Six losses into a season that could well see 10 times that many, and Nets coach Jordi Fernández is already falling on the proverbial sword.

This rebuild was always going to get ugly. But with his winless team showing no grit, defense or want-to, Fernández shouldered the blame after Sunday’s desultory 129-105 beating at the hands of the visiting 76ers.

“We go back to the same with poor defensive effort,” Fernández said. “I’m failing at trying to get my guys to play hard.

“I’m trying to ask them questions: How can I do it to get them to play really hard? And then you live with the result. I’m not living with this result because the effort is not there and the defense is not there. And we’re turning it over — 19 turnovers for 20 points. Until we don’t have that, we’re not gonna be able to

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