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possibly the most valuable

team

in the NBA inarguably actually possibly the best

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in NBA history deciding that JJ Reic should be their

next

head

coach

. Look. I mentioned it yesterday. I think they should have looked at Monty Williams now and I heard you know and other people. We talked about it and said, "Well, the timing was a little different, why did you wait so long and it seems like you would like to have a

coach

before the draft, but it's this draft pick for the Lakers, it's not essential that they had a coach."

head

coach, they tried to hire Mane a few

year

s ago, he said he went to Phoenix, I know it didn't work out in Dallas or um, are we to believe that JJ has been scouting the draft like it's right I mean, he's perfect. will give a little input and it will be that Anthony Davis had a great relationship with Mony Williams when he was in New Orleans and he was upset when he was fired and he had a great relationship with him, he said he cared more about the players as people than playing as if. really like Monty.

I think again, at least in the interview, consider him, see what he would do with the team before he goes out and makes this High look like JJ, maybe he'll be tougher, he'll coach LeBron because in the podcast he backs off a little. little, so maybe he'll coach LeBron and do whatever they need, but it's just a complete question mark as to how good he'll be. I mean, it's a big bet for the end of LeBron's career. It would be objectively funny if LeBron didn't come back to L.A. after all this, like releasing a podcast with the guy he goes to L.A. and then LeBron says H.

I think it would be better if someone else coached me, so I mean, it's Hollywood, it's a compelling story. So it's compelling and a lot of the Lakers' business is based on a compelling story. I'm glad you brought up the LeBron thing because I want to address that, it would be unfair of me to say that JJ Reck isn't I'm going to be a good NBA head coach just like it would be unfair of me to say he's going to be. a good NBA head coach because they are hiring him with the thinnest. I can say this from the top of my head knowing it is true. of a coaching resume like any coach who has ever taken the job in modern NBA history because it couldn't be thinner, just never being part of an NBA staff front office coach at BigTime High School and much less in the university G-League.

None of that, you couldn't have a thinner coaching resume, so there's nothing to judge him on other than vibes and guests, so I don't know, my biggest concern with JJ, honestly, is that he seems like he's very, very online. and very, very aware of self-criticism, yeah, and I think that can be a real disservice if you're the head coach of a basketball team in Los Angeles, in Los Angeles you can't have rabbit, that's what I mean. , head coach of the Lakers, should I say mostly the LeBron piece, although if you allow me to quickly spin it on the fly just because you want to do a podcast with a guy, it's not obvious to me that you want him to be your coach in boss and I'm not saying Again, I give the audience my word that I haven't talked to LeBron with anyone in his camp about any of this.

I'm just saying that, logically speaking, there are a lot of people that he would talk to or that he would prefer to work with if they said, "Hey." We need a new showrunner for the

first

thing, what about Danny? I I I I I I might say, "I love him on the show, I love him as a man, I think maybe we could get someone with a little more experience in that, so the reason I say that is this." The idea that they are doing this to appease LeBron assumes that this is what LeBron wants and the only information we have definitively is after when they were interviewing Dan Hurley, LeBron approached Dan to tell him that he would have support and his Accept if he were there, if I, if he stays, yes, and I think he will remain right.

I mean, you're right, it's not a guarantee that LeBron wants the guy he hosts a podcast with to be his head coach, but it's a pretty nice thing that LeBron is supposed to be okay with this, so I think yeah, I'm I'm sure he at least

agree

s, no doubt. I mean, it would be a huge coincidence for you to think he wouldn't like to hire. I do not see it. Either way, he doesn't like the hiring, I guess, I guess my point is this: You've heard the same thing I heard from Brew, which is that he hasn't intervened with the Lakers' front office and will stay on the sidelines. margin.

I know he recommended the other guy, another guy, so if I was really hoping someone would get a job and then someone else I don't have a long-term relationship with is interviewing for that job, I might not underestimate that guy's chances. . but I wouldn't call him and give him a vote of confidence if I was super into the other person, so again, I'm being completely honest, it's pure speculation, but I think people are assuming because Braun likes JJ. doing the podcast with him who likes the idea of ​​having to play for him. I don't know if that's true or not, but I think that's a fair assumption or a logical assumption that people can make and I

agree

with We've talked to people that I don't think LeBron had anything to do with this hiring, but It stands to reason that people assume he's the franchise's best player and that he's had a say in franchises before and that he's doing a podcast with the guy, so no, I don't think people can blame people for coming to that point. conclusion.

I'll say this too, most of the players he's coached without any experience were far removed from the era where he played Pat Riley, I know he was like an assistant, but uh uh uh Steve Cerr, who worked with the kids and ran his main office, but had not done so. They removed it, right? Either the second thing he was going to say or they were more respected players. and JJ was a solid player, he was respected in that sense. Mark Jackson wasn't a star, but yeah, I think he made one, but he was highly respected as a top-level player, you know, that level game and Ty Ludo was an assistant for a Meanwhile, I'm saying the guys were straight toad trainers, you know, Larry Bird, obviously, you respect magic, magic does it right.

Nash didn't do well, but he had the respect of the people. Isaiah Thomas, who had worked for franchises, obviously, but he was a guy, he was a legend, so I think the questions that JJ was playing three

year

s ago are right and a lot of these guys remember leading him into the hole. Yeah, being able to play better than him, so I'm wondering if that might be something that I have to overcome while I. I'm sure we'll have more on this in a moment. Do you think they will still make Pod I? That would be incredible.

You know what you know, no you can't, why don't you make the boat there? There's no way you can make that pot, okay, well, I don't know, that would be awesome, think about how many, why should the Kelsey brothers make a pot? Draymond makes a capsule, it's new media, this is yours. He's going to do a radio show for her. coaching a team he can do a pod LeBron my advice don't do the Pod man my advice do the Pod Stephen is going to get a lot of angry texts from people oh boy if they do that PO uh Brew, how should LeBron feel about this?

With JJ being his new head coach, I think he should just look at the way he's handled

things

. I'd be surprised if he's not okay with that, actually more than okay with it. I'm not saying he had anything to do with the hiring. but I can't believe I'm upset with this, it's LeBron James and no, and LeBron. I don't think he cares, a lot of people think about him, so forget it, I don't think he's just saying, oh, them. I'm going to think I made the hire if I do, if he really thought there's no way we can put our team in the hands of a guy who's never coached, say something, not publicly, but say something to Rob Palinka and Jeie Bus , really look at L Rambus if you want to get into that, but make your voice known and you've earned it, so I think LeBron stayed out of it, maybe they said hey, you're good at this or too rich, LeBron is good with this and I'm sure he has. to be okay with that, go ahead, I mean, it would be considered one of the most dysfunctional

things

I can remember in Pro Sports if they hired JJ Reic LeBron's podcast co-host and then LeBron was furious about it, opted out and left , I mean.

How much egg on the face would there be for the Lakers and I know they've been dysfunctional and haven't handled these things very well, but that would be too high a level of dysfunction for me to believe, so I'm with you? I think LeBron is at least okay with it and probably pretty excited because he clearly respects JJ's basketball knowledge, so yeah, I think so, I guess and again I recognize that my opinion on this seems to be out of step with almost everyone's. the others, so sometimes that just you know, it means I'm on the cutting edge, but sometimes it means I'm wrong, no, no, sometimes it means I'm wrong.

I think LeBron can really enjoy talking about basketball with him and respect his basketball knowledge, but also as one of the smartest players of all time and a guy who's had every different type of coach you could possibly have. He's been in the league for so long. You knew he had a great coach at SPO. He had Tyo, he was a stranger and not a stranger. but an unproven that now he has proven to be a great coach, a guy who came from Europe and it didn't work out and David blat a r Tread and Vogal in all kinds.

I think he knows what makes him not a good head coach and someone. who can reach not only the best players but also the other players. I think that's asking a lot of JJ Reic. I think he is and if you, because he doesn't have any experience, yes, because you do too. LeBron is disappointed. I think LeBron James didn't want to be in a position where I had to choose between leaving Los Angeles or leaving the last two years of my career in the hands of the least experienced coach in NBA history. I don't believe when LeBron starts and I know this is again out of step with what a lot of people think.

Me and I don't know what you think about this Brew. I don't believe when LeBron started this podcast with JJ. It was like this was the

first

domino where he was my head coach, so no, I don't think LeBron when things were clearly going the wrong way with Darin Ham thought that whoever was my

next

head coach would be the one. Arguably the less experienced head coach and younger than me, I just don't think he thought that's where this would end up, so I think he was excited about the idea that it could be Dan Hurley, so he should have done it.

He said something, he talked to Hurley and maybe he did it, but he should have said something to the front office if he's so opposed to it. I don't think he's opposed to that. Now, I think if he's there, I don't do it. I see him go, I see him leave there, so I'm sure he's okay. I don't see him leaving, but I don't think so. If he stays with the Lakers it is because there are many factors at play and it is for I will make the sign and this would have been regardless of who they hired, that there was no coach that they were going to hire, that that was my but, who else would have favorite?

Because he's not a big list of me. I mean you mentioned M Williams, he's new. I think Sam Cassell at least makes more sense, since there's more to it. I think Mark Jackson made more sense, but again, if you want one of those guys to lobby for him, I thought no, so it's a fair criticism. that if that's how it should have been, he should have been more vocal. Players care about the experience as much as we do, we may not have much time for the next segment. Fortunately, the answer is that no one can St a Chiefs 3. people, thanks for watching, subscribe here to get more information about the show and see clips from other shows on FS1.