toros.[6] He became an assistant coach with the Spurs in 2013.[7] The Spurs went on to win the2014 NBA Finals after defeating theMiami Heat in five games. It was Marks second championship and first as an assistant coach.[8] At the start of the following season he returned to the front office, being named assistant general manager.[9]
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.[10][11] Marks told then-ownerMikhail Prokhorov 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.[12] Earlier, Prokhorov had acknowledged his previous free-spending strategy was not the best way in the long run to build a champion.[13] During the third year of Marks' contract, the Nets appeared in the2019 NBA Playoffs, making it their first appearance since2015.
On 19 May 2017, Marks was inducted into the Basketball New Zealand Hall of Fame.[14][15]
On 21 April 2019, Marks was suspended for Game 5 of the Nets' contest against thePhiladelphia 76ers, due to entering the referees’ locker room after the Nets' Game 4 loss. He was subsequently fined $25,000.[16]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| † | Won anNBA championship |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | Toronto | 8 | 0 | 3.5 | .625 | .000 | .500 | .1 | .0 | .1 | .0 | 1.4 |
| 1999–2000 | Toronto | 5 | 0 | 2.4 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | .4 | .0 | .2 | .2 | 1.6 |
| 2001–02 | Miami | 21 | 6 | 15.2 | .432 | .000 | .588 | 3.6 | .4 | .2 | .5 | 4.6 |
| 2002–03 | Miami | 23 | 0 | 9.7 | .373 | .000 | .667 | 1.5 | .1 | .2 | .3 | 2.3 |
| 2004–05† | San Antonio | 23 | 0 | 10.6 | .338 | .000 | .786 | 2.4 | .3 | .1 | .5 | 3.3 |
| 2005–06 | San Antonio | 25 | 0 | 7.2 | .521 | .000 | .583 | 1.7 | .3 | .2 | .3 | 3.2 |
| 2006–07 | Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 5.7 | .333 | .000 | 1.000 | 1.0 | .0 | .0 | .3 | 2.0 |
| 2007–08 | Phoenix | 19 | 0 | 6.8 | .535 | .250 | .632 | 1.9 | .2 | .2 | .5 | 3.1 |
| 2008–09 | New Orleans | 60 | 5 | 14.0 | .485 | .200 | .682 | 3.1 | .2 | .1 | .6 | 3.2 |
| 2009–10 | New Orleans | 14 | 0 | 5.4 | .500 | .000 | .400 | 1.6 | .1 | .0 | .2 | .7 |
| 2010–11 | Portland | 29 | 0 | 7.2 | .432 | 1.000 | .625 | 1.4 | .1 | .1 | .2 | 1.6 |
| Career | 230 | 11 | 9.9 | .448 | .200 | .665 | 2.2 | .2 | .1 | .4 | 2.8 | |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 | .0 |
| 2009 | New Orleans | 5 | 0 | 16.0 | .462 | .000 | .800 | 4.0 | .0 | .6 | .4 | 3.2 |
| Career | 6 | 0 | 13.8 | .462 | .000 | .800 | 3.3 | .0 | .5 | .3 | 2.7 | |
Marks and his wife Jennifer have four sons. The family resides inGreenwich, Connecticut.
Marks became an American citizen in 2007.[17]
Sean Marks returned to the front office as an assistant general manager
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