The Lakers have given second-year coach JJ Redick a contract extension, details of which were not given when Rob Pelinka, president of basketball operations and general manager, made the announcement during a news conference Thursday at the team’s training facility in El Segundo.
Pelinka began the media session by saying, “We had an intentional and productive offseason” by noting that adding a starting center was a major goal accomplished with the free-agent signing of Deandre Ayton.
Redick said he met this summer with former New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and coach Bill Belichick and the big takeaway was that greatness takes “daily commitment.