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Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on Michael Porter Jr: "He's excited to be here; I'm excited to reunite w/ him. We have history together. I loved my time with Michael; he's going to bring a lot. His work ethic's very good. He's a pro, works really hard. That's going to be good for the young guys to see." #Nets
Brian Windhorst: So, on Mike Brown — what you need to know about Mike Brown... and I don’t think he does this anymore, but it helps you understand a little bit about him: He, for years, used to bring his own iron on the road. He had this thing where he would iron — he would bring an ironing board too — because he had a specific ironing board. He definitely packed his preferred iron. And the man who was in charge of packing his iron was Jordi Fernandez. Jordi Fernandez was the lowest staffer on the Cavs' staff — just over from Spain, looking for a foothold in the NBA. Jordi was kind of like... I don’t know what his role officially was, but he was basically Mike Brown’s gopher. I mean, he helped out in practices — he was doing some coaching — but he was also Mike Brown’s gopher. He was in charge of packing the iron. Mike had this thing where — before every game — he would have an ironing board set up in the coach’s office, home and road, and he would iron his own shirt. He wanted to be the one to iron it. It was like a zen thing for him — a routine to clear his mind before going out to the game.
Said Marks: “The scouting work that we’ve done on these guys throughout not just this year but leading up to this year would lead us to believe it’s a versatile class, right? They can play multiple positions. As Jordi just mentioned, multiple ball-handlers. I think to be able to come in here and limit guys and say ‘you can only fit into this category or this position,’ you’ve heard all the cliches, position-less basketball and so forth. But you want high IQ guys. That’s what we’ve got here.”
Lucas Kaplan: Egor Demin got a lot of chuckles, saying "I believe we can really find good offensive and defensive variety ... There's going to be rotations where we just switch everything," Then looks around to Jordi and Sean and says, "Well, it's not my decision anymore."
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• Brooklyn Nets: Jordi Fernandez, Head Coach • Charlotte Hornets: Charles Lee, Head Coach • Chicago Bulls: Matas Buzelis, Player • Dallas Mavericks: Rolando Blackman, Mavericks Ambassador • Houston Rockets: Hakeem Olajuwon, Rockets Legend • New Orleans Pelicans: Zion Williamson, Player • Philadelphia 76ers: Jared McCain, Player • Portland Trail Blazers: Toumani Camara, Player • Sacramento Kings: Keon Ellis, Player • San Antonio Spurs: Mitch Johnson, Head Coach • Toronto Raptors: Masai Ujiri, Vice Chairman and President • Utah Jazz: Ashley Smith, Co-owner • Washington Wizards: Bub Carrington, Player
Monday's NBA Draft Lottery will be among the most consequential events in Brooklyn Nets history. The team announced on Friday that head coach Jordi Fernandez will serve as its representative in Chicago.
When asked about his former coach’s thoughts on social media, Simmons doesn’t hold back. “It’s another world, it’s another world. It's an escape for people, you know?” Simmons expresses. “Like, half the time if somebody’s gonna say something crazy to me in person, I’ll probably punch him in the face, you know? So, it’s like, it’s a barrier in a fake world or the world they live in, but yeah, that’s what it is. There’s a wall right there, so you can either live in it or you can separate yourself. “If it was so positive, people would be like, ‘Yo, get on there!’” adds Simmons. “It’s not something, it’s not, it’s not a healthy thing. It’s not normal.”
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Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on mentor Michael Malone's firing: "It's not a great day. It's part of this business but definitely not (good). Shocking. W/ the championship coach he is, for sure he'll be back coaching in this league very soon. But not something you want to hear for sure." #Nets
Starting point guard D'Angelo Russell played just 12 minutes, with Brooklyn giving extended playing time to several G League call-ups. “[The] number [reason] one is to give a look at these younger guys during an important part of the game where you can see how they handle it,” Fernandez said of Russell's limited playing time. “But [D'Angelo] has been dealing with the ankle. And just trying to be smart with that, too. He’s been pretty sore, and I just don’t want to run it through the ground.”
Brian Lewis: Jordi Fernandez on the Edwards play: "I was out of bounds, trying to move out of the way. Definitely got to be faster than that because the player's health is the most important thing in the game. So next time, I just got to move faster." #Nets #Timberwolves
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