Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez is aware of his group is rebuilding. That is good for the franchise within the long-term. However Fernandez additionally is aware of that having traded away veteran gamers has price his group within the short-term. On Sunday, Fernandez lamented the lack of gamers, because the Nets melted down within the fourth quarter throughout a loss in Orlando.
“I’ll miss toughness, management, day-to-day happiness and about being about the proper issues and all that stuff. It’s simply quite simple that if we have been to have that maturity and that toughness, we shut this sport,” Fernandez mentioned.
Over the past two weeks, Brooklyn traded away their place to begin guard in Dennis Schroder, a beginning ahead in Dorian Finney-Smith and a useful veteran backup guard in Shake Milton. These are losses on the court docket and within the locker room that the Nets are nonetheless processing.
“All of us have feelings. Whenever you spend time with someone you construct relationships. Whenever you see these individuals go, it’s powerful,” Fernandez mentioned. “I really like these guys. They’ve been a part of our household. We’ve seen them daily, we all know their households, what they’re about, they usually’ve been wonderful for us. Now they’re gone. … In the event you maintain telling your self that is a part of the enterprise, emotionally it’s not that straightforward.”
