Toronto Raptors should avoid hiring JJ Redick as coach
I wish to imagine that these two events are sensible sufficient to know that they’re higher off with out one another. They’ve achieved nice success individually, and a union presently can solely trigger hurt to each. A enterprise relationship ought to exist between JJ Redick and the Toronto Raptors. That enterprise, nonetheless, ought to solely contain entry to gamers, and training workers when Redick is asking a sport there.
Redick main that workers is an concept that should go no additional than information from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. Wojnarowski is reporting that Redick has gone by way of a primary spherical of interviews with the Raptors, and is “considered one of greater than a dozen candidates” with whom they’ve had conversations.
Their most up-to-date dialog with him must be the final till he exhibits up at Scotiabank Area subsequent season with the NBA on ESPN manufacturing staff. This development of hiring skilled athletes as head coaches shortly after they end enjoying must cease. The Raptors are one of the crucial revered organizations within the NBA. There is no such thing as a must take the possibility that Redick is a few diamond within the tough.
For individuals who really wish to pursue teaching after enjoying, and begin the place DeMeco Ryans did as a high quality management coach, they’re making a reputable profession pivot. They’re studying the fundamentals in order that they will have the mandatory basis for achievement.
Jason Kidd and Steve Nash got gifted gamers instantly, and entrusted to maximise them. With the Milwaukee Bucks, Kidd ran a extra predictable offense than the lately dismissed Mike Budenholzer. At the moment with the Dallas Mavericks, his staff rode dysfunction and accidents to the Western Convention Finals final season. This season, they acquired Kyrie Irving and did not even make the play-in tournament.
Talking of Irving — the participant who one of many least ridiculous issues he has mentioned is he didn’t see the Brooklyn Nets as having a coach whereas he performed there. With the Nets that they had one good playoff run whereas he was damage. The remainder of the time was a catastrophe, and it did seem from the surface that Nash was head coach in title solely.
Possibly a bit of expertise in coping with gamers in a capability aside from as a peer is helpful to do the job — don’t use Steve Kerr for instance; he first labored within the Phoenix Suns entrance workplace earlier than teaching.
He’s doing effective already
If Redick was keen to take the entire steps to be taught the job, possibly he can be nice at it. For him to do this, although, can be an pointless step backward. He has already discovered a second profession on the conclusion of his NBA tenure, and it’s been figuring out properly for him.
He retired from the league in 2021. Within the ensuing two years, he has turn out to be one of the crucial recognizable basketball media personalities within the enterprise. Redick began podcasting whereas he was nonetheless enjoying. The Outdated Man and the Three is now part of his personal firm, ThreeForTwo Productions. Clips from that present frequently go viral, and that cash is totally separate from ESPN.
On the Worldwide Leader, he goes viral from time to time on debate exhibits for taking part in polarizing MVP conversations and rising pissed off at sports activities speak present hosts utilizing the identical arguments they have been yelling into microphones in 1993. He additionally does some colour commentary.
Leaving all of that to scout opponents and prospects, rent and monitor workers, sportplan, satiate the egos of millionaires of their 20s, and have solutions to the press for each staff failure — whether or not they’re his fault or not — speaking to Tommy Alter and Mad Canine Russo for a number of hours per week looks like a significantly better method to earn a dwelling.
Slightly flirting between Redick and the Raptors is innocent. They go to dinner, inform some tales, snigger at dangerous jokes — all of it feels like an exquisite spring night in Canada. Hopefully each events have mates that may present good counsel in opposition to committing to one another. Redick and the Raptors have rather a lot to supply, simply not to one another.
