New Lakers coach JJ Redick, following advice from fellow coaches, delegated tasks to his assistants during his first day of training camp.
JJ Redick was given advice on how to deal with his first day of practice as a new coach with the Lakers . So on Tuesday, when Redick held his first day of training camp after leaving the television and podcast space to become the leading man of the historic franchise, he knew just 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 said, smiling. So, the voices of assistant coaches Bob Beyers and Greg St.
Jean were prominent throughout the session. Before that, Redick took charge, holding a team meeting Monday night in Beverly Hills to discuss the team’s “identity” for this season. “One of the things that I’m big on is using time efficiently,” Redick said.. “I haven’t been around LeBron 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 much of their summer with Team USA, including winning gold in the Paris Olympics, so they didn’t join the Lakers’ offseason workouts until mid-September. Both got occasional texts from Redick checking in with his stars. The meeting Monday night set the stage for James' pursuit of another 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 said. “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 said there were “certain things” that Beyer and St. Jean were in charge of during the first day. And there were times Redick directed the practice. “Obviously when we scrimmage, I’m coaching the purple team,” Redick said about the starting uni
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