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The Los Angeles Lakers were examined last June when the franchise decided to hire an inexperienced JJ as the next trainer of the franchise.
While Redick guided the Lakers to the victory in a match against the Timberwolves during his debut as a coach in October, Los Angeles failed against Minnesota in the playoffs.
The Timberwolves held a 103-96 victory in Match 5 to eliminate the Lakers from the claims of the playoffs.
Several criticisms have questioned Redick’s decision -making during the eliminatory series, in particular its management of the team rotation. But Brian Windhorst of ESPN suggested that the first-year Lakers head coach had problems with his emotions before the dropout of match 5.
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Head coach of Los Angeles Lakers, JJ Redick, reacts to his team who loses the head of the Minnesota Timberwolves at the end of the fourth quarter of match 4 of the first round of the NBA 2025 qualifiers at the Target Center in Minneapolis on April 27, 2025. (Matt Blewett / Imagn images)
“Reggie Miller said during the broadcast last night that he had to try to calm him down at the pre-match meeting because JJ was acting, frankly, childish,” said Windhorst on Thursday during an “Get Up” appearance.
Redick left a press conference before match 5 after a journalist questioned him about the beginners of the Lakers for the second half of the match 4.
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“You say that because I am inexperienced and it was an inexperienced decision that I made?” A visibly agitated Redick responded before assaulting. “You think I don’t speak to my assistants of substitutions at each dead time? It is a strange hypothesis.”
ESPN Sideline journalist Brian Windhorst before match 4 of the 2022 NBA final between the Golden State Warriors and the Boston Celtics on June 10, 2022, at TD Garden in Boston. (Nathaniel S. Butler / NBAE via Getty Images)
Windhorst added that his comments were not supposed to be a personal criticism of Redick.
“I don’t want to say that in a personal way. JJ Redick has trained very immature in this series,” added Windhorst. “Retrospectively, JJ will realize that he has not put the Lakers in the best position to win.”
The Los Angeles Lakers striker LeBron James (23), is getting away as Minnesota Timberwolves, Nickeil Alexander-Walker (9), defends himself during the first half in match 5 of a eliminatory series in the first round on April 30, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP photo / Mark J. Terill)
The Lakers acquired the Superstar Guardian Luka Dončić in an exchange of superproductions in February.
The NBA all-star five-star led the Lakers with 28 points on Wednesday, but continued to be a defensive passive. The Lakers Front Office will face several difficult decisions during the offseason while the franchise seeks to avoid the elimination of the playoffs in the first round for a third consecutive season.
