In many ways, the Lakers' hiring of JJ Redick as their next head coach was as straightforward as it was complicated. Here's why the Lakers chose him.
Among the big questions that persist after the Lakers finally hired JJ Redick as the team’s head coach is when exactly general manager Rob Pelinka and the team got the idea to hire him. A rival general manager told The Times that usually when a team fires a coach, as the Lakers did with Darvin Ham more than a month ago, it already has one or two candidates in mind.
The messaging, both publicly from his representatives and privately from within the Lakers’ inner circle, has been that this search should be more focused on Anthony Davis than James. In fact, prior to the first episode of “Mind the Game,” James and Redick had no real relationship to speak of, again, according to those who are aware of the situation. Still, the show had to have given the Lakers ideas.
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