He is 39 years previous, is from Badalona and has been a part of the Joventut academy Jordi Fernández is an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings and got here on the scene when the primary coach was expelled He is the primary Spaniard to steer an NBA recreation as head coach
Jordi Fernández (Badalona, 1982) didn’t anticipate it. The Spaniard is the assistant coach of the Sacramento King, however this Thursday – and just for just a few hours – he has turn into the group’s first coach and the primary Spaniard to direct an NBA recreation. “I’m proud”, he assured after the assembly and it isn’t for much less.
The proprietor of the Sacramento Kings, Mike Brown, was despatched off in the course of the third half for a technical double and the participant from Badalona needed to take management of the sport. There have been nonetheless greater than 20 minutes left. An eternity and extra with regards to basketball.
He needed to come again from 73-64 on the scoreboard and he did it. The Sacramento Kings ended up beating Juancho Hernangómez’s Toronto Raptors. So Fernández’s debut was in fashion.
He even answered in Spanish when requested how he felt. “Today has been an instance of collective effort and we’ve completed with a victory”
Jordi Fernández didn’t need to present an excessive amount of enthusiasm after his historic debut as NBA coach: “Personally, I’m proud, however a very powerful factor is to have the ability to give Mike and the group the victory”, he stated, beneficiant together with his boss who had been disqualified . “It has been a collective effort, when a coach fights for his gamers they usually ship him off, the easiest way to reply is to get collectively and attempt to do our greatest to win the sport.”
Fernández, who maintains relationship with the Catalan soccer coach and former participant, Pep Guardiola, labored as an assistant within the Spanish basketball group. A member of the Joventut de Badalona youth academy, in 2006 he joined Impact Basketball Academy, an organization devoted to creating NBA gamers. He has all the time labored hand in hand with Mike Brown with gamers like LeBron James or Shaquille O’Neill. He has been on the coaching groups for the Denver Nuggets and the Cavaliers.