Drake Powell heard Jordi Fernandez’s tough love Nets message loud and clear

Felix Victorino

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It was not a criticism that Drake Powell had not heard before. After a loose match on Friday against the Mavericks, in which the 22nd pick of the draft only played 2:41 from the bench in a messy first quarter, Nets coach Jordi Fernández pointed to Powell and also rookie Egor Dëmin for a lack of ‘preparation to play’ that led to a multitude of mistakes. In part, the reduction of minutes was due to the rise of Nolan Traore and the time given to th…