The Brooklyn Nets are finally clear of the darkness that was Billy King’s management. With Cleveland picking Colin Sexton this past draft it ended the string of first round picks that they owed to other teams. With their first in hand this year, the rebuild can finally begin… or so you would think. In fact Sean Marks has been quietly going about rebuilding this franchise from almost nothing. The Nets have actually managed to use their cap space to absorb bad contracts and acquire first round draft picks. And with these picks Marks has managed to acquire some amazing talent. But in particular Caris Lavert has blossomed early this season into a wing that looks like he genuinely belongs on a good to great team. This video will cover Lavert and what kind of a player he is, and what kind of a player he can be. Before taking a wider look at the Nets roster and their future for this year and going forward. But lets start with Caris, the 24 year old is entering his third year in the NBA and in his first few games has shown flashes of being a number one option and great wing scorer. Just a month ago people were baffled with why Sean marks refused to include him in a Jimmy Butler trade - but now it kind of makes sense. Caris has been absolutely balling to start the season, and he looks like the kind of player who could easily be a solid third or even second option on a good playoff team. And all of this has been achieved by Sean Marks, the GM who took on the job when the Nets were in an absolutely dire place. He has fixed the franchise through a series of careful moves and attempting to ensure that he doesn’t sign bad contracts, or trade away draft picks in order to pick up cheap wins. Instead he acquired cap space, used it to take bad contracts in exchange for gaining draft picks, and picked up D’Angelo Russell in the process. He and his team then nailed the draft by getting athletic hoopers like Allen and Lavert. And now they look poised to re enter the playoffs after an eternity out of them. It likely won’t happen this season, but next offseason is the one to watch out for the Nets. They will have sixty million dollars in cap space and they can offer two max contracts to stars. If they did this they might struggle to re sign Russell or Dinwiddie, but I think the Nets might be willing to move on from one or both of these players. And the player I think they will start by targeting is Jimmy Butler - Butler indicated he wanted to come to Brooklyn when his whole trade fiasco was going down. New York is undeniably a great city to live in and I wouldn’t be surprised if that played into Jimmy’s considerations. The team would also be 100% his and they already have young pieces around him to complement his talent. If they could somehow convince another genuine star to come to Brooklyn I think they could convince two players to come on down. But whether or not this happens isn’t the big deal. The big deal is that Sean Marks has put Brooklyn in the position to be able to do this. Three years ago this was unimaginable, but now the future is bright for the Nets and the two New York teams should have a strong rivalry for years to come.