Nets<\/a>\u2018 plan, and his role in executing it over time.<\/p>\n\u201cMy goal is not just to keep it but help the organization with the plan that we have and build success and sustain it,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cGood things are going to happen in the long run.\u201d<\/p>\n
That long view showed up again when he was asked about the season itself, and whether the process has matched what he expected. Fern\u00e1ndez said he\u2019s been \u201cvery happy,\u201d pointing first to communication and alignment with management and ownership, even when there\u2019s disagreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the support is there, the togetherness, the vision, the plan, the execution and everything,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cAnd I think we\u2019re in a very good place.\u201d<\/p>\n
From there, he went where the Nets have lived all season. Development, reps, and exposure for a roster built around youth. Fern\u00e1ndez pointed to the five first-round picks the organization drafted and said all of them have played consistently in the NBA and the G League, calling that exposure \u201cexcellent.\u201d He also noted the additional rookies the Nets brought into the mix.<\/p>\n
Asked how he and his staff have improved through a season full of lineup changes, Fern\u00e1ndez didn\u2019t hide behind the constant churn. He called it part of the job and leaned into the idea that growth comes from making decisions, seeing what breaks, and adjusting quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve gotten better by making mistakes and realizing that I\u2019ve made those mistakes and owning those mistakes from the beginning,\u201d he said. He offered an example involving how he used Michael Porter Jr. early, then changed it, then saw the defense take off and Porter\u2019s play rise. \u201cThat was my mistake,\u201d he said, adding he could list \u201ca thousand other mistakes\u201d and that more will come.<\/p>\n
His point wasn\u2019t self-criticism for show. It was a roadmap for how he wants the group to move.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just got to make honest mistakes and own them, and all of us keep getting better,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said. \u201cHaving all those different lineups is not an excuse. It\u2019s part of the journey.\u201d<\/p>\n
With the finish line near, Fern\u00e1ndez also made sure to pull his staff into the story. When asked whether any members of his coaching staff have taken steps forward, he didn\u2019t single anyone out. He said all of them have.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have, in my opinion, the best coaching staff in the NBA,\u201d Fern\u00e1ndez said, crediting their work together and their focus on player development without ego. He said he believes many of them will eventually be head coaches and that investing in staff is something he and general manager Sean Marks value, whether those coaches grow in Brooklyn or elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With three games left, Jordi Fern\u00e1ndez didn\u2019t sound like\u00a0he was counting\u00a0the days. Brooklyn\u2019s head coach was taking inventory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,248,6,671],"class_list":{"0":"post-704225","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-jordi-fernandez","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116366141760029352","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=704225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}