The Catalan will lead one of the most talented teams in the tournament
After his promotion as a main assistant at the Sacramento Kings, Jordi Fernández is now taking a gigantic step in his career on the bench
Jordi Fernández has been appointed head coach of the Canadian team for the next Basketball World Cup. The Catalan coach, who works as an assistant at the Sacramento Kings, will lead one of the national teams with the most talent in their rankswith top-level names in all their positions.
The one from Badalona replaces Nick Nurse as head coach of Canada, a man who has been in charge for the last four years and who was crowned NBA champion with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. Jordi Fernández’s task will not be easy, and is that the expectations of the “Road Warriors” are very high for the quality it treasures.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray They are, without a doubt, the two best players on the team. The first one is already one of the NBA high scorers con Oklahoma City Thunder and owns one of the best one-on-ones on the planet. On the other hand, Murray has got his first champion ring with Denver Nuggets this 2023 and he appears at this tournament as a world star from the point guard position.
Jamal Murray will be the big star of Canada
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Other prominent names will be RJ Barrettlawless shooting guard for the New York Knicks, or interesting interior profiles like those of Kelly Olunyk or Dwight Powell. Dillon Brooksone of the best outside defenders in the NBA, will also join the discipline of ‘coach’ Fernández as well as Lu Dort, Shai’s teammate in Thunder. The big unknown is Andrew Wigginswho according to the Canadian media is not on the list of 14 permanent players, but now the replacement on the bench can change everything.
The cache of the Catalan coach continues to grow by leaps and bounds. He began his career in elite basketball in 2016, being one of Mike Malone’s assistant coaches at the Denver Nuggets, later giving the jump in 2022 as main assistant Mike Brown at Sacramento Kings.
On December 14, in the game against the Toronto Raptors, He became the first Spaniard to direct an NBA game, and he did it in style, with a victory.