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Randy Foye has been in the league for 10 years. He has played for young squads, fringe playoff teams, and contenders.
Players with his experience usually ends up with teams that are one of two pieces away from making that big leap towards a deep playoff run. But Foye took an exception for the coming season.
In an article by Stefan Bondy for the New York Daily News, Foye explains why he chose to sign with a young Brooklyn Nets team instead of running off with a contender.
“It was other options where I could’ve signed. Was tempted to wait a little longer (before signing a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Nets), but just from talking to Sean and just from coming from an organization like OKC, just the vision, just everything was so positive. Not that other teams weren’t. But it was just so positive.”
“And there was more talk about building a culture. A lot of places you go, they search and look for superstars to fill voids every year. But I think this here is more of a culture.”
“(Marks told me), ‘We need you in the leadership role.’”
The Nets aren’t just a young team. By the looks of it, they don’t even seem to have started on a traditional rebuild, no thanks to them giving away all those draft picks a few years ago.
But what might have appealed to the veteran guard is the challenge of taking the young Nets under his tutelage. Who knows, this might catapult him to bigger opportunities for another team down the line. So, consider this as Randy Foye’s unofficial audition.
