The Lengthy Island Nets, the NBA G League affiliate of the Brooklyn Nets, have named Tevin Baskin, Fortune Solomon and Jorge Gutiérrez as assistant coaches on Head Coach Mfon Udofia’s employees. They be part of Affiliate Head Coach Shawn Swords on Lengthy Island’s bench.
Swords returns to Lengthy Island for his second season as affiliate head coach after becoming a member of the group forward of the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach. Swords beforehand spent 15 seasons (2007-2022) as head coach at Laurentian College in Ontario, Canada, the place he additionally performed 5 collegiate seasons (1992-97) and earned a bachelor’s diploma in economics. Previous to starting his teaching profession, the Ottawa native performed professionally abroad for a decade (1997-2007) in France and Italy and on Staff Canada on the 2000 Summer season Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
Baskin enters his third season with Lengthy Island and his first as an assistant coach. He initially joined the Nets employees forward of the 2022-23 NBA G League season as an assistant video coordinator/participant growth and was elevated to go video coordinator/participant growth the next season. Previous to becoming a member of the Nets, the Stamford, Conn., native spent one season (2021-22) at Mississippi State because the director of recruiting and analytics, the place he additionally served as a graduate assistant for 2 seasons (2018-20). Baskin performed two collegiate seasons (2012-14) at Appalachian State and later earned a grasp’s diploma in workforce schooling management from Mississippi State.
Solomon joins Lengthy Island as an assistant coach after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach with the NBA G League’s Raptors 905. Previous to his stint with the 905, he spent two seasons (2021-23) as an assistant coach with the South Bay Lakers and 4 seasons (2017-21) with the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder as a participant growth analyst. The Hayward, Calif., native additionally brings worldwide teaching expertise to Lengthy Island, serving as an assistant coach for the South Sudan Males’s Nationwide Staff since 2021, together with the group’s current efficiency on the 2024 Paris Olympics. Previous to starting his skilled teaching profession, Solomon spent one season (2012-13) on the College of California, Bakersfield as head video coordinator earlier than becoming a member of the College of San Francisco basketball program as a graduate assistant in the course of the 2013-14 season, the place he additionally earned a grasp’s diploma in sports activities administration.
Gutiérrez enters his first season with Lengthy Island and his first as an assistant coach. He joins the teaching ranks after an 11-year skilled profession (2012-23) together with three seasons (2013-16) within the NBA with Brooklyn, Milwaukee and Charlotte. Gutiérrez additionally performed 4 seasons within the NBA G League with the Cleveland Cost (2012-16) and was chosen by the Cost with the twenty sixth general decide within the 2012 NBA G League Draft. Previous to starting his skilled profession, Gutiérrez performed 4 collegiate seasons (2008-12) on the College of California, Berkeley, the place he earned a bachelor’s diploma in interdisciplinary research. The Chihuahua, Mexico native acquired Pac-12 Participant of the Yr and Pac-12 Defensive Participant of the Yr honors throughout his senior season with the Golden Bears.
Moreover, Steven Kaner has been elevated to go video coordinator/participant growth. He enters his fourth season with Lengthy Island after becoming a member of the group as a group attendant forward of the 2021-22 season.
