The one thing I don't think ppl have appreciated about JJ Redick is that he didn't just go home and vacation after retiring. He didn't detach from the game. He became even more obsessed with it. He studied it even more. He involved himself. His podcasts act as a sort of film room. He was a broadcaster, watching these games. He may not have coaching experience, but he's been as involved with the game as anyone not currently in the NBA. I believe in him.
That's literally what every retired player does lmao Kendrick Perkins Vince Carter Jamal Crawford etc.. they get paid to watch basketball and it's not like they know how to do anything else, if they did they probably would.
@@SerLibre11 I found it funny. I didn't see it before😂. But if he is just copying and pasting then I guess the credit should go to the original person that came up with it.
Darvin Ham was literally one of the most incompetent coaches I’ve ever witnessed smh. Lakers just win the IST, so what does he do? Changes the starting rotation. No schemes or game plans, plays. Horrible bench and ATO management on the court. JJ won’t be even nearly as bad, he’s not ‘slow’
@@pleasedonttemptme5963 but bro, don't you know, he took them to the post season for 2 years, he's a good coach!!! I hate that rhetoric, if people actually watched the Lakers games instead of just looking at numbers they'd know he was an awful coach. JJ will be better, for sure
@@a2daj83The average viewer of NBA is a ‘casual’ who doesn’t watch enough games or never played before on teams to even see the difference with Ham vs other coaches who cares what they say honestly. LeBron took the clipboard from this guy in huddles, that to me says a lot. I was done with Ham seeing that
@@a2daj83Also it was the play of LeBron & AD mostly that got Lakers to the playoffs both of these years, this fool Ham literally had us finish at #7 & #8 which is technically play-in Lakers had to fight to make it in, it should ‘never’ be like this for team with 2 All NBA players (Bron, AD). That’s why JJ in all honesty has such a low bar to clear. Being Top 6 in the West is it, literally something Ham couldn’t do one time even and he had two chances
Laker fans don't even know it yet but this is the day that everyone will point back to in a couple of years when they say, that was the day our franchise became legitimate again. Slam dunk hire. All you haters out there are in for a rude awakening. When you bring on a guy like this (think Steve Kerr) to an organization that has all the tradition, prestige, and resources that the Lakers have its a can't lose proposition. This guy is solid gold. Listen to him. Humble, confident, and a basketball genius. This all coming from a Nuggets fan.
I got to respect AD more after this. Hearing both Rob and JJ say how involved AD has been in this whole process really lets me know how competitive he is and how locked in he is right now on winning. If this past season he had wasn't enough motivation for a lot of doubters out there, I think this next season will be. AD quietly had a top 10 season in the league and no one said a peep. I think AD likes that. "Oh yall not giving me my flowers now, just wait and see" He's coming for another monster season bro. And like JJ said, he wants to use him more, especially late game. Good riddance to Ham sanwich, bro was a terrorist for our team
AD needs some damn help, especially on defense. It'd be great to see AD win DPOY or MVP, but this team needs to be built around him to make his life easier.
@@JjustmayYou lose any credibility to speak about knowledge on any level, once you make such an egregious grammatical error without instantly fixing it. Have you ever watched basketball, though?
Not a Laker fan but a great interview. This guy can be a great GM too. JJ is one of the most competitive and smartest people in the NBA. You can bet your bottom dollar he will be working day and night to prove doubters wrong. Good luck to JJ.
This is a very calculated move. Lakers know there will be unprecedented media coverage of James playing with his son and JJ along with his high basketball IQ also handles the media very well and is a good speaker with a strong personality.
Yea I like this move more than some. The Lakers front office has to empower JJ and give him the right staff and team for him to make the most out of. But JJ is able to handle the media scrutiny and everything else that comes with it. He is the first line of defense so to speak in protecting the Lakers brand. But this is like a larger company absorbing a smaller fast growing company with unlimited potential. JJ will be the Lakers HC for a long time.
The one ask I personally have of JJ is, don't be stubborn! Need for him to be able to make adjustments when things aren't working. Felt like Ham was stuck on doing things a certain way, even when it was clearly hurting the team. That all said, it doesn't matter what JJ does as a coach if the roster is weak. The next 1-2 months is SO important. They have got to add more shooting and big men. If not it's hard to imagine the Lakers can be significantly better than they were last year.
The last few Lakers coaches showed so little ability to adapt to what the opposing team was doing on the court and Ham was one of the worst. There are so many people who have endorsed JJ in such a strong way and Coach K is such a great coach (and I hate Duke). Give JJ a chance for at least two years. I bet he finds a way to get the most from his players rather than the least (Ham).
@@Only1Nett no one knows if he's gonna be a good head coach we will have to wait and see, but do I think he could be a very good coach bc of his basketball IQ and his ability to relate to players I absolutely do
@@Only1Nettbeing a player probably does. Y’all act like this is Stephen a smith getting the job. JJ has over a decade in the nba plus time at duke with coach K. He’ll be great
Love the good words for Rui that ends at 38:10 , we need to keep him 10000% amazing season, amazing bag of abilities he has. The perfect replacement for Lebron off the bench, he's like a mini Bron or mini Kawhi... JJ will use him right unlike HAM sanwich
Remember that to make up a reliable inside line, it is best to have outside lines to help AD in the regular season. Also, to reinforce 3D players or all forwards, the most important thing is to be able to adapt to James and AD.
@mg3fit HI, lifelong Kings fan here. I hate, with a passion, the Los Angeles Lakers. I don't hate JJ however. So I chill out my hate for the team to watch the individual. It's possible brother.
I think JJ well be a great coach eventually. I like this hire. I'm tired of the same old head coaches in rotation. The league needs new coaches with different philosophies. That's why I'm glad Mazzulla won because people will start taking more chances with new fresh coaches.
Oh wow hypothetic JJ Reddick, who called the most famous players in NBA history plumbers and electricians. A journeyman who basically no championship, no coaching experience, no winning experience. I’m sure Jerry West is turning over in his grave. Truly pathetic.
@@bradleydavies335 sorry if I insulted you and your boy. I’d like to preface this by saying that I played basketball in NYC in an all primarily black high school and got my nick name from the brothers playing at The Cage and at Rucker Park. I was so many tournaments with semi pro and pro players at Rucker that I can say at least I met a few people that actually knew Jerry West. So I never played Xbox or PlayStation. Maybe you can tell me about that.
I'm not a Lakers fan, but this is kinda sad. This organization has allowed Pelinka to hire a man who has never coached a game over the likes of Mark Jackson, Sam Cassell, Kenny Atkinson, hell even Dawn Staley, Becky Hammond and Theresa Witherspoon. It's not cool.
You just rattled off some names that you don’t even know if they want to be a head coach, let alone one for the lakers. This isn’t child’s play. Let’s not be foolish no woman is coming in to coach the lakers of all teams. And don’t forget mark jackson was at one point a head coach who had no experience.
NBA is a joke these days! What happened to those good old days when basketball was real and real men’s games not fake and worried about brands! This is the reason why I haven’t watched or to any games for a very long time. Sad!
This is a damn travesty. Only in the damn NBA can you get a job with 0 experience. There are so many good assistant coaches who deserve an opportunity to coach in the league and you choose Lebron's friend who never coached in college or the G-League. *smh*
@@brooo4219 doesn't mean you can coach a team. The day to day grind...put a team in the best position to win. Sitting on your ass and watching games for a living dont make you a damn coach. So what he played in the NBA...thousands of people have played in the NBA ... just cuz you played doesn't make you a great coach. come on man
@@pksangavaram no need to avoid the question. I didn't say that I don't understand gaslighting, I asked how it was a master-class in gaslighting in your eyes.
You do realize he was a leading scorer in college and was a major piece on great teams for 15 years in the NBA.....He's not random. Everyone in the league knows him and alot played with him in real life. Yall don't know basketball.
