The Los Angeles Lakers proceed to roll, and within the course of, JJ Redick quietly added one other main achievement to his teaching résumé.
Following a win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Redick secured the a hundredth victory of his teaching profession whereas additionally guiding the Lakers to a 50-win season, their second straight underneath his management.
The milestone locations him amongst notable names in franchise historical past, changing into the twelfth Lakers coach to succeed in the mark and the primary since Phil Jackson to ship back-to-back 50-win campaigns.
“Don’t should be talked about together with Phil or Pat, any of these guys,” Redick mentioned after the win. “I’ve bought lots left to perform, for certain. I feel each groups, I’ve had the identical employees for probably the most half each years, I feel we’re resilient and we’re resolved. A part of that’s like what I talked about pregame when it comes to simply not keen to stop on an issue that generally appears unsolvable. After which simply the resolve of desirous to win on a regular basis. We’ve got aggressive guys in our locker room and I bought some sickos within the teaching employees.”
Lakers basic supervisor Rob Pelinka made certain to rejoice the achievement, even organizing a shock that included recorded messages from Redick’s sons, a private contact throughout an evening full of group milestones.
“I feel for our gamers, they’ve completed a extremely good job each seasons with loads of challenges, most of them unexpected, of simply staying the course and never letting go of the rope,” Redick added. “And I feel for our employees, an 82-game season goes to current loads of completely different challenges and issues and simply persevering with to work to resolve these issues. That’s what it says. It’s exhausting to win 50 video games. I used to be lucky, exterior of the shortened seasons I used to be a part of, I feel 10 of the 12 years I used to be a part of 50-win groups. I do know what it seems to be wish to win within the common season. Our group, this 12 months particularly, I feel has simply completed a very good job of weathering all of the completely different challenges.”
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