Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez recently gave a statement on leaving Team Canada after the team announced that he won't be returning.

Brooklyn Nets coach Jordi Fernandez is stepping down as coach of Canada’s senior men’s national basketball team.

Nets' Jordi Fernandez Steps Down As Team Canada Head Coach Nets' coach Jordi Fernandez will no longer serve as Team Canada's head coach.

Jordi Fernandez has stepped down as the head coach of the Canadian seniors men’s national basketball team, it was announced on Thursday.

Spaniard Jordi Fernandez, head coach of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets, will not return as coach of Canada's men's national team, Canada Basketball announced on Thursday.Fernandez, in his first season guiding the Nets,

General manager Sean Marks fully supported Fernandez’s Olympic pursuits when he was officially hired in April. He believed the more chances Fernandez had to hold a clipboard, the better. While Fernandez was absent last offseason, the Nets formed a “robust” offseason program for players, led by assistants Steve Hetzel and Juwan Howard.

Fernández's departure leaves a hole at the top of one of the more talented rosters on the international stage.