JJ Redick was given recommendation on tips on how to cope with his first day of observe as a brand new coach with the Lakers.
So on Tuesday, when Redick held his first day of coaching camp after leaving the tv and podcast area to change into the main man of the historic franchise, he knew simply what to do.
“When I first took the Lakers job, all of my friends that are coaches in the league told me to ‘delegate,’” Redick mentioned, smiling.
So, the voices of assistant coaches Bob Beyers and Greg St. Jean have been distinguished all through the session. Earlier than that, Redick took cost, holding a workforce assembly Monday evening in Beverly Hills to debate the workforce’s “identity” for this season.
“One of the things that I’m big on is using time efficiently,” Redick mentioned.. “I haven’t been around LeBron [James] a ton, but I know that’s big for him as well and I think as any NBA player will tell you, like, they really value their time. And I did not want to take time today to have some long meetings. So, I used last night as a meeting to just set the tone for who we are going to be on both ends of the floor and the things that we’re going to value as a group.”
James and Anthony Davis spent a lot of their summer season with Staff USA, together with profitable gold within the Paris Olympics, so that they didn’t be part of the Lakers’ offseason exercises till mid-September. Each acquired occasional texts from Redick checking in together with his stars.
The assembly Monday evening set the stage for James’ pursuit of one other championship.
“Just setting the standard, setting the course of action and how we expect to play every single night — no matter who is playing,” James mentioned. “It’s not about who is playing. It’s about what we want to do every night. We want to play the same way every single night.”
Redick mentioned there have been “certain things” that Beyer and St. Jean have been in command of throughout the first day. And there have been occasions Redick directed the observe.
“Obviously when we scrimmage, I’m coaching the purple team,” Redick mentioned concerning the beginning unit. “To start each scrimmage, we drew up three ATOs (after-timeout plays). Success rate was pretty good, 66.7%. The only miss was just a little bit off the rim. But we got a clean look and we executed it. I thought overall, again, it goes back to the intent and the focus. Whoever is talking for the coaches, us delivering that with the same language and the same message and getting buy-in, whether it’s a drill or scrimmage, a live action. We did some transition stuff. We did some five-on-five stuff. So it was all really good.”
James is coming into his twenty second season and he’s performed for a lot of coaches. He was requested if he’ll assist Redick together with his new schemes.
“Nah, nah, nah. I mean, I’m going to lead by example, lead by my voice,” James mentioned. “My voice is very commanding. But I’ll be an extension of the coaching staff on the floor. But right now, we’re getting our system put in place and not only JJ’s voice is being heard, all the other coaches’ voices are being heard and we’re just all taking it in and dialing it in and trying to be better with it on the floor.”
Redick mentioned he was impressed with most of his gamers in observe and talked about younger gamers Jalen Hood-Schifino, Max Christie, Jaxson Hayes, D’Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura as standouts together with Davis and James.
Redick appeared happy he didn’t go overboard and made certain his assistants had some say.
“I didn’t feel like I did too much,” Redick mentioned. “From the beginning, with each coach, we have been very clear with roles and responsibilities. Part of me being a head coach is empowering my assistants. And so, I think I generally have a good feel for when to use my voice and when not to use my voice.
“And luckily I have two very talkative coaches in Bob Beyer and Greg St. Jean. So, I know my voice will be fine by the end of the week. I’m worried about those two. So, hopefully they’re hydrating.”
