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JJ Redick would target Sam Cassell, James Borrego, and Jared Dudley as his assistants should he be named the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Marc Stein of The Stein Line.
Borrego is currently with the Pelicans, with Cassell with the Celtics. Dudley is an assistant with the Mavs.
Cassell is also reportedly being targeted as an assistant for Doc Rivers' staff with the Bucks.
The Lakers are said to be "infatuated" with the idea of hiring Redick.
FeatheryTouch wrote:If Reddick is smart he passes on the LeBron retirement tour(s) in the LA fishbowl, that's not a job you take if you have no coaching experience and need time to develop and hopefully have a long career. He'll have a painfully short leash there and be constantly under scrutiny on a team that has lots of pressure and slim title hopes.
His long-term coaching prospects will be much brighter with a younger, up-and-coming team in a different market.
elmdawgg69 wrote:FeatheryTouch wrote:If Reddick is smart he passes on the LeBron retirement tour(s) in the LA fishbowl, that's not a job you take if you have no coaching experience and need time to develop and hopefully have a long career. He'll have a painfully short leash there and be constantly under scrutiny on a team that has lots of pressure and slim title hopes.
His long-term coaching prospects will be much brighter with a younger, up-and-coming team in a different market.
He’s trying to break into coaching as a 40 year old. He has to take what he gets. He’s fortunate to get his first job coaching a major market team like the Lakers and the greatest player of all time with an unlimited budget. He can always go to a rebuilding small market paying minimum coaching wage if he gets fired.
njknicks wrote:Hiring JJ Reddick would send the wrong message to all the Assistant Coaches / Lead head coaches who have tirelessly put in the work and years of dedication to the craft.
If the NBA truly values its franchises - they should have a stipulation that any head coach candidate should to have at least 1 year of Lead / Head coaching experience.
puja21 wrote:njknicks wrote:Hiring JJ Reddick would send the wrong message to all the Assistant Coaches / Lead head coaches who have tirelessly put in the work and years of dedication to the craft.
If the NBA truly values its franchises - they should have a stipulation that any head coach candidate should to have at least 1 year of Lead / Head coaching experience.
Experience isn't everything
Both Steve Kerr (4 championships and 6 finals in 10 seasons) and Doc Rivers (top-10 in wins all time) were hired with zero assistant or head coaching experience at either level.
On the flipside, people were furious with the Knicks for not hiring Ewing after he was an NBA assistant for ~15 years...
So, he went to his "other" team-- Georgetown-- where the Hoyas had won 118 games in the previous 6 season under JT Jr.
Ewing drove them right into the toilet, going 75-109 in the next seasons including 2-37(!) in the Big East over his last 2 years.
He presided over Georgetown's only season with zero conference wins (0-19) in 52 years of conference play.
elmdawgg69 wrote:FeatheryTouch wrote:If Reddick is smart he passes on the LeBron retirement tour(s) in the LA fishbowl, that's not a job you take if you have no coaching experience and need time to develop and hopefully have a long career. He'll have a painfully short leash there and be constantly under scrutiny on a team that has lots of pressure and slim title hopes.
His long-term coaching prospects will be much brighter with a younger, up-and-coming team in a different market.
He’s trying to break into coaching as a 40 year old. He has to take what he gets. He’s fortunate to get his first job coaching a major market team like the Lakers and the greatest player of all time with an unlimited budget. He can always go to a rebuilding small market paying minimum coaching wage if he gets fired.
njknicks wrote:Also agree that the concept of coaching is vastly different today then yesteryears -- the leagues are heavily driven by analytics, marketing, box office revenue. At the end of the day you just need a motivational speaker with fundamental understanding of the game.