Is JJ Redick Ready to be a Better Coach in the Playoffs This Year?

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🗓️ 27 March 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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By most measurements, JJ Redick had a successful rookie season as a head coach. Especially when you consider it was his first time coaching players older than middle school. But when the playoffs rolled around, some of Redick's inexperience showed. From the way he prepared the team, to decisions made during the series, it was clear the Lakers were, at best, not elevated by their head coach. Now the Lakers are in a similar position, closing in on a 3-seed after a strong push while overcoming a variety of challenges inside the season. So is Redick, with another year under his belt, ready to be an asset to the Lakers this postseason? Are there tangible signs of improvement? HOSTS: Andy and Brian Kamenetzky Everydayer ClubIf you never miss an episode, it’s time to make it official. Join the Locked On Everydayer Club and get ad-free audio, access to our members-only Discord, and more — all built for our most loyal fans. Click here to learn more and join your team’s community: https://lockedonpodcasts.com/everydayerclub Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! TurboTaxThis year you’re getting a major upgrade — Intuit TurboTax now has in-person locations nationwide. Visit http://TurboTax.com/local to book your appointment today. PrizePicksDownload the PrizePicks app today and use codeLOCKEDONNFL to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup.Click Here: https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/LOCKEDONNBA QuoMake this the year where no opportunity - and no cutsomer - slips away.Try Quo for free plus get 20% off your first 6 months when you go to http://Quo.com/lockedonnba. RobinhoodYou’re no longer just a spectator. Play by play. You decide. Trade Every Play with Robinhood.Now available across the U.S. Download the Robinhood app now to begin. Futures and cleared swaps trading involves significant risk and is not appropriate for everyone. Event contracts are offered by Robinhood Derivatives, LLC., a registered futures commission merchant and swap firm. 5-Hour ENERGYHave your cake & drink it too. Birthday cake-flavor is back, no fork needed. Vanilla-y cakey flavor, caffeinated kick, and no sugar. It's party time. Order Now at 5-hourENERGY.com or Amazon. IndeedListeners of this show get a $75 Sponsored Job Credit to help give your job the premium placement it deserves at http://Indeed.com/podcast GametimeToday's episode is brought to you by Gametime. Download the Gametime app, create an account, and use code LOCKEDON for $20 off your first purchase. Terms and conditions apply. FanDuelToday's episode is brought to you by FanDuel. During the tournament FanDuel is offering$300 back in Bonus Bets every day for ten days. Visit https://FANDUEL.COMto get started — Play Your Game. FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

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0:00.0	Last season, JJ Redick had some shaky playoff moments.
0:04.1	Is he ready to be an asset this postseason?
0:07.3	That's next.
0:15.0	You are Locked on Lakers.
0:17.5	Your daily Los Angeles Lakers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network,
0:23.1	your team every day.
0:26.1	Thanks to everybody for tuning in to Locked-on Lakers.
0:29.2	I'm Brian Komeneski with Andy Kaminetsky for the big show for Friday, for the full show on Friday.
0:35.9	We spent a lot of time talking about reasons to believe
0:39.2	the Lakers are better this year than last in terms of the rotation and holes that they had last
0:46.0	season, the center position, obviously, point of attack defense, you know, outside shooting,
0:52.5	all these other things that were deficiencies going into the playoffs
0:56.3	that, at least on paper, if everybody's healthy, should be better this year with the, you know,
1:01.1	addition of Aiton, better play from Jackson Hayes, Marcus Smart, Luke Kinnard, we talked about
1:05.9	a better role for LeBron. We talked about a better play right now from Luca Donchich.
1:12.9	You brought up, though, right at the end, Andy, the idea of coaching. And it was a huge element
1:18.7	of this that we really didn't get to in much detail in the big show. So we're going to do it now.
1:24.5	How much better prepared, how much more likely is it that JJ Reddick is a playoff
1:33.6	asset this year given some of the stuff we saw in the postseason last year?
1:37.9	Well, I mean, asset, I think, remains to be seen just because to coach at the level
1:43.9	where you are seen as an asset,
1:46.8	for the most part, you're talking about guys like Eric Spolstra or Steve Kerr or I guess Mark
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