After the Los Angeles Lakers fired Darvin Ham following two seasons as their head coach, they quickly started courting JJ Redick to become their next head coach. Redick had a long and productive NBA career as a 3-point specialist, but he had no coaching experience of any kind at either the pro or college levels.
He had become a podcaster since his playing career ended, and he co-hosted the "Mind the Game" podcast with LeBron James, which led to further skepticism that he would be able to do his job well.
But Redick did a solid job by keeping the Lakers in one piece through multiple slumps and changes, and he guided them to a 50-32 record and the third seed in the Western Conference.