ESPN analyst and retired NBA participant JJ Redick met with the Lakers over the weekend for a seemingly long-awaited interview for the franchise’s head teaching place.
Redick, who has a podcast with Lakers star LeBron James, met with the group between Video games 4 and 5 of the Finals and each events are but to succeed in settlement on a deal, NBA insider Shams Charania studies.
“JJ Redick went in to L.A. on Saturday and had in-person conferences for a number of hours with the Lakers’ brass, with Rob Pelinka [and] possession as effectively,” stated Shams Charania on The Pat McAfee Present. “I’m informed his conferences on Saturday had been very spectacular. All of the traits you see in J.J. Redick, that you can envision in J.J. Redick, these all shine there.”
The Lakers made a large provide to UConn coach Dan Hurley, however Charania is adamant that Redick has been the group’s primary man from the start.
“Hear, so far as the place his state of affairs and the place he stands on this course of, I stated it Might twenty fourth, I stated it June 4th, and his standing as a frontrunner to be the subsequent Lakers’ coach has not modified since these dates. It has not modified now,” stated Charania.
“I feel what the Lakers are doing now… Rob Pelinka and what that group is doing now’s taking the subsequent few days after the NBA Finals now that JJ Redick is finished together with his Finals duties and now lastly get to creating a choice and attending to it so far as a head coach. They do need to have their head coach in place by the draft. The draft is subsequent week, so the very last thing you need to do is be going by means of a training rent on draft week. So time is of the essence for the Lakers.”
There have been studies of individuals near Redick questioning if he actually desires to educate the Lakers, however Shams stated he’s within the problem of changing into an NBA coach.
“On the finish day, he has to need to coach actually badly, and from what I’m informed, he does,” Charania added.
