Talk to Nets players and there are signs of how Jordi Fernandez wants them to play this upcoming season.
It will be well over a month until Brooklyn even starts training camp, until newly-hired head coach Jordi Fernandez gets a chance to get his hands on his players in earnest.
As befitting a rebuilding team lacking in top-end talent, the Nets hired a rookie head coach in Fernandez who wasJalen Wilson said new coach Jordi Fernandez has emphasized playing fast and the need to be assertive on the floor.Their pace is going to have to come from practice; otherwise it’ll just be sloppy and chaotic, rather than effective and dangerous.
Make no mistake, no amount of preparation is likely to make Brooklyn a contender this season. That window closed the minute they traded away superstar Kevin Durant for Mikal Bridges, and — after a disappointing 32-50 mark last season — was all but padlocked shut when Nets owner Joe Tsai and general manager Sean Marks officially signaled a rebuild by dealing Bridges across the East River to the archrival Knicks.
The Nets aren’t going to be able to score their way to wins despite the emergence of young shooting guard Cam Thomas, who averaged a team-high 22.5 points last season. Their offensive rating was just 23rd in the NBA last season, and 25th after interim Kevin Ollie took over during the All-Star break.
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