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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 of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was the first New Zealand-born player to play in the NBA. Marks won two championships with the San Antonio Spurs: one as a player in 2005 and another as an assistant coach in 2014.

Sean Marks

Brooklyn Nets
Position	General manager
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1975-08-23) 23 August 1975 (age 47) 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 / Round: 2 / Pick: 44th overall
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career	1998–2011
Position	Power forward/Center
Number	22, 4, 40
Career history
As player:
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
As coach:
2013–2016	San Antonio Spurs (asst.)
Career highlights and awards
As player: NBA champion (2005) Polish League champion (2001) As assistant coach: NBA champion (2014)
Career statistics
Points	638 (2.8 ppg)
Rebounds	501 (2.2 rpg)
Blocks	87 (0.4 bpg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Basketball career

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After attending Rangitoto College in Auckland, Marks moved to the United States in 1992 to play for the University of California, Berkeley where he majored in political science, graduating with a BA degree in 1998. He was drafted 44th overall in the 1998 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks, and was traded on draft night, alongside Charles Oakley, to the Toronto Raptors for Marcus Camby. Marks would later play for the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000–01, Marks started the season with Śląsk Wrocław of Poland, and in December 2000 had an unsuccessful ten-day contract (0 games) with the Seattle 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 to patella 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 on 27 July 2006, to a one-year contract,[1] re-signing with the Arizona outfit on 24 July 2007.[2] On 16 April 2008, during a win over the Portland Trail Blazers in the Suns last regular-season game, Marks scored a "double-double", with 16 points and 13 rebounds, along with 1 steal and 1 block.

Marks later signed with the New Orleans Hornets on 28 August 2008.[3] On 21 October 2010, Marks was waived by the Washington 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 of Fabricio Oberto.

On 24 February 2011, Marks was traded along with Joel Przybilla, Dante Cunningham and two future first-round draft picks to the Charlotte Bobcats for Gerald Wallace.[4] The Bobcats waived Marks on March 3, 2011.[5]

Internationally, Marks represented New Zealand. He competed in the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games, and was part of their fourth-place finish at the 2002 FIBA World Championship held in Indianapolis, US.

Coaching and executive career

Marks retired in 2011.[6] In 2012, he was named basketball operations assistant for the San Antonio Spurs and general manager for the Austin Toros.[7] He became an assistant coach with the Spurs in 2013.[8] The Spurs went on to win the 2014 NBA Finals after defeating the Miami Heat in five games. It was Marks second championship and first as an assistant coach.[9] At the start of the following season he returned to the front office, being named assistant general manager.[10]

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.[11][12] Marks told then-owner Mikhail 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.[13] Earlier, Prokhorov had acknowledged his previous free-spending strategy was not the best way in the long run to build a champion.[14] During the third year of Marks' contract, the Nets appeared in the 2019 NBA Playoffs, making it their first appearance since 2015.

On 19 May 2017, Marks was inducted into the Basketball New Zealand Hall of Fame.[15][16]

On 21 April 2019, Marks was suspended for Game 5 of the Nets' contest against the Philadelphia 76ers, due to entering the referees’ locker room after the Nets' Game 4 loss. He was subsequently fined $25,000.[17]

NBA career statistics

Legend

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 an NBA championship

Regular season

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

Playoffs

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

Personal life

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

Marks became an American citizen in 2007.[18]

See also

• List of National Basketball Association team presidents

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com  and Basketball-Reference.com
• New Zealand Pioneer – Sean Marks

На других языках

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[de] Sean Marks

Sean Andrew Marks (* 23. August 1975 in Auckland) ist ein neuseeländisch-britischer[1] Basketballfunktionär und ehemaliger -spieler, der seit 2007 Staatsbürger der Vereinigten Staaten ist.[2]

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[es] Sean Marks

Sean Andrew Marks (Auckland, Nueva Zelanda, 23 de agosto de 1975) es un exjugador de baloncesto neozelandés-estadounidense que jugó 11 temporadas en la NBA y que actualmente es el manager general de los Brooklyn Nets. Con 2,08 metros de estatura jugaba en la posición de pívot.

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