JJ Redick and Luka Doncic recently grabbed people’s attention after a video of a tense interaction between the two key Los Angeles Lakers figures went viral.
That moment now seems like ancient history for Redick. He doesn’t even understand the fuss about it.
“I didn’t think much of it at the time, to be honest with you,” Redick said, via Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “I don’t think Luka did either. He and I have a great relationship. I really value our relationship. And I think those things happen. Not every game, but they happen very frequently. And sometimes you have to rehash them with a player, or as a teammate. Sometimes it happens player to player.
“It’s a competition. And there’s two guys here who, in this case, are trying to win a basketball game and be on the same page about stuff. … I don’t know why it went viral. It felt very normal to me.”
A head coach and a player going at it on the sidelines is certainly not an uncommon sight in the NBA, but it’s always going to get people’s attention, especially when major personalities from a big-market team are the ones involved.
It wasn’t hard to see where the frustration for Redick and Doncic came from, as Los Angeles was in a losing skid when that video was taken. At the end of the day, they both just wanted to win.
Lakers fans can move on from it all and turn their focus on something much more positive.
After beating the Pelicans, 110-101, Redick, Doncic and the Lakers are now on a three-game winning streak. They can extend that to four games when they visit the Denver Nuggets at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, on Thursday.
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