JJ Redick made a change to the Los Angeles Lakers’ beginning lineup on Friday by changing D’Angelo Russell with Cam Reddish. Redick mentioned the beginning lineup might be fluid, however he will not essentially make a ton of adjustments.
“I’m not any person who’s simply gonna like overreact and have … 19 totally different beginning lineups in 25 video games,” Redick mentioned. “It required plenty of thought and, to be sincere with you, it additionally required eradicating emotion from it as a result of there’s a stability as a coach in making an attempt to do what’s what you consider is finest for the group but in addition being empathetic and delicate to every participant and making an attempt to maximise these gamers and empower these gamers and never mess up or form of put one thing of their head about what they’re or what they aren’t.”
Russell responded nicely in coming off the bench by scoring 18 factors in 25 minutes.
“Any lineup change is fluid,” Redick mentioned after observe. “Any rotation change, which we’ve already had just a few iterations of that, they’re all fluid. We’re making an attempt to make choices in actual time that we predict will assist the group. And finally assist the person. [Friday] night time was a superb instance of that.”
