“I'm not an idiot": Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks reveals reason behind firing coach Jacque Vaugh

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks has admitted that his team does not have the best most talented players in the competition.

The Nets are going through a rough campaign as they are now sitting in fourth place in the Atlantic Division with just 21 wins and 33 defeats this season.

It was one of the primary reasons why the managed decided to sack their former manager Jacque Vaughn and hire Kevin Ollie on an interim basis.

The 48-year-old was recently quoted in a report where he admitted that the Nets contingent is not the most talented in the league but stated that the level of commitment of certain players under the former coach was not up to the mark which was unacceptable to the hierarchy.

"I don't think there was one decision that ultimately affected the record or [making] this decision this day. I think a lot of things went into that,” he said. "It's about the level of compete.

"We're not going to be the most talented team in the league. I'm not an idiot. I totally understand that. But at the same time, this is a talented group of young men out there. And my expectations, and I think their expectations, should be to hold each other accountable to do the little things. The effort plays, the loose balls, the contested shots and so forth, diving on the floor.

"These are things that should be expected when you're in a place that we're at right now, where we're clawing and grappling for every single thing we can. That's what I would hope to see over these next 28 games, and that's probably, to be quite frank, some things I haven't seen. The level of effort and the level of compete has not always been there."