Thursday night, J.J. Redick will be back at his day job (well, one of his day jobs) — part of the broadcast team for the NBA Finals between Dallas and Boston.
That may not be his day job for long. NBC Sports reported this week that the buzz around Redick becoming the Lakers’ next head coach was growing louder. Now Shams Charania of The Athletic takes it a step further, saying the Lakers are “zeroing in” on Redick as their next coach.
The Los Angeles Lakers are zeroing in on JJ Redick as the front-runner to be the franchise’s next head coach, league and media industry sources told The Athletic…
The Lakers’ search has been seriously focused on two candidates — Redick and Pelicans associate head coach James Borrego — over the last couple of weeks, league sources said.
The Lakers, for their part, continue to say they are working their way through the process and no decision has been made. The Lakers have met multiple times with Pelicans assistant James Borrego (the former Hornets’ head coach who has a relationship from New Orleans with Anthony Davis) and he is considered a contender for the job. There are reports some in the Lakers’ front office are hoping to convince Borrego to be the lead assistant on Redick’s staff.
