Head Coach Jordi Fernández didn’t intend to boast of his previous achievements on Friday evening, but he did when he said, “I don’t know, I’ve been part of [defenses] that went from bottom, or very young to top 10, twice.”
That’s a snippet from a much longer answer on his overall defensive philosophy, which in his first year with the Brooklyn Nets, has tilted quite aggressive. Pick-and-roll ball-handlers are almost always met by two defenders, players near the sideline are trapped, and occasionally, a full-court press is deployed.
Said Fernández: “I think that playoff teams are able to — if you watch the playoffs, the best defenders pick up full-court.