Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets’ choice to become the franchise’s next coach
ESPN Sources: Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets’ choice to become the franchise’s next coach, separating himself in a wide, month-long search that now has the Nets prepared to hire the Sacramento Kings’ top assistant. pic.twitter.com/VHqXY9AYsb
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 16, 2024
by Brooklyn917
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Super happy with this
Love this hire
Could this mean theyre going in the rebuilding route? God I hope so.
Not going to act like I know much about him, but yet another coach with no head coaching experience? Cant say I’m thrilled but we shall see
Tells me we’re not superstar hunting in trades this offseason yeah?
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Is this good?
Tell me why I should like this better then coach bud
(Being honest)
Great move, seems like the top pick by a lot of people
I kinda hope this means they’re taking a rebuild route
As long as it wasn’t Bud
I’ll form my opinions on him after a full season of watching him coach. I hope this hiring works out 4th time’s the charm.
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Hmmmmmm….. I sense some familiar faces will not be back next season
I honestly thought we’d hire Bud, but this could be our next Kenny Atkinson. Like others, I’m not familiar with his work but I’m excited to see where this goes.
Either way, this will most likely be Marks last chance.
This screams rebuild
As long as it wasn’t bud.
really hope this works out.. i’m sick of hiring unproven guys instead of just getting someone whose been there before but maybe this one will be different.
Rebuild time
Sad to see him go. He’s an excellent coach and you guys will like him a lot.
Huh, Clax did say he expected the coach to be chosen sooner than later. This was much sooner than I expected
W. Didn’t want bud, that would’ve most definitely meant we would’ve thrown the whole kitchen sink at the Cavs or hawks for their small guards.
Hopefully this mean we can for once rebuild.
Don’t wanna get too hopeful though..
I’m a fan of taking a swing on a guy like this.
By all accounts it sounds like it was an inevitability he’d find a HC job somewhere in the NBA. Has international coaching experience and is regarded as a good assistant…
Bud would have been nice too, but I have no issues with this.
Kings fan here. He is our defensive coach. (Oof Yes I know, but we were like 26 last year and we finished 14th defensive rating without the right lengthy personnel this year) you guys will love him. He was also the Canada fiba coach. Super upset we lost him but glad he got a head coaching job. I wish the best for him and of course in turn, Brooklyn. Go Nets.
Focus on development. Does this mean CT gets given the keys to the franchise. Shipping out the vets for picks and focusing on youth.
I love this idea. We can still trade for a star in 2025 or later but let’s build organically.
Hopefully it works out, but taking yet another swing on a young up-and-coming coach instead of hiring a proven, veteran, winner like coach Bud just seems off.
I do appreciate that he seems like more of a tough “take care of business” guy and less of a “let’s have fun” guy like Nash and Vaughn though.
This man is amazing and was instrumental in the culture change in Sacramento. Great hire.
Sincerely, a Sacramento Kings fan
canadian kings fan here – jordi is AWESOME and im so sad that we’re losing him, but yall got a great coach for the future!
Kings fan here: Jordi is absolutely beloved and respected by the players, other coaches, and media. He plays a key role in running practices and here’s how our timeouts work: Brown and his staff huddle for about half of the timeout on another part of the court, while Jordi talks to the players. The other staff members then join Jordi near the end of the timeout. That shows how much faith Brown has in him.
You got a great one.
Hype about this
I would’ve preferred Bud myself, but it probably wasn’t likely anyway. Why would Bud take this shitty job now when in a few weeks a playoff team like Cleveland may underperform and fire their coach? Which team would you rather inherit?
I’d legit never heard of this guy till last week, but at least he’s not a Nash with no experience/Vaughn a proven loser-type. Atkinson was a nobody once too, so Marks likely wanted to get his guy versus wait out the playoffs and hope Bud would still be there.