The Brooklyn Nets are planning to rent Sacramento Kings affiliate head coach Jordi Fernández as their head coach, league sources confirmed Monday. ESPN first reported the information.
Fernández, 41, is taken into account one of many brightest assistant coaches within the NBA and has been a severe candidate in earlier head teaching searches. He spent six seasons teaching the Denver Nuggets as an assistant (2016-22) and was a participant growth coach with the Cleveland Cavaliers from 2009 to 2013. He additionally coached the Canadian nationwide workforce on the 2023 FIBA World Cup, successful bronze with the squad.
Nets normal supervisor Sean Marks and Joe Tsai launched into a training search after parting methods with Jacque Vaughn on Feb. 19 and interviewed an intensive listing of candidates. Along with Fernández, Milwaukee Bucks championship coach Mike Budenholzer and Phoenix Suns affiliate head coach Kevin Younger have been among the many finalists for the job, The Athletic beforehand reported.
Sources briefed on the matter beforehand stated interim coach Kevin Ollie was thought of as a part of the Nets’ course of, together with a number of different coaches, together with Miami Warmth assistant Chris Quinn and New Orleans Pelicans affiliate head coach James Borrego, however the group honed in on new candidates as finalists for the full-time job.
Ollie was named the interim Nets coach on Feb. 20 and has compiled a 32-50 report this season. He was additionally interviewed as a part of the method and met with Tsai, in response to league sources.
The Nets are armed with a gifted two-way participant in Mikal Bridges, future draft picks and wage cap area and suppleness in Brooklyn.
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