The Los Angeles Lakers‘ sizzling begin to the season has drastically cooled off. JJ Redick’s workforce is now 4-4 and is beginning to appear like the perimeter contender many assumed they’d be.
D’Angelo Russell noticed his enjoying time minimize throughout Wednesday’s loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. He did not take to the court docket for the complete fourth quarter and performed a season-low 22 minutes.
Throughout his postgame information convention, Redick informed Russell to compete more durable and concentrate on the main points. The rookie head coach clarified his reasoning for Russell’s restricted enjoying time.
“Degree of compete,” Redick mentioned. “Consideration to element. A number of the issues we have talked with him about a few weeks. At occasions he is been actually good, different occasions it is simply reverting to sure habits. It wasn’t like a punishment, however for us to have an opportunity to win this recreation, that was the route we needed to take. Gabe within the first half, particularly defensively, was incredible. I simply needed to see what that seemed like.”
