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New Lakers coach JJ Redick has never coached the game beyond the youth level. (Phelan M. Ebenhack / Associated Press)
The Lakers hiring JJ Redick as head coach validates the scholarly thinking that the only difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
Ron Yukelson
San Luis Obispo
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Why would LeBron James agree to let JJ Redick take the reins of the Lakers? A man with no bench or managerial experience at the NBA or college levels? Easy … he’s coachable.
Paul Feinsinger
Agoura Hills
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With the passing of Jerry West, this question has to be asked? Does anyone believe that JJ Redick or anyone else with zero coaching experience would have been hired if he was still running the Lakers. Who’s next? Doris Burke? Seventeen NBA championships might be it for quite a while.
Tom Krug
Playa Del Rey
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Bill Plaschke got it right! The Lakers are foolish in hiring a guy as head coach who has no coaching experience. Some of us would have used a stronger word than foolish.
What Mr. Plaschke didn’t say is the Lakers also hired a general manager in Rob Pelinka whose only qualification was being Kobe Bryant’s agent. What do you expect from that guy?
Dr. Buss is rolling over in his grave as his team of past glory goes down the drain.
Michele Patterson
Palos Verdes Estates
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It kills me to say I agree with Bill Plaschke on anything but this time he knocks it out of the park, including his parting shot at Bronny James.
If the Lakers wanted to have a mouthpiece for the over-the-hill LeBron why not make him a player-coach? This entire sickening process just shows how far the once-great franchise has fallen. As Plaschke so accurately points out, how is it possible that they couldn’t hire a first-class quality coach? The answer is simple, just like Hurley no one with a brain wanted this job no matter the money.
Go on Lakers, make it official and take Bronny and prove you have truly hit bottom!
Jay Slater
Los Angeles
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People are so quick to deem that JJ Redick can’t succeed because he’s never coached before.
How many corporate CEO’s actually know how to manufacture the gadgets their company’s sell; or the intricacies of…
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Publish date : 2024-06-22 11:00:39
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