Jordi Fernández participated in a basketball game for the first time tonight as Brooklyn Nets head coach. No, it didn’t take place on an NBA stage. No, he didn’t even coach the Nets, but it was our first look at him in a competitive basketball setting since he updated his résumé with that title.
His opponent? Just LeBron James, Anthony Edwards, Steph Curry, and the rest of the NBA Avengers. Fernández came to the bout with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Jamal Murray, RJ Barrett, Dillon Brooks, and Dwight Powell, who made up his starting five. Not too shabby — but certainly not a blockbuster film cast.