For an NBA team, there are a few different ways to make a team better, but history shows that the teams that have won the most have had good management backing them up. It is more easily noticed with how bad teams continue to stay bad or stagnate for even decades at a time.

While bad teams get opportunities to acquire rookies every year, they can still remain in the bottom of the league. The Brooklyn Nets have stayed in that position since the mid-2000s, but what can the front office do when the previous employees traded away their chances to get these rookies?

Early in 2016, Sean Marks signed as the new general manager to deal with the situation: a bad team without any chances to get new rookies for the next three drafts. Under conventional strategies, general managers might try to get some exciting players to build some buzz for the fans, but ultimately the next seasons would be a wash as they do not have any promising rookie to build around.

There is also no guarantee that the rookie will be a cornerstone of the franchise.

Instead of wallowing and hoping for a promising rookie to save the team in a few years, Marks has shown that he understands what kind of management helps create successful teams and how it can be applied to the Nets by looking at the two most success teams in the league.

The Golden State Warriors are a recent success story with their three straight trips to the Finals and the San Antonio Spurs have gone to the playoffs for about 20 years straight. However, both of these teams have similar principles when it comes to sustaining their success. Generally these two teams have figured out what kind of players can be acquired for a good value and consistently get good players from the Draft.

Now, any front office has these two ideas in mind when making decisions, but the Warriors and the Spurs have learned how to make these two principles work for their own teams. The Spurs were early adopters of valuing international and undrafted players, which works with their efficient, humble form of basketball.

The Warriors had confidence in their rookies and stuck with them as opposed to fan favorites and found players that could work great in particular situations, maximizing their usage on the court. It fits into the focused, fast-paced style that Golden State plays.

These teams have found success through a consistent and unique approach to basketball, and having a front office back year-after-year to help make these decisions. This past offseason, the Nets have found their own way to work with these principles. They used their money to take on toxic assets and expensive, but short contracts.

That is a perk of being owned by a billionaire.

The Nets have just started along that road with new management, but I think that the past year and a half have shown that the Nets know what their plan is and how they are going to execute it. A team with young players on small contracts ready to run in an experienced coach’s system is a better alternative to how most rebuilding teams are going to start the new season.

They may not make the playoffs, but they will have a strong mindset for everyone to follow.