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Ahead of the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0season opener against the Timberwolves,\u00a0JJ Redick\u00a0spoke on the challenges he will face as the new coach.\u00a0He noted that\u00a0he doesn’t want to react entirely emotionally when something goes right or wrong. He added that when the team struggles, he blames himself, but noted that the Lakers just want to buy in and get better as a team.<\/p>\n
\u201cLearning not to get too high or too low. Actually, probably not too high. That\u2019s the challenge\u2026 Self-criticalness and low points go hand in hand. If we aren\u2019t executing\u2026 I tend to blame myself. I trust my coaches. There\u2019s not been any \u2018Why are we doing this? You guys said you\u2019d coach this\u2019.”<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s more like \u2018Am I not doing this a clear way? Because it\u2019s not happening on the court\u2019. That\u2019s a low. Losing is a low. And that\u2019s where, throughout the season, we just have to maintain as a group, all of us, that this is a process. Our goal is to get better every single game, every single week. We believe as a group, if we do that and embrace that, by the end of the regular season, we\u2019ll be a very good team.\u201d<\/p>\n
For JJ Redick, he will need to learn how to handle both success and failure soon, as he is a first-time head coach who aspires to do this for a long time. Balancing the two and managing your emotions is of paramount importance to a coach in the NBA, as the position can be an incredibly toxic job.<\/p>\n
Managing your players, while being answerable to the franchise, and trying to compete with the rest of the league is a very difficult task. Furthermore, Redick will have to be answerable to the Lakers’ fanbase, one of, if not the most vocal fanbases in the entire league. So he must stay focused on the task at hand.<\/p>\n
Stan Van Gundy, a former head coach in the NBA who coached Redick when he was with the Orlando Magic,\u00a0spoke recently about\u00a0Redick as a new head coach. Van Gundy had high praise for Redick, comparing him to legendary current Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s somebody that really had to learn the game and rely on what he knew about the game and how to play it. It\u2019s something he had to give a lot of thought to. NBA basketball is very hard for anyone playing it.”<\/p>\n
“It requires a lot of work, but some guys it requires more of, to be able to compete at that level. And he\u2019s certainly one of those guys. I think you can compare him to what Steve Kerr did. I think there\u2019s a lot of similarities there.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redick has the chance to impress a lot of fans with his coaching aptitude and tactical planning this season, as the Lakers look to bounce back from the last few disappointing seasons. If Redick can get the Lakers back to prominence, and make them competitive, he will become beloved by the fanbase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ahead of the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0season opener against the Timberwolves,\u00a0JJ Redick\u00a0spoke on the challenges he will face as the new coach.\u00a0He noted that\u00a0he doesn’t want to react entirely… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"\n