Do not worry about JJ Redick, worry about Lakers impatience, why Trae Young fits in L.A. | THE HERD

Do not worry about JJ Redick, worry about Lakers impatience, why Trae Young fits in L.A. | THE HERD

JJ ring um here are two very common traits two in Highly Successful People high IQ highly competitive not a lot of failures smart people who are very driven and competitive succeed Coach K Duke has had a lot of smart people and a lot of competitive people come through that program for all those years and in 77 years old today he acknowledges JJ was as smart as any player he’s ever had and as competitive as any player he’s had now the only thing that gets in the way of really smart competitive people men or women the only trait that can get in the way of that is stubborn and you see that just puncture really smart competitive people I don’t know JJ well enough to know is he stubborn but in the NBA you have to be adaptable it’s a long long season there’s injuries there’s egos uh you got to be able to Pivot keep players happy um but I’ll be honest about this he’ll be a quick learner I don’t really worry about JJ reick I worry about the Lakers impatience and competency just think about this the two best teams in the league in my opinion their favored next year are the Celtics and Denver Denver landed The Joker the best player in the world surrounded the with good players and it still took an excellent coach Mike Malone what was it seven years to win a title with the best player in his prime didn’t have to trade for him and give up draft Capital they got him in the second round took him seven years with a joker best player in the world in his prime the Celtics landed two excellent players maybe not as good as Joker but Jaylen Brown Jason Tatum excellent players that excellent coach Brad Stevens who’s now an excellent GM Brad Stevens took them seven eight years they had to add pieces so whether you land the best player in the world or two other elite players we’ve had six champions in six years the talent is all spread out gone or the Sha Kobe years the magic Kareem worthy years it’s not like that anymore hard to get a third star now the good news for the Lakers they have three nice pieces Anthony Davis is a top 12 player defensively he’s a gem LeBron’s still very very very good and a playmaker he makes people around him better and Austin Reeves is a solid playmaker if I had to move him I would but he’s a solid playmaker they could also trade D’Angelo Russell if he opts in or if he opts out they got 18 million bucks to play with so there are far worse situations in the NBA to inherit that what JJ reck is but there’s a lot of things to consider here they don’t have any Shooters JJ’s a shooter he wants a roster with Shooters that’s his game the other thing like the Yankees or the Dallas Cowboys Lakers are a big brand in a big city and the expectations are always a little unrealistic and here’s the other thing Anthony Davis played 76 games LeBron played 71 they’re not going to play that many games next year that’s the healthiest ad in LeBron have been in years and that got him a playing game and getting almost swept by Denver they played Denver well but that that’s what ad playing every night got you that’s what LeBron playing virtually every night got you i’ I’d bet my 401k that ad is not playing 76 games as a Laker next year okay so that’s stuff to think about so the Lakers to me need a lot of patience here this is not a championship roster I’m going to propose a massive deal after the break something to consider but I don’t worry about JJ Ruck Mike shashki is like that’s the smartest player has ever had and he had like Quinn Snider and other guys a lot of Smart Guys Tran Langdon was smart guy I mean Shane Bader it’s like Duke it’s like smartest guys in the world right like some of the smartest basketball players ever you know dookies and Coach K is like yeah that’s the smartest player I’ve ever had as a competitive player I’ve ever had so ah he’ll be fine I wish they would have made the move earlier so we could build a better staff but you cross your fingers on that there’s this other issue to consider Dan Wii LA Times remember stuff gets out when somebody wants it out according to his story reck’s Ascent as a favorite in the coaching search came without LeBron James urging they wanted to make sure that got out in fact they were more concerned about how a D felt about the move according to this story who doesn’t co-host a podcast with JJ rdic so you got to balance that baby that’s something that is something but again in review the JJ reic piece smart competitive as long as he’s not stubborn he’ll be fine Lakers competency patience I haven’t seen it in a decade that’s my concern so I’m going to throw this out there I am not proposing this this is not my big trade proposal but it’s something that needs to be addressed Trey young and I’ve said before I would have no problems Trey young with LeBron James space the floor with LeBron and AD I’m for it Trey young sent out a tweet an hourglass a cryptic post after the JJ reic news so how do the Lakers get a Trey young well they could move DLo they could move some bench guys James Vanderbilt they could give up three first round picks probably have to give up Austin Reeves I’d be here for it I know I know I’d be here for it for Trey young I do think Trey young would work here uh it feels like something ad would like because Trey young would space the floor it’d be harder to collapse it’s very easy now to collapse on Anthony Davis because the Lakers don’t have anybody that can shoot a three and Trey Young’s an elite three ball a true point guard at least in 2024 he’s a point guard uh um and he’s a playmaker so LeBron wouldn’t have to be the overwhelming playmaker every time down the floor Trey young could do some of that LeBron could play off the ball occasionally conserve some energy you couldn’t just collapse on Anthony Davis so he would space the floor so in the it’s the sort of thing the Lakers do big splashy trades free agent signings not working through the draft they’re not the Royals of the Pittsburgh Pirates that’s not what they do they’re not even OKC a well-run team that loves to draft and develop but I don’t know if OKC has the guts to pull off a big trade Sam presy likes to draft and develop and accumulate picks and that’s fine so does Boston but Boston had the guts to go out and get porzingis and Drew holiday and their Champs but I do think this works he’s a floor spacer he is what they are not in his prime really quick playmaker and can shoot threes I mean this team is the Celtics number one in in the NBA shooting threes Lakers 28th I mean that he is exactly what the doctor ordered quick Twitchy Prime threes playmaker and it should be noted what was JJ reck he was a guard that shot threes how do we know if JJ reick can coach bigs he would never was a big he’s never coached bigs but I know JJ reck if you listen to JJ reck this is a guy JJ reck could work with JJ reck was playmaker he was a moving around the floor guy he was a shooting threes guy my guess is quarterbacks no quarterbacks Playmakers and Shooters no Playmakers and Shooters he’d be good with Trey young so I wouldn’t propose this but I’d be okay with it I think there’s a better deal out there but I do think another thing to consider if you made the Trey young deal and I was at an event in the last six seven months where Trey young was there and LeBron made a point point of showing up just saying I was at the event LeBron didn’t have to come Trey young was there and LeBron made sure he got to the event just to shake hands say hi um it would also Trey young would also create some momentum and inertia because when a new coach takes over JJ ruick with no experience if you gave him the same roster people would be picking him apart picking him apart Trey Young would take a lot of the attention away from us micro managing micro inspecting JJ rdit we’d have all the eyes on Trey young LeBron and AD we wouldn’t worry as much about coaching because the Lakers didn’t have any three ball Shooters in the three ball league all we did is talk about Darin Ham’s rotations you get Trey young in we’re going to be talking about Trey young not the coach so I think the Trey young him putting out an hourglass is saying ah it’s a matter of time I would be on board with that now J Mack is not a Trey young fan and he’s a pretty shaky defensive player but it should be noted so is Luca and yall love Luca has a lot of guys in this league who are offensive players who are not great defensive players Trey young has gotten better as a defensive player but he is a playmaker he is a shooter he’s in his prime and I’ll tell you he was in the biggest city in the South he is a big city player when he broke into this league where did he play best New York City Trey young is not going to wither Under The Lights he’s a big city player Atlanta’s the big city in the South love playing in New York he’d fit in Los Angeles he would not shrink so if that’s the move and Trey Young’s giving you a cryptic tweet if that’s the move I think there’s advantages to it we pay a lot more attention to him than the rookie head coach hi everybody it’s me Uncle Colin subscribe here to get the latest from the herd including exclusive behind the scenes videos and more wherever you may be however you may be watching thanks again for making us part of your day

The Los Angeles Lakers are hiring JJ Redick to become the franchise’s next head coach. This is their eighth head coach (nine if you count one interim coach) in 13 years. Colin Cowherd explains why he is not worried about Redick but the Lakers impatience. Trae Young posted a cryptic tweet shortly after the hire with the hourglass emoji. Colin doubles down on the purple and gold landing the Atlanta Hawks guard and explains why he fits in L.A.

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