Jordi Fernandez seems set to change into a first-time NBA head coach.
The Sacramento Kings assistant coach emerged because the Brooklyn Nets’ prime head-coaching candidate on Monday, with the workforce ready to make him their subsequent rent, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported, citing sources.
Fernandez was lately rumored to be a finalist for the place alongside names like former Milwaukee Bucks head coach Mike Budenholzer and Phoenix Suns assistant Kevin Younger.
The 41-year-old reportedly was additionally concerned in interviews for the Charlotte Hornets’ opening.
Brooklyn fired Jacque Vaughn in February after a 21-33 begin to the season. The Nets began their rebuild final season after dealing away Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Mikal Bridges, Cam Thomas, Cam Johnson, Nicolas Claxton and Ben Simmons are a number of the marquee names on the roster.
Fernandez joined the Kings in 2022 and shortly labored as much as change into an affiliate head coach with the workforce.
He began NBA-related teaching in 2009 with the Cleveland Cavaliers in participant improvement, then had an extended stint with the Denver Nuggets from 2016-22, which included time with former Kings head coach Mike Malone.
Fernandez has additionally been the pinnacle coach for the Canadian males’s basketball workforce, which lately received bronze on the 2023 FIBA World Cup.
Mike Brown and Co. would wish to fill huge footwear to exchange Fernandez’s impression on the workforce.
