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Former Duke star JJ Redick considered ‘front-runner’ to coach Los Angeles Lakers

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June 7, 2024

Former Duke star JJ Redick considered ‘front-runner’ to coach Los Angeles Lakers

LOS ANGELES (WGHP) — Former NBA participant and Duke College’s all-time main scorer JJ Redick is taken into account the front-runner to develop into the subsequent head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, in response to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Redick, 39, famously starred for the Duke Blue Devils males’s basketball workforce from 2002 to 2006. His 2,769 factors stay probably the most ever-scored by a participant within the historical past of this system.

He twice received ACC Participant of the Yr and was the consensus nationwide faculty participant of the yr his senior season.

GREENSBORO, NC – MARCH 12: J.J Redick #4 of the Duke Blue Devils salutes the group as he cuts down the online after his workforce’s 78-76 win over the Boston Faculty Eagles in the course of the finals of the Atlantic Coast Convention Males’s Basketball Match on March 12, 2006 on the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina. (Photograph by Streeter Lecka/Getty Photographs)

Redick would go on to be chosen with the eleventh choose within the 2006 NBA Draft by the Orlando Magic and had a 15-year NBA profession. He performed within the NBA Finals towards the Lakers in 2009 with the Magic.

Basketball: Orlando Magic J.J. Redick (7) in motion vs Atlanta Hawks. Orlando, FL 10/6/2008 CREDIT: Invoice Frakes (Photograph by Invoice Frakes /Sports activities Illustrated by way of Getty Photographs)

The very best years of Redick’s profession have been from 2013-2019 and have been spent with the Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers. He would then spend his final two seasons with the New Orleans Pelicans and Dallas Mavericks earlier than retiring.

PHILADELPHIA, PA – MAY 09: JJ Redick #17 of the Philadelphia 76ers reacts towards the Toronto Raptors in Sport Six of the Jap Convention Semifinals on the Wells Fargo Middle on Might 9, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 76ers defeated the Raptors 112-101. (Photograph by Mitchell Leff/Getty Photographs)

Away from basketball, Redick has additionally develop into identified within the basketball media area. He at the moment hosts “The Outdated Man and The Three” podcast and is an NBA coloration commentator for ESPN.

DENVER, CO – OCTOBER 26: JJ Redick pronounces the sport between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Denver Nuggets at Ball Enviornment on October 26, 2022, in Denver, Colorado. (Photograph by Jamie Schwaberow/Getty Photographs)

He additionally hosts the “Thoughts the Sport” podcast with Lakers star LeBron James.

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NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – NOVEMBER 27: LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers shoots the ball over JJ Redick #4 of the New Orleans Pelicans at Smoothie King Middle on November 27, 2019 in New Orleans, Louisiana. NOTE TO USER: Consumer expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or utilizing this {photograph}, person is consenting to the phrases and circumstances of the Getty Photographs License Settlement (Photograph by Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs)

The Athletic experiences that Redick is “the front-runner” to be the Lakers’ subsequent coach. His former coach at Duke, Mike Krzyzewski, has been a “revered unofficial useful resource” for the Lakers in the course of the teaching search.

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski (proper) directs J.J. Redick (left) in the course of the Blue Devils 92-71 win over Miami Sunday, February 19, 2006, at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, N.C. (Photograph by Kevin C. Cox/WireImage)

Redick was additionally a candidate for the Charlotte Hornets’ teaching emptiness. He interviewed for the place and Charania reported that he was a “critical candidate” for the place.

The Hornets finally employed Boston Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee as their head coach.