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Brooklyn Nets: Fútbol legend Pep Guardiola stopped by to hang out with Coach Fernández today ⚽️🏀

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Chaney Johnson: "Coach Jordi (Fernandez), he was literally one of the most positive coaches in the locker room, win or loss. So you can tell how much he cares about winning, but he cares about his players just as much. So, I mean, he is a winner and I feel like of course it just hasn't went his way, but like he hasn't taken his foot off the gas. So, they they keep your head up, man, like but just keep believing. Just keep believing, that's all I can say, just keep believing."

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Sean Marks, in answer to an ND question about the Knicks back on the day his team introduced its three draft picks, dismissed the possibility of having another team’s success change his thinking. (As more than one NBA watcher has noted, the team governor and GM have been like “peas in a pod” when it comes to strategy.) “No, not at all. I mean, we’re not, we’re not, we’re not going to be motivated or less motivated by what somebody else is doing,” Marks said. “I think we all we control is our path. I think we set out on this a couple of years ago, and I think I’m very happy with what the group has done, what Jordi (Fernandez), the coaching staff, have done to develop these young men, and it’s gonna be really exciting to see what they look like, and you know, whether it’s a year or two years from here, and who really seizes this opportunity?”

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In addition to moving up five spots into the late first round of the draft, another factor in the decision to trade Nic Claxton was the opportunity to free up more playing time for center Day’Ron Sharpe, sources told HoopsHype. Sharpe, the longest-tenured Net going into his sixth season at just 24 years old, impressed Nets brass last season and was lauded by coach Jordi Fernandez for his rebounding prowess. Sharpe is currently penciled in as Brooklyn’s starting center.

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With Williams expected to return healthy next season, Mitchell, Cason Wallace, Jared McCain, and Alex Caruso in the fold, teams across the league are monitoring fellow starter Lu Dort’s availability. Dort has a team option for $17.22 million for the upcoming season that several front executives who spoke with HoopsHype are projecting the Thunder to exercise, then consider flipping Dort on the trade market. Should such a scenario happen, Dort has been linked with the Lakers and several other teams. It’s worth noting that Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez coached Dort with the Canadian National Team.

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Jordi Fernández: "Yeah, it's been growth, and I've had to learn how to be in this position. Obviously, when you get the job, you always believe that you're ready for it, and even though you've coached and you've been a head coach before, probably basketball is the easiest part of it. But then you have the head coaching duties and what it means, and the amount of people that you're responsible for, and the amount of people that you've got to touch every day. I think that's been a great journey so far. I've learned, I've grown, and the best thing is being around good people. This organization is built and is still building the right things for the right things, and we believe that we'll keep taking those positive steps."

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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.

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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.”

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Ian Begley: 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:

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Michael Scotto: Brooklyn Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. and rookie forward Danny Wolf are both out for the rest of the season coach Jordi Fernandez says.

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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

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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.

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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.”

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