JJ Redick’s head teaching profession has been a very long time coming.
At the least, in accordance with him.
In a December 2022 interview with Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks, the brand new Lakers head coach touched on why he’d be a great basketball coach on the highest stage, foreshadowing his eventual transfer again into the NBA locker room.
“I really feel like I do know the sport fairly nicely due to some coaches I performed for, actually, particularly, Coach Okay [ex-Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski]” Redick mentioned. “He taught me about adaptability. And our sport, the NBA, modifications so quick yr to yr. Having the mindset of being open to alter.”
That wasn’t the one purpose Redick might see himself thrive as a pacesetter on the sideline.
“One among my biggest expertise as a human being is my means to speak and talk in an open and clear manner. I did that as a teammate. I believe that’s a part of teaching, not avoiding issues and never avoiding confrontation. Locker rooms, workforce chemistry, it’s a really fragile factor. We see it on a regular basis within the NBA.”
If we take Redick’s phrases a yr and a half in the past as gospel, his drawn-out hiring in Laker land is a dream come true.
“I take a look at teaching as a manner to assist,” Redick mentioned within the interview. “It’s like I had so many individuals assist me in my profession, and never simply head coaches however assistant coaches, participant improvement individuals, and so they have such a worthwhile place in my coronary heart and in my life. And I’d like to be a type of individuals some day.”
Redick retired from the NBA in 2021 after 15 seasons within the league.
He most just lately served as an analyst for ESPN in the course of the NBA Finals alongside Mike Breen and Doris Burke.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Lakers common supervisor Rob Pelinka supplied Redick the job after being offered on his “means to attach with gamers and his basketball IQ.”
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