JJ Redick shared some intriguing thoughts about his new team, the Lakers, after observing their performance in the first couple of pre-season games.
Redick cleverly used a reference to Christopher Nolan movies to describe the Lakers’ current situation.
“(The Lakers) have a LIMBO rate,” Redick explained. “LIMBO is you’re not crashing and you’re not getting back. We were the worst team in the league last year at a LIMBO rate. In an ideal world, everybody crashes and we deal with the consequences of that. So we’ve got to sort of emphasize that and emphasize staying out of limbo. I believe that was ‘Inception,’ we all know what happens when you get stuck in limbo.”
Redick expressed confidence in the team’s ability to generate good scoring opportunities and emphasized the importance of converting those chances into points.
“I actually think we’ve done a pretty good job of getting good looks,” Redick remarked. “There were a couple forced in transition and off of the dribble in the first half. Then there were a couple of offensive rebounds in the second half that I thought maybe we could have kept the ball moving and got a better shot. But I like the mindset overall to shoot when set, shoot good threes.”
Despite not being known for his defense, Redick commended Austin Reaves for his strong performance on that end of the floor.
“I never thought he was a chump defensively, but he competes his ass off on that end,” Redick praised after the Lakers’ practice Tuesday. “He knows what he’s supposed to do. He’s in the right spots. If he’s supposed to veer, he veers. If he’s supposed to be the low man, he’s the low man. If he’s supposed to be at the nail, he’s at the nail. He just does a lot of really good things on the basketball floor.”
