The Lakers are starting the summer with a new tone and training regimen under new head coach JJ Redick.
According to Dan Woike of the Los Angeles Times, LA’s summer workouts have been more centered around “live basketball,” in which players compete against one another, rather than individual training like they did under Darvin Ham.
“The initial impression may provide some clues as to how the new coach will operate, as those workouts are the first in the formalized relationship between J.J. Redick, his staff, and the players,” Woike stated.
More live basketball, both one-on-one and three-on-three, has been incorporated into workouts than in previous summers when the emphasis was primarily on individual, noncompetitive training.
“Redick joined the position this summer and promised to make improvements in player development. The organization has linked this move to the shifting salary limit regulations. This could be one step toward that direction. However, the adjustments were probably long needed.
Woike continued by saying that Jalen Hood-Schifino and Maxwell Lewis, the rookies from the previous year, “were nonfactors” in their inaugural season.
The two have, nonetheless, “earned positive reviews during this stage of the offseason,” according to the newspaper.
The media and NBA fans are eager to see how the rookie coach performs in his first coaching position in the league.
If it counts, Redick’s volunteer work as the head coach of the fourth grade at the Brooklyn Basketball Academy is his only prior coaching experience.
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