On May 15th, the Brooklyn Nets hired former Sacramento Kings’ Associate Coach Jordi Fernandez to be the team’s 24th Head Coach in franchise history.
While the Nets’ Head Coaching vacancy may not have been a premiere opening, the Nets deciding to bring in a young, up-incoming leader as opposed to a coach that may have been a bigger name is a welcome sight to the Brooklyn fanbase.
Fernandez’s hiring came after a disappointing regular season, where the Nets finished 32-50 and fired Head Coach Jacque Vaughn after a 21-33 start to the year. The product on the floor did not improve much after Vaughn departed, as Interim HC Kevin Ollie only brought the team to finish the year on an 11-17 mark.