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Dave McMenamin @mcten
JJ Redick said the Lakers’ analytics dept looked into the internet fan theory that opposing team players suddenly get healthy when it’s time to play L.A. “I think it’s like 86% of [opposing] payroll has been available to [play] us this year, which is by far No. 1 in the league” – 6:48 PM
JJ Redick said the Lakers’ analytics dept looked into the internet fan theory that opposing team players suddenly get healthy when it’s time to play L.A. “I think it’s like 86% of [opposing] payroll has been available to [play] us this year, which is by far No. 1 in the league” – 6:48 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
JJ Redick was asked about opposing players going against the Lakers, with the expectation that Morant returns tonight. Earlier this season Redick had his analytics group look into it, finding that 86% of opposing team’s players have been available, which was No. 1 in the NBA. – 6:39 PM
JJ Redick was asked about opposing players going against the Lakers, with the expectation that Morant returns tonight. Earlier this season Redick had his analytics group look into it, finding that 86% of opposing team’s players have been available, which was No. 1 in the NBA. – 6:39 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
JJ Redick when asked about the mental toll of that Chicago ending: “We’re great.” Says his team moved on yesterday and had good focus this morning in prep for the Grizzlies. – 6:35 PM
JJ Redick when asked about the mental toll of that Chicago ending: “We’re great.” Says his team moved on yesterday and had good focus this morning in prep for the Grizzlies. – 6:35 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Redick used the word “devastation” to describe the feeling after a loss like that.
He noted that the Bulls shot 11 of 14 from 3 in the 4th Q, capped by the 3 straight in the final seconds. – 10:41 PM
Redick used the word “devastation” to describe the feeling after a loss like that.
He noted that the Bulls shot 11 of 14 from 3 in the 4th Q, capped by the 3 straight in the final seconds. – 10:41 PM
KC Johnson @KCJHoop
Back-to-back first-quarter challenges. Lakers and JJ Redick won his. Bulls and Billy Donovan followed with another victory. – 8:28 PM
Back-to-back first-quarter challenges. Lakers and JJ Redick won his. Bulls and Billy Donovan followed with another victory. – 8:28 PM
Dave McMenamin @mcten
JJ Redick said that the team hopes to have Rui Hachimura available for both legs of the two remaining back-to-backs on the schedule after CHI. Redick said keeping Hachimura out tonight was decided by his pain level being higher coming off IND than the baseline they’ve established – 6:47 PM
JJ Redick said that the team hopes to have Rui Hachimura available for both legs of the two remaining back-to-backs on the schedule after CHI. Redick said keeping Hachimura out tonight was decided by his pain level being higher coming off IND than the baseline they’ve established – 6:47 PM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
Redick said the hope is that Rui Hachimura can play in the next set of B2B’s, but as disclosed earlier, he’s out tonight. – 6:46 PM
Redick said the hope is that Rui Hachimura can play in the next set of B2B’s, but as disclosed earlier, he’s out tonight. – 6:46 PM
Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
The Los Angeles Lakers are converting two-way Jordan Goodwin to a standard NBA contract, making him playoff eligible, sources tell ESPN. Goodwin has emerged as a key reserve for JJ Redick, averaging 6.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 20.5 minutes while shooting 41% from 3. pic.x.com/q0DkDC8zA3 – 11:54 AM
The Los Angeles Lakers are converting two-way Jordan Goodwin to a standard NBA contract, making him playoff eligible, sources tell ESPN. Goodwin has emerged as a key reserve for JJ Redick, averaging 6.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 20.5 minutes while shooting 41% from 3. pic.x.com/q0DkDC8zA3 – 11:54 AM
Mike Trudell @LakersReporter
LA jumped out to a 6-0 lead here in Indiana, getting a pair of Hayes dunks plus a Reaves bucket, but ensuing turnovers got Indiana out on the break, spurring a run that has them up 12-8 into Redick’s first time out. – 7:48 PM
LA jumped out to a 6-0 lead here in Indiana, getting a pair of Hayes dunks plus a Reaves bucket, but ensuing turnovers got Indiana out on the break, spurring a run that has them up 12-8 into Redick’s first time out. – 7:48 PM
NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
“No championship contender at this point is tired, they are reaching their peak.”
@KendrickPerkins responds to Lakers head coach JJ Redick saying his team “looks tired.” pic.x.com/bfaQNAzn9S – 7:14 PM
“No championship contender at this point is tired, they are reaching their peak.”
@KendrickPerkins responds to Lakers head coach JJ Redick saying his team “looks tired.” pic.x.com/bfaQNAzn9S – 7:14 PM
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Unsurprisingly, Tim McMahon, Windhorst’s ESPN colleague and podcast co-host, came to Windhorst’s defense. “Not one single time have I ever heard you say that you were friends, much less best friends with LeBron James,” McMahon told Windhorst on ‘The Hoop Collective. ‘ “I don’t know if LeBron knows this podcaster named JJ Redick, I think he’s coaching the Los Angeles Lakers. I’d bet you LeBron sees him all the time actually, now that I think about it. Well, there’s this time that you went on JJ Redick’s podcast last year, and I was tuning in, and I was like, ‘Wow this is really interesting.’ I heard you on that podcast say, ‘I don’t think LeBron James likes me.’ You weren’t complaining, you were just simply stating fact because sometimes when you cover people and you don’t just kiss their butt regardless of circumstances and you cover them honestly, fair and accurately — but it might not be flattering — sometimes people get mad at you.” -via Clutch Points / March 28, 2025
The bar to clear for anything to register as truly shocking for this season’s Los Angeles Lakers is pretty high after their Luka Doncic trade stunned the basketball world last month, but the buzzer-beating results of back-to-back games in the past 48 hours certainly would qualify. A day after LeBron James was L.A.’s hero with a tip-in to beat the Indiana Pacers as time expired, he was part of the Lakers’ unraveling in a 119-117 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Thursday night that Josh Giddey won with a 47-foot 3-pointer from beyond half court. “Devastation,” Lakers coach JJ Redick said after the loss. “It’s a hell of a way to lose a basketball game.” -via ESPN / March 28, 2025
