“What world.” As soon as Redick took over the Lakers, he became involved in a racist scandal.
Nikita Biryukov June 26, 2024, 14:15 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
The pressure on the coach began from the first days of being in the team.
The Los Angeles Lakers introduced their new head coach yesterday. JJ Redick, along with CEO Rob Pelinka, held a press conference in which he answered all questions. Redick did not skimp on strong words and, frankly, dubious expressions, including obscene language.
Before the Lakers named Redick head coach, Hallima Nash, a former Duke University employee, accused the “2006 All-American Student Player of the Year” of racism. “A white man has only said the N-word to my face once in my life.” It was on the Duke University campus when she was working on the basketball team. And today he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world,” Nash wrote on a social network.
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The girl did not stop there and continued: “To contextualize, this was many years ago and I think we all have room to grow, especially after our maturity level in college. We live in a world where these types of exchanges, intersections of race, privilege, and lack of responsibility occur. “Everyone faces that kind of pressure.”
Immediately after this, the press tried to contact Redick, but his representative had to take the blame. The Lakers coach’s secretary said: “No, this never happened.” JJ himself has not yet commented on the statement addressed to him. It is worth considering that Hallima Nash is a fairly successful speaker, author and social entrepreneur who works as the founder of Rosecrans Ventures, a startup that provides coaching and career preparation for young people. She graduated from Harvard in business administration and from Duke in non-profit management.
Overall, Hallima is a woman with intelligence and a fairly successful career. Therefore, the question immediately arises in my head: why did he say this right now? If she cared so much for so many years, why was she silent about it? Interesting interesting! The accusations came immediately after Redick’s press conference. Of course, Nash immediately stated that people can become different, but a fact is a fact. But why wasn’t this said before?
Rob Pelinka (left) and JJ Redick (right)
Photo: Robert Gauthier/Getty Images
No one is going to defend Redick, especially since, as it became known after his speech, he has not yet learned to choose his words in public and, apparently, has not moved from a podcast with LeBron James to an official business style. Redick was a great player at Duke, where he played from 2003 to 2006, and had a good career in the NBA, being a quality player on many teams. He now he is the head coach of the Lakers. This is a completely different level of pressure and responsibility; Not everyone can cope with such a burden.
From the first days in Los Angeles they found something to reproach him for. So far, neither the Lakers nor Redick have commented on the situation. This is understandable: the club is preparing for the NBA draft, in which the Lakers will have to choose between the 17th and 55th picks. In addition, everyone is interested in the fate of Bronny James, the son of the legendary LeBron James. Let’s see how this racial scandal situation turns out. For example, Donald Sterling (former owner of the Los Angeles Clippers) was forced to sell the club due to racist comments, but everything was much more serious there.
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