Sean Marks signed a four-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets to be general manager worth $9 million.

Marks earned less than $10 million during his entire 11-year playing career.

"I hope that I can capture all that I've learned and bring it to [Brooklyn], and I have a clear vision of what I'd like to implement here," Marks said. "It'll be built through a solid, strong foundation, a systematic process, and we'll be putting something out there on the court that the community can be proud of.

"The vision is to evaluate immediately, so it'll be evaluating the roster, the staff, the needs, finding out what can be put in in the meantime," Marks added. "By no means is this a wasted year. I think you can still get some things out of this year. We've got some really talented young guys on this team that need to be developed. We've got a culture that needs to be set, and that starts from day one."