Thank you Los Angeles Lakers for hiring JJ Redick as the Head Coach

After the bubble, I quit the NBA as a fan until this bold move.

Barry Gipson
4 min readJun 25, 2024
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On his 40th Birthday JJ Redick inks the new Los Angeles Lakers Head Coach. Photo Credit Lakers Facebook.

NEW BLOOD ASSOCIATION

The Los Angeles Lakers have won me over with JJ Redick's hiring as the new Head Coach for the 2024 season. Why? The definition of doing the same thing repeatedly expecting a different result is insanity. While watching his intro presser today on YouTube that’s when it hit me.

I have a confession to make today. I low-key quit the NBA after the Lakers won the bubble championship during the pandemic. I had a feeling LeBron James would eventually take his talents to LA doing so he would go down as the greatest Laker to wear the Purple and Gold. Statistically speaking.

Hollywood always finds a way to write the best scripts.

“I really don’t give a F#?k. Like honestly, I want to coach the Lakers. I want to coach the team. I don’t want to dispel anything, I don’t. I want to become a great coach in the NBA and I want to win Championships. And I want my players to maximize their careers. That’s all I care about” ~JJ Redick

During the 90’s when I was stationed on the West Coast while in the Navy the Lakers were always on prime-time television. When I became a Navy Recruiter…

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Barry Gipson

A Father, Dallas Cowboys, LA Lakers fan, and veteran sharing insights and more for the '24 NFL & NBA seasons. A pivot in content.