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Former Duke star JJ Redick considered ‘front-runner’ to coach Los Angeles Lakers
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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.
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.
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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.
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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 He at the moment hosts “The Outdated Man and The Three” podcast and is an NBA coloration commentator for ESPN.
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He additionally hosts the “Thoughts the Sport” podcast with Lakers star LeBron James.
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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.
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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.
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