Report: Redick the favorite to become Lakers coach

[Effigy]

I don't like losing Redick as a media guy...I don't see the upside for him.

The Prestige of being the Lakers coach for 1-2 years max before they fire you and blame everything on you. I mean, how could anyone say no to that?

[Lalouie]

maybe they'll have grant hill do all the color for their games

[TravisScott55]

yes man

[dakomish23]

based on what exactly? Dude is a wack prisoner of the moment commentator.

[Roger Murdock]

Besides being the Lakers, I wouldn’t want this job at all.

LeBron has been a coach killer
The team is old and declining and doesn’t have assets
As a first time job, immediate failure can ruin your career

[Scalabrine]

This smells like 100% the decision of no other than the puppet master

You mean, "LePuppet Master"

[DaPessimist]

I'd give Redick a 3-year deal and see how he does. If it doesn't work out, you can fire him after a couple seasons without taking a major hit.

[theforumblue]

Has JJ ever talked about coaching before? I like his podcast and LeBron does respect him, but it's but odd choice.

[dirkdiggler4177]

LeBron is one the smartest basketball guys out there and he has seen some ****. He knows how good JJ understands the game. If LeBron did not consider JJ a potential good coach he would have said h3ll no.

[Heat3]

We'll know he's about to get fired when Lebron stops doing their podcast together

[Run DLC]

LeBron always somehow put himself in these type of power move situations, but then he wants to be passive aggressive and pretend like he had nothing to do with it when things backfired. As a fan of his, I can see why a lot of fans and players don’t really respect him like that. You’re still the second greatest player ever(arguably the GOAT), you’ve made a **** of money, etc.

I get it, he wants to squeeze the hell out of that lemon(his words), but at some point, you have to take accountability and stand your ground on those moves that were heavily pushed and influenced by you instead of constantly pump faking trying to keep your image clean. That’s always been my biggest problem with LeBron, my favorite player to this day and will defend him against anyone when it comes to on the court impact, etc, but off the court, dude is a phony. Yeah, I said what I said.

[CobraCommander]

Doesn’t JJ already work with Lebron? If so - the lakers should just sell to Clutch sports right now and get it over with lol

[heezyo2o]

I'm not sure about Redick as a coach, but if it happens then the podcast is done. Even if Redick still has time to devote to the podcast, he won't be able to speak his mind anymore so it won't be the same

I'm a Laker fan, but it really isn't a good job especially as a first year coach. If you don't win a championship everything is scrutinized and a lot of the blame falls on the coach. Say it's Lebron's last year...even if you hate the guy once he leaves the Lakers won't be hinting at any type of contention for awhile. And even under a rebuild with no real expectation to compete for a chip, the coach will still take a lot of blame. Unless you win a championship, it doesn't do Redick any good imo. And could possibly be his first and last chance to coach if it ends badly.

Kind of random, but if Kerr took the knicks offer to be a coach...he probably isn't coaching anymore. But take the right job and he can be a head coach for as long as he wants to now.

[levon]

Besides being the Lakers, I wouldn’t want this job at all.

LeBron has been a coach killer
The team is old and declining and doesn’t have assets
As a first time job, immediate failure can ruin your career

The Lakers are old? When you take LeBron out, who's older than 30? AD at 31?
3 tradeable FRP, swaps, seconds, Reaves aren't assets?

This is like a post out of 2022.

[Roger Murdock]

Besides being the Lakers, I wouldn’t want this job at all.

LeBron has been a coach killer
The team is old and declining and doesn’t have assets
As a first time job, immediate failure can ruin your career

The Lakers are old? When you take LeBron out, who's older than 30? AD at 31?
3 tradeable FRP, swaps, seconds, Reaves aren't assets?

This is like a post out of 2022.

Ok fair. Their best player is extremely old, their second best player is chronically injured and on the back third of his career, and the rest of their team isn’t good.

[levon]

Besides being the Lakers, I wouldn’t want this job at all.

LeBron has been a coach killer
The team is old and declining and doesn’t have assets
As a first time job, immediate failure can ruin your career

The Lakers are old? When you take LeBron out, who's older than 30? AD at 31?
3 tradeable FRP, swaps, seconds, Reaves aren't assets?

This is like a post out of 2022.

Ok fair. Their best player is extremely old, their second best player is chronically injured and on the back third of his career, and the rest of their team isn’t good.

Their best player is AD now, and he's played 104 of his last 111 games. That's nearly 94% of games. He's been one of the healthiest superstars in the last two seasons. He was "chronically" injured in 2021 and 2022 when he came off zero offseasons. Do you see why this reads like a post from 2022?

But even if I accept what you're saying, which of the other open NBA coaching positions is more appealing? It's not exactly a buyer's market.

[Rust_Cohle]

Lebron is a terrible GM

[Roger Murdock]

The Lakers are old? When you take LeBron out, who's older than 30? AD at 31?
3 tradeable FRP, swaps, seconds, Reaves aren't assets?

This is like a post out of 2022.

Ok fair. Their best player is extremely old, their second best player is chronically injured and on the back third of his career, and the rest of their team isn’t good.

Their best player is AD now, and he's played 104 of his last 111 games. That's nearly 94% of games. He's been one of the healthiest superstars in the last two seasons. He was "chronically" injured in 2021 and 2022 when he came off zero offseasons. Do you see why this reads like a post from 2022?

But even if I accept what you're saying, which of the other open NBA coaching positions is more appealing? It's not exactly a buyer's market.

Very valid that there’s not many options

[DaPessimist]

Has JJ ever talked about coaching before? I like his podcast and LeBron does respect him, but it's but odd choice.

He's said several times that he wants his next step to be NBA coaching. I believe he's already interviewed for a couple positions as well.

[JRoy]

LeBron is one the smartest basketball guys out there and he has seen some ****. He knows how good JJ understands the game. If LeBron did not consider JJ a potential good coach he would have said h3ll no.

True. He wanted Westbrook.

And got him just like he asked.

It was beautiful.