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DENVER \u2014 Jordi Fernandez has known Nuggets coach Michael Malone since their days in Cleveland, and he spent six seasons as an assistant under him in Denver.<\/p>\n
He credits those years \u2014 helping mold the Nuggets into winners \u2014 for not only getting him the Nets job but laying down the blueprint he\u2019s trying to follow.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix years of my life with my family were here, my kids were born here, so great memories, not just professionally but family-wise,\u201d Fernandez said before Friday\u2019s 124-105 loss at Ball Arena. \u201cEvery year I was here helped me prepare for this job. Michael Malone, the organization, the coaching staff, ownership, front office, every experience \u2026 it was one of the reasons I\u2019m in the position I\u2019m in right now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was able to experience a young team, the majority of guys were drafted that we built into a playoff team, made it to a conference finals and then won a championship. So the process really helped me to understand how things work. It\u2019s never going to be the same, and it\u2019s not going to be perfect, but going through it here and being part of it, I think it was a great experience for me as a coach.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fernandez joined Cleveland in 2009 as a developmental coach while Malone was a Cavaliers assistant. <\/p>\n
And later, the year after Malone became head coach in Denver, he brought the young Spaniard in as an assistant. <\/p>\n
Fernandez spent 2016-22 with the Nuggets, building a contender that won the title the season he departed.<\/p>\n
He left an impression on Malone.<\/p>\n
\u201c[Fernandez had] just a hunger and an appetite for learning and growing, and his ability to just relate and get along with the players,\u201d Malone said. \u201cYou could just tell that it was just a matter of when he was going to be given that opportunity. And obviously, Brooklyn gave him that chance.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a tough year for them, but when you look at everything they\u2019ve gone through this year \u2014 the trades, the players and all that \u2014 the most important thing for Jordi and any young coach is to establish a culture. And then as you add pieces to that culture, then the wins will come. And that\u2019s what I tried to do here in Year 1, 10 years ago. But before the wins are going to come, you\u2019ve got to create an identity, you got to create a culture. And Jordi is on his way to doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n
That includes his no-excuses culture.<\/p>\n
\u201cOnce you\u2019re doing your job, there\u2019s no friends. And the same way I want to beat them, they\u2019re going to want to beat me. I know for sure Michael Malone feels the same way,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cYes, obviously you want to say hi before the game or after the game, and then during the game be ready to compete all the way through.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ben Simmons, who scored 10 points and had seven assists, and Day\u2019Ron Sharpe (seven points, five rebounds) returned to the court Friday.<\/p>\n
Cam Johnson (right ankle sprain) and D\u2019Angelo Russell (right shin contusion) were out and are considered day-to-day. Fernandez has said he hopes the former will return at some point on this trip. <\/p>\n
But Trendon Watford (left hamstring strain) most likely won\u2019t play until the Nets return home. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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