As JJ Redick trades the studio for the sideline, he steps into the turbulent world of coaching LeBron James and the Lakers.
Lakers head coach JJ Redick explains that there is no set plan for how LeBron and Bronny would share the court at the same time.
But the self-described"basketball sicko," despite the challenges ahead for a franchise seemingly in flux as it attempts to navigate the end of' career, the beginning of Bronny's and keeping Laker Nation satisfied by competing in the present without forsaking the future, feels as if he is built for this.
The playing careers of the two basketball lifers overlapped but never quite intersected. Redick was a DNP in five of the six games they shared when thein the 2013 first round. Early in James' L.A. tenure, the Lakers inquired about trading with New Orleans for Redick but nothing developed, sources told ESPN."I heard and was like, 'Sure, yeah, whatever," Jason Gallagher, who produced Redick's other podcast,"The Old Man and The Three," told ESPN.
"We had fun during our podcast," James told ESPN."It's very easy to talk to JJ. ... He's smart as hell, if anybody watched the podcast.
"It was like, 'Hey, what are you looking for Kobe? And he just started talking about discipline and militaristic and inspirational and hard-nosed and Coach's name just came to light," Pelinka told ESPN."And then before, you know it, the Lakers made an attempt to hire him." "I think if I was 57 now and it was offered, I would go," Krzyzewski, 77, told ESPN."I still love Duke. College basketball is terrific -- the product. All the stuff you have to do for it, it's not as gratifying as it was 20 years ago. At least for me."
Said Redick:"A lot of that initial phone call was just explaining to him what was on my heart and my mind and sort of what I wanted to do, which was coach. And I think that that got him more excited, to be honest with you. ...That was not a ploy for media attention, believe me."was famous for well into retirement -- with one distinction between him and The Dream."That was a volunteer situation. I'm not charging people $50,000," Redick said with a smirk.
JJ Redick is the 29th head coach in Lakers history. None of the past six have lasted more than three seasons. Pelinka was cognizant of the inflection point in which his team found itself. James' career was nearing the end. L.A. had plans to draft James' son, Bronny, creating a roster dynamic unprecedented in league history.was still in his prime, but the Lakers failed to capitalize last season when Davis was healthy enough to play 76 games.
Redick's prioritization was telling. Pelinka and team governor Jeanie Buss offered him the gig and will ostensibly be his bosses. But Redick's success, or lack thereof, will largely depend on getting the most out of a guy who is just six months his junior suiting up for his 22nd season.
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