Jordi Fernández has been named head coach of the Canadian national team for the next Basketball World Cup. The Catalan coach, who works as an assistant for the Sacramento Kingswill lead one of national teams with the most talent in their rankswith high profile names in all their positions.

The one in Badalona replaces Nick Nurse as head coach of Canada, a man who has been at the helm for four years and who was crowned NBA champion with the Toronto Raptors in 2019. Jordi Fernández’s task will not be easy, and is that the expectations of the “Road Warriors” are very high for the quality it possesses.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jamal Murray They are without a doubt the two best players on the team. The first is already one of great scorers of the NBA cwith Oklahoma City Thunder and has one of the best head-to-head matchups on the planet. On the other hand, Murray got his first championship ring with the Denver Nuggets in 2023 and enters this tournament as a global star from the point guard position.

Other notable names will be RJ Barrettanarchic shooter for the New York Knicks, or even interesting interior profiles like those of Kelly Olunyk or Dwight Powell. Dillon Brooksone of the best outside defenders in the NBA, will also join the discipline of “coach” Fernández as well as Lu Dort, Shai’s partner in Thunder. The big unknown is Andrew Wigginswho according to the Canadian media is not on the list of 14 permanent players, but now the replacement on the bench can change everything.

The Catalan coach’s cachet continues to grow by leaps and bounds. He began his career in elite basketball in 2016, as an assistant coach to Mike Malone with the Denver Nuggets, and later gave the title of jump into 2022 as lead assistant by Mike Brown for the Sacramento Kings.

On December 14, during the game against the Toronto Raptors, He became the first Spaniard to direct an NBA game, and he did it in style, with a victory.