The NBA a few decades ago it was seen as a distant territory. North American land where foreigners had no place. However, the evolution of human being and the alloy itself have caused a huge growth in international presencewith Jordi Fernández among its protagonists.
Luca Doncic, Giannis Antetokounmpo or Nikola Jokic They shine the spotlight, of course. They are stars of a higher dimension. They accumulate spotlight and millions of people follow them. Of course, for a team to be successful, players of the highest level are needed.
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Who is Jordi Fernandez?
Jordi Fernández He is a basketball coach born in Badalona on December 27, 1982. He is the main figure of Spanish basketball among NBA coaches.
He started his career in the North American league at the hands of Mike Brownits current head coach at the Sacramento King.
Fernández was given the opportunity to sign Cleveland Knights in 2009 and worked there as “character developmentgaining weight in the franchise.
was nominated head coach of Cavs affiliate team in G Leaguecantonal taxes. He was the first Spaniard to be head coach of the Development League, as well as being the youngest foreigner to occupy a position on an NBA bench.
Jordi continued in the G League until his big break, assistant to Mike Malone at the Denver Nuggets. He gained a lot of weight on the bench during his six seasons in Colorado, coinciding with Nikola Jokic, Facundo Campazzo or Juancho Hernangómez.
Coach Brown makes his first hired head coach, hiring Jordi Fernandez from the Denver Nuggets as his associate head coach. 👑 pic.twitter.com/g69XkD29g0
— Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) May 18, 2022
In the summer of 2022, The Sacramento Kings have announced the signing of Jordi Fernández as primary assistant coach to Mike Browntheir new coach, with whom they enjoy the franchise’s best time in 16 years.
Jordi had known Brown for a long time, as well as working with him in The Nigerian team at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
Jordi Fernández’s first win in the NBA, a milestone in Spanish basketball
During the 2022/2023 season, and positioned as the main assistant to Mike Brown, Jordi enjoys the job and success of the Kings. This franchise used to living without the playoffs (they have the biggest drought in North American sports history) is thrilled with the new coaching staff.
There is still a long way to go, but they are adding milestones and followers. The Kings needed such a change and everything indicates they will break his awful streak of 16 years with no playoffsa case they had not known about since 2006.
On December 15, 2022, Brown was ejected for a double technical in the Toronto duel between the Raptors and the Kings. Thus, Fernández took over as associate head coach when Brown was ejected in the third quarter.
Jordi established himself as the bench leader during the remaining 21:09 minutes of the match. It was his debut as a head coach, which also ended in victory. And, as if that weren’t enough, the first time of a Spaniard like “head coach” from an NBA bench.
“We are the first to want to change the identity and culture of the organization and ultimately, if you are dedicated to this, what you always want to do is pick up a team at some point and when you drop it, drop it at a higher point“.
“The last 16 years are a reality, but we weren’t here, e what we have come to is establishing an identity, a work culture And that’s what we’re doing. Talking about the Playoffs now makes no sense because it’s too early, ”she said in statements to Alejandro Gaitan, of the Giants.
Jordi Fernández, the first Spaniard to be head coach in the NBA?
Jordi Fernández He has been benching the NBA world for more than a decade and his position is very exciting. Indeed, is in the spotlight to become the first Spaniard to be head coach of the North American league.
He has already gone through more than one selection process in which he was left behind. He was still very young, but several teams who interviewed him already liked him. Everything points to it being a matter of time have the first Spanish coach in the NBA.
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