JJ Redick and the Lakers coaching saga

I'd be really surprised to see JJ take this job especially when he's on record saying he turned down a Celtics/Mazzula Assistant Coach (implied to be he's not ready for the NBA grind again yet.)

Here's a segment from the Andrew Schulz Podcast talking about coaching (There is swearing so you know trigger warning)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T_QQ6A_xNc&t=7482s

Quote:
JJ: "Coaching to me is about timing yeah and it's about situation I love what I'm doing right now good I'm good"

Schulz: "It's going to be hard to pull you out of it"

JJ: "Yea"

Schulz: "but the right opportunity maybe"

JJ: "I'm going down the rabbit hole right now in this thing so it's like I I I can't be pulled out right now."

And from the Mazzula podcast about being an assistant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYVInUC6MTc

Anyway, I'd be shocked if he takes this job unless they dump Monty Williams money at him.
 
BigZ said:
Nba is probably the one league where a coach has the least impact. In mlb and nfl a great coach can make a team good. In nba it’s all about talent. Without top tier talent it doesn’t make much difference.
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I’ve never heard that before but it doesn’t seem correct. Maybe in the regular season NBA coaches don’t matter but in playoffs they are crucial. Baseball at any level after tee ball they do absolutely nothing.


Anyway, as for JJ I really hope he gets the Hornets job.
 
BigZ said:
Wow JJ could be heading to Los Angeles ???
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Darvin Ham just got canned. You know Lebron had a big say in this move, and will have a major say in the hiring of the next coach. The idea of JJ coaching the Lakers seems nuts, but not when you think about the context and all the other things happening right now, i.e. JJ & Lebron's podcast.
 
Speculation is that Lakers will pick a coach to keep Lebron in LA and happy (some chatter around them drafting Bronny for the same reason). Ty Lue fits that description, but he's under contact with the Clippers for another year. JJ is getting mention because he's showing up in coaching rumors and has a good rapport with Lebron on their podcast, but no clue if that's a genuine thing or just people trying to connect the dots.

I'd be worried that JJ was walking into a "Steve Nash coaching Brooklyn" scenario, but it'd be something to see him helming the Lakers.
 
crote said:
Speculation is that Lakers will pick a coach to keep Lebron in LA and happy (some chatter around them drafting Bronny for the same reason). Ty Lue fits that description, but he's under contact with the Clippers for another year. JJ is getting mention because he's showing up in coaching rumors and has a good rapport with Lebron on their podcast, but no clue if that's a genuine thing or just people trying to connect the dots.

I'd be worried that JJ was walking into a "Steve Nash coaching Brooklyn" scenario, but it'd be something to see him helming the Lakers.
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It's several steps better than the Hornets, that's for sure.
 
theschwartz said:
Darvin Ham just got canned. You know Lebron had a big say in this move, and will have a major say in the hiring of the next coach. The idea of JJ coaching the Lakers seems nuts, but not when you think about the context and all the other things happening right now, i.e. JJ & Lebron's podcast.
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The pod with Lebron is great. JJ and Lebron have an incredible understanding of the NBA game. There was this one clip in which they discuss the hardest set to defend. It's a Golden State play. They go into the 10 or so options that the play has and why each option is difficult to defend. Then they talk about how you should defend each option but how GS just pivots to the next option. It's fascinating that Lebron from memory can remember the play and it's options and that JJ is right there with him. I would love to see JJ coach. He seems to be a basketball savant.

btw, there is a clip out there of Dan Hurley going over a UCONN play. It's incredible how many options that play has. It really made me appreciate his ability to create a great play for his players. The clip showed a few times they ran it in the final. Every time they used a different option out of the set and scored each time. Unfortunately, I think Duke has been a lot of ISO ball over the last decade or more.

Anyway, I think JJ could be a great coach.
 
I mean, the ultimate way to keep LeBron on the team would be to make LeBron a player-coach. Sadly, the salary cap does not allow this as it is seen as a way to get around the cap. It was outlawed in 1984 but prior to then, it was actually a pretty common thing in the NBA.
 
JasonEvans said:
I mean, the ultimate way to keep LeBron on the team would be to make LeBron a player-coach. Sadly, the salary cap does not allow this as it is seen as a way to get around the cap. It was outlawed in 1984 but prior to then, it was actually a pretty common thing in the NBA.
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Isn't that why baseball managers wear uniforms? History?

-jk
 
-jk said:
Isn't that why baseball managers wear uniforms? History?

-jk
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these days most of the managers don't even wear uniforms, they have a variety of leisure wear they picked up at the mall, or that's what it looks like.
 
Ummm, this may actually happen...

https://www.si.com/nba/lakers-jj-redick-pat-riley-coach

Shams Charania and Jovan Buha reported for The Athletic that the Lakers had officially interviewed JJ Redick, Sam Cassell, and James Borrego to replace Darvin Ham on the sideline. All three individuals had been linked to the job in prior reports so the report as a whole did not come as a surprise.

What did come as a surprise was the added note that the Lakers "are infatuated with Redick’s potential, according to league sources, viewing him as a Pat Riley-like coaching prospect who could both help the franchise in the short term and lead it for years."
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