At this stage, it's hard to judge Marks and his ambitious plan. In one season at the helm, he put together a team that won 20 games without control of its own draft pick. Anybody could do that as long as the owner is on board. People who've worked with Mikhail Prokhorov wonder if he'll lose patience with the losing, and then revert to what he's always done when the going gets tough: fire the coach. But as of right now, the Russian ownership hasn't set any mandates and Prokhorov has stepped away from the spotlight, except for a TV appearance with Colbert and continued rumors that he'll sell controlling interest of the Nets.