JJ Redick is the reported frontrunner to take over the pinnacle teaching position on the Lakers, however former NBA champion Udonis Haslem has warned towards it.
Redick and LeBron James has at all times been shut, whether or not that be of their battles on the court docket or within the media after Redick retired, however by no means nearer than they’re now.
The pair have began their very own vastly well-liked podcast collectively – Thoughts the Recreation.
Haslem identified why which may change into a problem within the Lakers’ locker room if Redick was the safe the pinnacle teaching position.
“If it’s JJ [Redick], you’re going to have a cynical locker room,” Haslem mentioned on NBA At present. “You’re gonna have guys saying ‘Is coach gonna do a podcast after the sport with LeBron?’ He’s gonna have a cynical locker room that side-eyes every little thing JJ says. They’re gonna marvel ‘Is it JJ’s message or is it LeBron’s message?’”
Redick, together with Pelicans assistant coach James Borrego and Boston assistant coach Sam Cassell have “emerged because the franchise’s preliminary main targets, league sources informed The Athletic.”
However Haslem had a suggestion of his personal, which may very well be seen as barely bias, contemplating it’s Warmth assistant Chris Quinn, who already has some expertise working with LeBron.
“I’m not simply saying this ’trigger he’s my man however Chris Quinn has relationships teaching LeBron James in Miami…,” Haslem mentioned. “So I do know he’s a man that LeBron respects. Now’s he a real, true candidate? Who is aware of since you would possibly put names on the market though you’ve already picked.”
Curiously, one supply briefed on the scenario informed The Athletic, “This needs to be extra of a rent about AD than LeBron.”
The most recent experiences concerning LeBron’s future are that he needs to proceed taking part in for the following two years. However past that’s unclear.
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