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It took over a decade for the Nets trade to finally bear real fruit. Tatum and Brown (*) have been keeping this franchise near the top of the league for 6-7 years now, and have just gifted us banner 18.

We've always worshipped Billy King for the services provided to Celtics Nation, but in reality he wasn't the only mole destroying Brooklyn from within. This 2015 article sheds a bit of light on the Nets' side of things.

"Everyone in that room, there wasn't a person who was holding out on the deal," Marks told Mannix. "We knew the consequences that were going to come about if it didn't work out. We knew there was possibly a two-year window with the players that we had brought in. Everyone in that room knew the risks. We knew the risks financially, we knew the risks on the court and what potentially long term they could be."

There's more, including some detail on how the mega-trade came about, and also who was negotiating on the Celtics' side (it wasn't Danny Ainge):

Marks also confirms what NetsDaily has reported: that the original deal was smaller and centered on Paul Pierce for Kris Humphries. NetsDaily has reported the original deal was Humphries and the 2016 pick for Pierce ... and that it has been concluded the Tuesday night before the Thursday draft night. Marks worked that deal with his Boston counterpart, Mike Zarren and Pierce's agent, Jeff Schwartz, according to league sources.

https://www.netsdaily.com/2015/12/1/9828784/bobby-marks-recalls-the-trade-and-how-everyone-was-aware-of-the-risks

I wasn't aware of any of this. Or maybe I forgot.


(*) To a lesser extent James Young too

This article seems to be based on the same podcast.

https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2015/12/former_brooklyn_nets_executive.html

SuperDeluxe wrote:
There's more, including some detail on how the mega-trade came about, and also who was negotiating on the Celtics' side (it wasn't Danny Ainge):

Marks also confirms what NetsDaily has reported: that the original deal was smaller and centered on Paul Pierce for Kris Humphries. NetsDaily has reported the original deal was Humphries and the 2016 pick for Pierce ... and that it has been concluded the Tuesday night before the Thursday draft night. Marks worked that deal with his Boston counterpart, Mike Zarren and Pierce's agent, Jeff Schwartz, according to league sources.

https://www.netsdaily.com/2015/12/1/9828784/bobby-marks-recalls-the-trade-and-how-everyone-was-aware-of-the-risks

I wasn't aware of any of this. Or maybe I forgot.


(*) To a lesser extent James Young too

I had also forgot (if I knew) that it was going to be Pierce for the pick that ended up becoming Jaylen Brown.

didn't PP basically talk KG into it? So JT is literally here due to a convo those two mates had about "let's go win it in Brooklyn."