JJ Redick, James Borrego and Sam Cassell the frontrunners for Lakers coaching job

“LeBron James is trying to get the Los Angeles Lakers to draft Bronny James with a second-round pick. He’d also like for JJ Redick to be his next head coach. I’m just telling you what I’ve heard. Now that doesn’t mean the Lakers want JJ Redick, it doesn’t mean they don’t.” -via YouTube / May 14, 2024

“I can sit here and tell you that I definitely have some of our coaches on our coaching staff, they want me to shoot more 3s. They’re encouraging it, encouraging me to shoot more 3s. I can’t do it, I can’t get to that. I can’t get to that point. No, it’s not an ego thing, it’s not an ego thing. It’s like, I’m not putting enough pressure on the defense if I’m shooting 12-14 3s a game. If I’m shooting 12-14 3s a game, I feel like I can hit six or seven of them. If I’m f***ing off, off, then three or four of them. But I can shoot at a high clip if I’m shooting 14 a game, I’m gonna get in a rhythm. But I’m not putting pressure on the defense, and that’s not me. I got to put pressure on the defense, like if we have the guys already on our team shooting a bunch of 3s, which is OK, like I love that, there has to be some pressure on the rim. I have to put some fear in the defense that you’re not about to make me just shoot all jump shots, even if I’m shooting it well.” -via Lakers Nation / May 12, 2024

In recent years, the 3-point shot has become an integral part of the game as essentially every player needs to be able to shoot a respectable percentage. However, when discussing this topic of increased 3-point output on his podcast Mind the Game with JJ Redick, James explained why he does not want to shoot more triples despite his coaches constantly telling him to. -via Lakers Nation / May 12, 2024

Damian Lillard moved up from No. 103 to No. 98 in the scoring all-time list after passing Terry Cummings, Tom Chambers, Alex English, Andre Iguodala, Sam Cassell -via HoopsHype / April 27, 2024

Evan Sidery: JJ Redick and James Borrego are two of the top candidates to monitor for the Lakers’ head coaching vacancy, per @wojespn. Los Angeles is “drilling down” doing a lot of vetting on the potential upside of Redick becoming their next coach. pic.twitter.com/AOhydKymVp -via Twitter @esidery / May 12, 2024

Evan Sidery: Candidates expected to interview for the Lakers’ head coach opening next week, per @ShamsCharania on @PatMcAfeeShow: Kenny Atkinson, JJ Redick, David Adelman, James Borrego. Los Angeles is expected to conduct a very thorough search. pic.twitter.com/0uSp1UAbPj -via Twitter @esidery / May 10, 2024

Brian Lewis: It was a wide search. Mike Budenholzer was part of that, but from what I’m led to believe, his contract demands were rather high. A lot of money for a lot of years. The numbers I’ve heard that I can’t share are probably beyond even my wildest expectations. Michael Scotto: Mike Budenholzer was the best-known name for his accolades. I heard Joe Tsai liked Budenholzer as a potential candidate because of his championship pedigree. Sources close to Budenholzer told me he’s open to coaching in a big market, and Brooklyn was within a big market, so it fit that and made sense from that perspective, even though the Nets are not ready to be a championship contender immediately. I think the guy who was a little underplayed here in terms of where he was as a potential finalist is James Borrego, who’s with New Orleans right now. I heard Sean Marks, and he chatted when the Pelicans were in town, according to league sources. He’s been instrumental behind the scenes helping Willie Green on the Pelicans this season. I see Borrego inching his way back to becoming a head coach again. -via HoopsHype / April 18, 2024