JJ Redick Admits Fault During Lakers Rough Patch

Lakers coach JJ Redick is taking responsibility for the Lakers rough stretch in December.

The Lakers were on a roll at the start of the season, but it all came crashing down in December when they lost five of eight in embarrassing blowouts.

The purple and gold endured their third straight loss on Christmas Day to the Rockets.

Redick has since admitted that as a coach, he wasn’t performing at his best during that period.

“We’re all human beings,” the second year coach said. “Like I feel like I had a really poor 7-to-10 days. I told the group that around post-Cup to Christmas, maybe it was just the gluttony of the holidays, I don’t know, but I wasn’t at my best. Feel like I’ve found my way with the group again and I think every player is gonna go through that throughout the season and it’s something Luka and I talked about after Christmas. And he’s now been really good with all that stuff for the last six games.”

Redick’s comments may be a bit too honest for some at the moment.

He recently called out Lakers players due to a lack of effort and admitted that he has to address the team’s disjointed offense, in what sounded like a veiled jab at LeBron James.

Then, he spoke about how big man Deandre Ayton is disgruntled due to a lack of touches.

The team aren’t exactly having a breezy season, especially with injuries and former Nuggets head coach said Michael Malone thinks Redick’s comments in the media could be adding to the team’s distractions.

“Every coach does it differently, but I’m a firm believer in having a lot of those conversations one-on-one in the locker room, in front of your team, you call guys out,” Malone said on NBA Countdown. “I know for myself, going into every season, you want to eliminate as many distractions as possible.

“Winning is hard in the NBA. When you have JJ calling out his players, LeBron talking about not having the ball enough, Deandre Ayton talking about not having the ball enough, there’s a lot of noise around this team right now.”