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Yahoo
16-05-2025
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Nets' Jordi Fernandez ready to coach whoever's taken in 2025 NBA Draft
The Brooklyn Nets will have some key decisions to make later this summer when they have to make some picks in the 2025 NBA Draft in late June. Brooklyn heads into the Draft with plenty of draft capital as they will have four first-round picks, but head coach Jordi Fernandez is not revealing much about what the plan is in terms of players to target or anything of that nature. "Obviously, this is my first time as a head coach going through this process, so it's going to be nothing like what I've done before," Fernandez said, per Lucas Kaplan of NetsDaily. Fernandez, native of Badalona, Spain, was at P.S. 1 in Brooklyn on Wednesday to celebrate Sant Jordi's Day, Catalonia's (Fernandez's hometown) favorite day for love and literature. Following the celebration, Fernandez was asked what every Nets fans is thinking about at this moment. Advertisement "Yeah, it's a good question, probably a question more for [general manager] Sean [Marks] than it is for me," Fernandez said, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post, when asked whether the Nets would trade one of their picks to lessen the load on the player development staff. "I'll be ready to coach whatever group we put together. And the coaches, as we always try to do, [will] help them get better and show them the way and the habits." While the Nets have been thinking about the draft since last summer when they traded Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks for a bevy of draft picks and got some of their own picks back from the Houston Rockets, it is still relatively early in the NBA Draft process. However, Saturday is an important day given that it's the deadline for NBA Early Entry. NBA Early Entry is the process where eligible players declare their intention to participate in the NBA Draft before the draft while also retaining the option to withdraw and return to their respective institutions. Players who enter the Draft through Early Entry would have to withdraw by 5 PM ET on June 15 if they wanted to return to college next season. After Early Entry, the next Draft-related activity for the Nets is the NBA G League Combine from May 9 to May 11, the NBA Draft Combine from May 11 to May 18, and the NBA Lottery on May 12. Since Brooklyn won't know where their own first-round pick lies until May 12, the Nets are in a spot where they are hoping to get lucky enough to get the No. 1 pick and the right to draft Duke forward Cooper Flagg as that outcome could change their plans significantly. This article originally appeared on Nets Wire: Nets' Jordi Fernandez ready to coach whoever's taken in 2025 NBA Draft
USA Today
26-04-2025
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- USA Today
Nets' Jordi Fernandez ready to coach whoever's taken in 2025 NBA Draft
Nets' Jordi Fernandez ready to coach whoever's taken in 2025 NBA Draft The Brooklyn Nets will have some key decisions to make later this summer when they have to make some picks in the 2025 NBA Draft in late June. Brooklyn heads into the Draft with plenty of draft capital as they will have four first-round picks, but head coach Jordi Fernandez is not revealing much about what the plan is in terms of players to target or anything of that nature. "Obviously, this is my first time as a head coach going through this process, so it's going to be nothing like what I've done before," Fernandez said, per Lucas Kaplan of NetsDaily. Fernandez, native of Badalona, Spain, was at P.S. 1 in Brooklyn on Wednesday to celebrate Sant Jordi's Day, Catalonia's (Fernandez's hometown) favorite day for love and literature. Following the celebration, Fernandez was asked what every Nets fans is thinking about at this moment. "Yeah, it's a good question, probably a question more for [general manager] Sean [Marks] than it is for me," Fernandez said, per Brian Lewis of the New York Post, when asked whether the Nets would trade one of their picks to lessen the load on the player development staff. "I'll be ready to coach whatever group we put together. And the coaches, as we always try to do, [will] help them get better and show them the way and the habits." While the Nets have been thinking about the draft since last summer when they traded Mikal Bridges to the New York Knicks for a bevy of draft picks and got some of their own picks back from the Houston Rockets, it is still relatively early in the NBA Draft process. However, Saturday is an important day given that it's the deadline for NBA Early Entry. NBA Early Entry is the process where eligible players declare their intention to participate in the NBA Draft before the draft while also retaining the option to withdraw and return to their respective institutions. Players who enter the Draft through Early Entry would have to withdraw by 5 PM ET on June 15 if they wanted to return to college next season. After Early Entry, the next Draft-related activity for the Nets is the NBA G League Combine from May 9 to May 11, the NBA Draft Combine from May 11 to May 18, and the NBA Lottery on May 12. Since Brooklyn won't know where their own first-round pick lies until May 12, the Nets are in a spot where they are hoping to get lucky enough to get the No. 1 pick and the right to draft Duke forward Cooper Flagg as that outcome could change their plans significantly.
New York Post
24-04-2025
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- New York Post
Nets, Jordi Fernandez keeping NBA draft strategy close to the vest
When the NBA hosts its annual draft lottery on May 12 in Chicago, the Nets contingent there is assured of its first lottery pick since 2010. And coach Jordi Fernández is going to be on hand and ready for some franchise-changing fortune, hoping the pingpong balls will bounce Brooklyn's way. 'I will be in Chicago,' Fernández said. 'I will be with a group and as you guys know, there's a lot going on there. And we're just ready to be lucky.' If there was ever a time for the Nets to get lucky, this might be it. There are few inflection points this pivotal. The Nets have the sixth-best odds in the lottery, meaning they'll have a nine percent chance of winning the No. 1 pick and Cooper Flagg. The Nets have a 37.2 percent chance at getting a pick somewhere in the top 4. They have 50.3 percent odds of landing either seventh (29.7) or eighth (20.6). 'Obviously, we have a very important summer here,' said Fernández, who was at P.S. 1 in honor of Sant Jordi's Day, distributing roses and books in the customary tradition of the Catalonian holiday. 'And we'll be working and organized and excited because obviously with the draft and everything we have going on.' 3 Jordi Fernández played coy when asked if the Nets would trade any of their picks. NBAE via Getty Images The Nets have five picks in June — four first-rounders and their own second. Beyond the lottery, Brooklyn will select 19th, 26th, 27th and 36th. They also have 20-year-olds Dariq Whitehead and Noah Clowney, both younger than a third of this incoming class. It begs the question of whether the Nets would trade a pick. And how many prospects can they develop at the same time? 3 Nets general manager Sean Marks will have a busy offseason. Jason Szenes / New York Post 'Yeah, it's a good question, probably a question more for [general manager] Sean [Marks] than it is for me,' Fernández demurred. 'I'll be ready to coach whatever group we put together. And the coaches, as we always try to do, [will] help them get better and show them the way and the habits … and be connected and do all those things we've been preaching and build the identity we want to build.' Whoever Brooklyn does end up taking, Fernández will have an active role. 'There's going to be no surprises at the draft, who we draft, because he would've had a say in it,' Marks said. 'His staff is empowered to voice an opinion and we truly collaborate on this stuff. We have a year under our belts of understanding Jordi's system and how he wants to play and what sort of talent he's looking for, what attributes he's looking for. What's important to him is super important.' 3 Dariq Whitehead is one of the players the Nets can build around. NBAE via Getty Images Fernández was coy about what attributes are important to add in this draft — shooting, length, defense, etc. But whatever the case, his input will carry weight. 'Yeah, obviously this is my first time as a head coach going through this process, so it's going to be nothing like I've done before,' Fernández said. 'Sean always talks about collaboration, and that's what I'm ready for; I'm ready to help, and do whatever I can, to give my opinion. 'But at the end of the day, Sean and his group, what they do is they watch these kids live [and] on tape. They've been watching them for a while, so they're the experts. Me and the coaches will be there to support and help. So it's an exciting summer.'
