How coach JJ Redick, LeBron James and the Lakers got here - ESPN
TWO WEEKS BEFORE the start of training camp, JJ Redick sat in a workroom at the Los Angeles Lakers practice facility with his legs crossed, a team-issued quarter-zip up top and Nike Kobe sneakers down below. («I never wore them when I played,» Redick told ESPN, «but now that I'm here, [Lakers GM] Rob [Pelinka] has the hookup.») Redick had just finished running a sizable portion of the Lakers roster through a voluntary offseason practice, cognizant of what little time remained before the curtain opens on his first season as an NBA coach.
