Report: Juwan Howard joining Nets as assistant coach

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The Brooklyn Nets are hiring Juwan Howard as an assistant coach, ESPN reported Friday.

The Nets recently hired Jordi Fernandez as their new head coach, and Howard will bring NBA experience to Fernandez's staff. Howard spent 2013-19 as an assistant for the Miami Heat before taking over his alma mater, Michigan.

Howard, 51, took the Wolverines to an Elite Eight and a Sweet 16