At long last, the Los Angeles Lakers dramatic search for yet another head coach has come to an end. And no, it’s not a former Golden State Warriors head coach this time, like it was with Luke Walton all those years ago. No, this time the Lakers have hired the player they’ve been linked to for months: JJ Redick.
The long-since-unofficial news officially broke on Thursday that the Lakers had hired Redick to a four-year deal, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Redick had been considered the frontrunner for the job until the Lakers took an unexpected pivot, offering a massive contract to UConn head coach Dan Hurley who, after a public deliberation, declined the opportunity and chose to chase an NCAA threepeat.