When the Brooklyn Nets hired former Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez to take over their head coaching duties, I'm not sure even they knew history was being made.
As a respected coach across the league, Fernandez was voted the best assistant coach in a league GM survey. He's also the fifth ever European-born coach and the fifth youngest NBA coach ever to be hired.
But all those facts pale in comparison to the fact that Fernandez is the first Spanish-born coach in NBA History.
There are only three Spanish-born players currently in the NBA and eleven total from Spanish speaking countries.
Fernandez is adored and praised by his peers in the NBA and from Team Canada. The Nets are hoping that his worldly experience will help develop a roster that vastly underachieved in 2023-24.
Only time will tell, but Brooklyn can hold claim to setting league history by appointing Fernandez as the main man in charge.
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