JJ Redick is the reported front-runner to succeed Darvin Ham as Lakers head coach. Though Los Angeles is within the early levels of its teaching search, several insiders expect Redick to edge out different candidates resembling Sam Cassell, James Borrego and Chris Quinn for the high-profile job.
On the Sunday situation of his substack, Marc Stein reported that the Lakers are leaning in the direction of naming Redick their new coach. The report additional named three high-profile assistants earmarked as Redick’s potential employees members ought to he get the Lakers job.
“Extra smoke to assist the concept ESPN’s JJ Redick is certainly the main candidate to land the Lakers’ head teaching job,” Stein wrote. “Rumbles about attainable employees targets for Redick have already begun to flow into. League sources say fellow Lakers search candidates Sam Cassell [Boston] and James Borrego [New Orleans] could be prime targets for Redick’s employees. In addition to an anticipated run at making an attempt to convey Mavericks assistant coach Jared Dudley again to Lakerland.”
The report additionally cited Dudley’s “sturdy relationships” with LeBron James and Anthony Davis as an element within the Redick-led employees eager to convey him on board. Dudley performed his last two seasons with the Lakers and received a championship with them in 2020.
The concept of Redick — who co-hosts a podcast with James — being named Lakers coach has incited polarizing reactions from former NBA gamers. Whereas Udonis Haslem believes Redick and James’ friendship may give delivery to a “cynical locker room,” Channing Frye has cautioned Redick in opposition to taking “a demise sentence” of a job. Others resembling Matt Barnes and Jamal Crawford have expressed confidence in Redick succeeding within the position.
