{"id":73631,"date":"2024-04-16T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T10:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=73631"},"modified":"2024-04-16T16:28:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:28:00","slug":"nets-lure-kings-jordi-fernandez-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/16\/nets-lure-kings-jordi-fernandez-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Lure Kings\u2019 Jordi Fernandez to Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Nets head coaching search has come to an end, with the franchise deciding to hire Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernandez.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ESPN Sources: Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 choice to become the franchise\u2019s next coach, separating himself in a wide, month-long search that now has the Nets prepared to hire the Sacramento Kings\u2019 top assistant. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VHqXY9AYsb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VHqXY9AYsb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1780069783045808339?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, Fernandez was rumored <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/14\/nets-hone-in-3-finalists-head-coach-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">to be a finalist<\/a> for their head coach vacancy, along with Phoenix Suns associate head coach Kevin Young and four-time Coach of the Year Mike Budenholzer. Following the news of Fernandez\u2019s hiring, Wojnarowski reports that Young has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/39954795\/sources-suns-coach-kevin-young-finalizing-deal-lead-byu\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">agreed to become<\/a> the next head coach of Brigham Young University\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team.<\/p>\n<h2>Nets Lure Kings\u2019 Jordi Fernandez to Brooklyn<\/h2>\n<p>Fernandez\u2019s hire has been a long time coming. One of the brightest basketball minds, he\u2019s interviewed for several head coaching positions over the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>This year, he was also <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/04\/hornets-diving-into-4-head-coach-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a head coach candidate<\/a> for the Charlotte Hornets. Last year, Fernandez was interviewed by the Milwaukee Bucks, Phoenix Suns, and Toronto Raptors. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/1628164973993279489\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a potential hire for<\/a> the Atlanta Hawks\u2019 head coach role as well.<\/p>\n<p>With the Nets, Fernandez\u2019s playcalling and innovate schemes will greatly enhance their ability to thrive on offense.<\/p>\n<p>Much was made of Brooklyn\u2019s pecking order last year. However, the Nets also ran a doldrum offense that ranked 23rd in offensive rating (113.2). Furthermore, Brooklyn only averaged 110.4 points per game, 25th in the NBA. While partly due to the Nets\u2019 personnel, arguably only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thomaca02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cam Thomas<\/a> was put in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/12\/nets-microwave-scorer-cam-thomas-candid-playoffs-nba-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the best position to succeed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 41-year-old is also gifted at crafting defensive coverages that fit his personnel. The Nets are better at that end, ranking 15th in opponents points per game 113.3). However, their 20th-place defensive rating (116.1) highlights a need to improve their three-point defense and generate more turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez\u2019s success coaching Canada\u2019s men\u2019s basketball team in the 2023 FIBA World Cup also lends credence the belief he can transform the Nets into a dominant playoff contender.<\/p>\n<p>Despite missing stars like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/murraja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jamal Murray<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wiggian01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrew Wiggins<\/a>, he managed to coach Team Canada to a third-place finish. In doing so, he had to win a game against Team USA. Though the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/16\/2024-paris-olympics-options-team-usa-final-roster-spot\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">U.S. men\u2019s basketball team<\/a> had far less star power than normal, it was still an impressive feat.<\/p>\n<h3>Intangible Improvements<\/h3>\n<p>Because the Nets have multiple players with questionable intangibles, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/simmobe01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ben Simmons<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bridgmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikal Bridges<\/a>, Fernandez\u2019s doctorate in sports psychology could prove particularly useful.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, in sports, mental acuity often differentiates teams. This requires player to not just have a wide breadth of knowledge but discipline and mental fortitude as well. As Fernandez imbues his team with these qualities, he can establish a winning culture in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brooklyn Nets head coaching search has come to an end, with the franchise deciding to hire Sacramento Kings associate head coach Jordi Fernandez. ESPN Sources: Jordi Fernandez has emerged as the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 choice to become the franchise\u2019s next coach, separating himself in a wide, month-long search that now has the Nets prepared to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":73638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1608,7,62],"tags":[49161,4557],"class_list":["post-73631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nets","category-basketball","category-hornets","category-nba","tag-jordi-fernandez","tag-nba-offseason"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}