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Nets have work cut out for them with choice of guards at No. 6 after NBA lottery letdown

Nypost · · 90 words · By Brian Lewis
NBA Draft Strategy Brooklyn Nets Rebuild
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CHICAGO — As Vince Lombardi said, hope isn’t a strategy.

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CHICAGO — As Vince Lombardi said, hope isn’t a strategy.

Why it matters

And now that the Nets’ lottery hopes have gone to hell — free-falling from third to sixth in the draft — they’ll spend the rest of the draft combine here trying to find prospects to anchor their rebuild.

Common ground

Getting a top 4 pick would’ve made Nets GM Sean Marks’ job easy and decision simple.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/12/sports/nets-to-have-choice-of-guards-after-nba-lot…

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Claim 1: “Nets GM Sean Marks”
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The claim is directly confirmed by Wikipedia and the official Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment website, stating Sean Marks is the general manager of the Brooklyn Nets.
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web search NEUTRAL — 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 the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Associatio…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Marks
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web search NEUTRAL — NEW YORK -- Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks is an interesting position this offseason as he will likely be hoping for the Nets to get the best pick possible in the upcoming 2026 NBA Draft. Br…
https://netswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/nets/2026/04/…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sean Marks was named as the Nets' general manager on Feb. 18, 2016, and oversees all aspects of the team's basketball operations. Marks joined the Nets after spending the previous five years with the …
https://bkse.com/about-us/sean-marks
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Claim 2: “the Nets’ lottery hopes have gone to hell — free-falling from third to sixth in the draft”
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Only one specific source (NetsDaily) explicitly mentions the Nets falling to the sixth overall pick. Another source mentions they have 'slid' in projections, but does not confirm the specific drop from third to sixth. The third source is a general NYT homepage and provides no evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Not sure if you heard, but the Brooklyn Nets fell to the sixth overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft.Brown only shot 34.4% from deep. But Brown shot a million of ‘em, largely off the dribble, shot well o…
https://www.netsdaily.com/nets-news/109597/nba-draft-prospec…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Nets have slid in NBA Draft projections, with the fourth-best odds at the No. 1 pick. For context, the top three teams have a 14% at the first selection, meaning they're on the outside looking in …
https://www.si.com/nba/nets/onsi/news/nets-projected-to-land…
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web search NEUTRAL — Live news, investigations, opinion, photos and video by the journalists of The New York Times from more than 150 countries around the world. Subscribe for coverage of U.S. and international news, poli…
https://www.nytimes.com/
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