The Los Angeles Lakers is extending the contract of second-year head coach JJ Redick, president of basketball operations Rob Pelinka stated at a press convention on Thursday.
Redick signed a four-year, $32 million contract with the Lakers in June 2024 that took him by means of the 2027-28 season. Phrases of the brand new deal weren’t introduced on the convention main as much as coaching camp.
“Confidence and perception,” Pelinka stated on the explanation for the extension. “We predict he’s a particular coach with a particular voice who’s actually serving to us outline the tradition of Lakers excellence. We simply wished to make a transparent assertion of that is what we consider, that is what we need to lean into. … I believe having long-term planning is useful when constructing workforce shifting ahead.”
Redick, 41, made his head-coaching debut final season, main the Lakers to a 50-32 report and the third seed within the Western Convention playoffs. Los Angeles misplaced to the Minnesota Timberwolves in 5 video games within the first-round sequence.
Earlier than he was a broadcaster-turned-coach, Redick performed 15 years within the NBA, together with his last season in 2020-21 with the Dallas Mavericks. He was teammates with Luka Doncic, the famous person guard who was traded to the Lakers final season and signed a three-year, $165 million contract extension with the workforce final month.
Revealed on Sep 26, 2025