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The Brooklyn Nets have signed head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multi-year contract extensions, sources told ESPN on Monday. Nets owner Joe Tsai and general manager Sean Marks landed on the extensions with the staff this week, sources told ESPN, showing long-term commitment to Fernandez after two seasons at the helm.
Michael Scotto: Brooklyn Nets GM Sean Marks on signing head coach Jordi Fernandez and his entire coaching staff to multi-year extensions: “Jordi is a tremendous leader who, along with his coaching staff, put his stamp on this franchise from the moment he arrived in Brooklyn. Over his first two seasons, Jordi has built a strong foundation rooted in player development, a competitive spirit and honest communication, all of which have been embraced throughout our roster. The energy and passion the entire staff relentlessly pour into our players reverberates throughout the organization, and we are excited to have this group continue to lead our franchise into the future.”
Nets say they’ve signed HC Jordi Fernandez and his staff to multi-year extensions. After cycling through coaches in years before his hire, Nets landed a great young coach in Fernandez. “We are excited to have this group lead us into the future,” GM Sean Marks said in statement: pic.twitter.com/Sm2ptopPWE
— Ian Begley (@IanBegley) April 20, 2026
New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown acknowledged Brooklyn’s performance after Friday’s 93-92 road win at Barclays Center. “Give Brooklyn a lot of credit. I thought they came out and they were extremely physical from the beginning of the game throughout the whole game and it impacted us and start with Jordi on down. Jordi outcoached me,” Brown said.
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Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on if Michael Porter Jr. could play this season: "So, 2 or 3 weeks and then obviously there's a ramp up to go back to a competition level. We cannot predict but it'll be close. So we're going to go through these 2, 3 weeks, put the work in and then we'll see where we are." #Nets
Mike Brown when Cavs hired Jordi Fernandez: I told him, I said, "Hey, look, if there's nothing that you have to do for Elijah or Cameron, then you come down to the practice facility. You can sit in our meetings. You can watch practice. Now, you won't be able to coach or anything because you're not an employee of the Cavaliers, but I do have the ability to allow you in our meetings and practices." Fast forward on one of the days right before the season started. Somebody comes in and says, "Hey, such and such here. Need somebody to work him out. There are no coaches." Jordi was sitting in my office. So I said, "Jordi, go work him out." Danny Ferry comes busting in my office. “Who's that coach working with our player?!” And I was just like, "Oh Danny, I should have ran this by you." And he goes, “The guy's great." And I said, "He is?" I said, "Yeah, he's great." Then he's like, "Do you want to hire him?" Literally just like this. And I was like, "Hell yes, I need to hire him." Then he goes, "Okay, cool." I was like, "Okay, great." And that's how he got hired in the NBA.
Erik Slater: Jordi Fernandez’s response to Cam Thomas saying that the Nets "don't believe in nobody": “We wish Cam the best. We loved him while he was here. We hope that he does very well where he is. I don’t know if he has the right to speak about others. We’re happy with the guys we have here. I believe that everybody here can help us with what we have planned.”
Jordi Fernandez’s response to Cam Thomas saying that the Nets "don't believe in nobody":
— Erik Slater (@erikslater_) March 5, 2026
“We wish Cam the best. We loved him while he was here. We hope that he does very well where he is. I don’t know if he has the right to speak about others. We’re happy with the guys we have… pic.twitter.com/ES95emmrdE
“We were not connected,” coach Jordi Fernández said. “When you’re always a half-second late or not talking when you’re supposed to, it’s really hard to win a game [trying to] just show up and do it. It’s the NBA. A game just went by and didn’t really take the advantage as a group. “We find some positives in development. But I want a more connected group because we can grow a lot more. Every time you compete as a group, you develop each player … and every time we don’t compete, that development is slower.”
Jordi Fernandez: "I think the NBA doesn’t care about your passport. They care about what you bring to the game—what makes you different, what your superpower is. That’s what matters. Europeans are taught the game differently—we focus more on reads, playing in twos and threes, and multi-positional play. Then you look at the American system, where the skill level, athleticism, and competitiveness are elite. It's not that one is better than the other—they're just different approaches. When you mix both styles, that’s when you get the best results. And it’s exciting to see all these paths and experiences coming together. The NBA game evolves every year, and that evolution is one of the most exciting things about the league."
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Thomas – who was the Nets’ leading scorer last season, and had been a fixture in the starting lineup – has been a reserve ever since returning from another hamstring injury on Dec. 27. He came off the bench for a tenth straight appearance on Sunday, logging 23:58; and Fernandez said his playing time isn’t about to increase. “Yeah, right now we’re happy where he is, with the minutes he’s playing with the production, being that willing playmaker; because we know how good he is scoring the basketball, and taking those steps defensively,” Fernandez said before the Nets’ 124-102 loss in Chicago. “Right now we’re happy where he is. We need him to stay in those minutes a little longer because I, we, just believe what’s most important right now is his body, and (how) his body reacts. And we’re gonna be cautious with that.”
The tanking Nets — deep into a youth movement — got spanked by the venerable Clippers 121-105 on Friday at Barclays Center. With a record five first-round rookies — all but one of whom played — the Nets learned some valuable lessons against Los Angeles. They just weren’t easy ones. “The reality is you can explain the game plan, but until you don’t go through it, that’s how you learn,” said Jordi Fernández. “Those minutes were very valuable because you see those guys and sometimes you guard and you’re like ‘Oh, that was good defense.’ But for us, because we’ve seen them do it, it’s like that’s not good defense because they’re going to keep scoring, because they’ve done it all their careers and they’re going to keep doing it. So it’s good. That’s how you learn.”
Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on Michael Porter Jr. being motivated vs. the #Nuggets that traded him: "If I'm in his shoes, I'll be very excited to play this game. I have no doubt in my mind he's going to go out & perform on both ends. So it's an exciting day for for all of us, especially for him." #Nets