JJ Redick provided some interesting thoughts about his new team following the Lakers first couple of pre-season games.
Redick combined his love of basketball and Christopher Nolan movies to explain the position the Lakers are in right now.
(The Lakers) have a LIMBO rate, Redick explained. LIMBO is youre not crashing and youre 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 weve 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 doesnt think the team has been been doing too bad a job of getting good looks, now its about making those shots go in.
I actually think weve done a pretty good job of getting good looks, Redick said. 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.
One player Redick has been quietly impressed by on defense, which isnt his strong suit, is Austin Reaves.
I never thought he was a chump defensively, but he competes his ass off on that end, Redick said after the Lakers practice Tuesday. He knows what hes supposed to do. Hes in the right spots. If hes supposed to veer, he veers. If hes supposed to be the low man, hes the low man. If hes supposed to be at the nail, hes at the nail. He just does a lot of really good things on the basketball floor.
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