The Brooklyn Nets may not have any meaningful cap space until 2020 after taking on the salaries of Allen Crabbe, Timofey Mozgov and DeMarre Carroll this offseason.

"There is a limit to how much dead money you can take," Sean Marks said. "You end up with a roster of 21-year-olds and dead salary."

"We need to show progress," Kenny Atkinson said, "out of respect for ownership."

"If you sign the wrong guy to $15 million or $20 million," Marks said before the Crabbe deal, "they might become untradeable."

Marks and Atkinson are beginning their second full season with the Nets.