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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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WHY NETS FANS SHOULD ROOT FOR THE KNICKS

Sometimes you have to root for the lesser of two evils. In this case, Brooklyn Nets fans have to choose between the Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks.

That’s a product of the landscape in the East shifting away from Brooklyn as a powerhouse In light of trading away, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden.

So when Nets fans look at the clear-cut favor to come out of the East, the Boston Celtics, that is also the least desirable outcome.

Brooklyn will be inextricably linked to Boston following the 2013 trade that sent out unprotected picks for Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry.

One of those pics, Jayson Tatum, is evolving into a superstar and face of the league. The last few seasons, the Celtics have been knocking on the door of a championship.

The pick the Celtics used to select Tatum, was acquired from Brooklyn. So at the end of the day, mission number one becomes knocking out the Celtics.

When looking across the East, there’s no clear-cut option other than possibly the Sixers or Knicks.

While rooting for either team is like selling your soul to the devil, having Boston hoist them. Larry O’Brien trophy would be a nightmarish scenario.

With that being said, Nets fan should root for the Knicks to not only beat the Philadelphia team that broke up Brooklyn’s big three, but root for the Knicks to knock off the team that owned their draft picks for many years following the first big three trade, in the Boston Celtics.