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JJ Redick: Life with the Pelicans in the NBA Bubble

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The NBA has made it through its first games of the restart, and JJ Redick of the New Orleans Pelicans is happy to be hooping once again - with rookie star Zion Williamson, no less. We get an inside look from the bubble in Orlando (including Redick’s third-best hotel situation), and all the reasons the 14-year pro says this season is unlike any other. Hear how Redick and his teammates are keeping momentum and focus, on and off the court, including actions around racial justice issues. Plus, Redick talks to Pablo about future podcast plans and finding his voice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yeah, I requested about 10 years ago to be able to lay on the floor when I'm not in the game.

0:13.7

And you need like a medical pass.

0:15.5

And so, you know, I've had back issues dating back to 2006.

0:20.2

And sort of the maintenance of that is when I'm off the court, I foam roll, I lay down

0:25.8

on my back and I do Pilates exercises.

0:30.9

Unfortunately for me last night in the game against the Clippers. Yes.

0:42.9

The camera caught me in this position, and I became a meme.

0:52.0

That's the Pelicans, JJ Reddick, on how his thousand-yard stare became the face of the NBA restart on Saturday as his team fell to the Clippers.

0:57.0

I was going to ask you about that. What's it like to now be in the hall of memes? I, you have to understand.

1:00.0

Last night I was so angry.

1:02.0

I don't know why.

1:03.0

I was angry we got our butts kick.

1:06.0

It's embarrassing, you know, and I think my face summed up that first half pretty well.

1:12.3

I mean, it's, it's going to be embarrassing for whoever has the meme attached to them

1:17.1

when it's like that face when your girlfriend dumps you and you didn't realize it.

1:20.8

And it's just like a zoom in on you stone face just staring into the middle distance.

1:27.1

There's so many, there's so many circumstances that you could apply the emotions that I was

1:33.0

going through in that moment.

1:41.5

While so much of sports is in chaos, whether it's the coronavirus outbreaks or players opting out or continued negotiations over how, when, and whether to play, the NBA finally has its first bubble games under its belt.

1:56.8

Today, a view inside the league. J.J. Reddick joins the show to talk about the sights and sounds of a 2020 season where there is plenty of action off the court.

2:08.6

I'm Pablo Torre. It's Monday, August 3rd. This is ESPN Daily.

2:21.1

Hi. This is ESPN Day. I want to know, first off, where are you right now, man?

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