Newly-hired Brooklyn coach Jordi Fernandez made his thoughts known early in his tenure on keeping the key pieces around.
made their new head coach official, citing Jordi Fernandez as the one who will lead the team into the next era.
By Wednesday, Fernandez was already voicing his opinion on keeping a key roster piece in upcoming unrestricted free agent Nic Claxton around. "Nic is a big that has defensive versatility," Fernandez said at his introductory presser on Wednesday."I believe he'll be Defensive Player of the Year. For us, he's a priority in this summer.”"I think Nic is the No. 1 priority for us."There's no doubt about that. We hope he's a Net for a very long time. We hope we can continue to build around him and build with him and so forth.
Keeping Claxton will undoubtedly be important in keeping Brooklyn competitive in the upcoming season. This season, the 6-foot-11 hybrid averaged 11.8 points, 9.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.1 blocks per game in 71 contests as one of the best defenders in the league. The 25-year-old will be coming off a two-year, $16 million deal, and will assuredly command more than that coming off a few career seasons.GAME DAY PREVIEW AND INJURY REPORT: The Milwaukee Bucks play their second game in two nights, host the Brooklyn NetsCam Thomas talks about how impactful Dennis Schroder is to the Nets locker room
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