When it comes to the Los Angeles Lakers hiring former NBAer and popular podcaster JJ Redick to be their next head coach this offseason, the move was seen as a solid one by and large. But not everyone thinks the hire was the best move the Lakers could have made — and the reasoning has little to do with any shortcomings on Redick’s part, at least directly.
We are talking about former Boston Celtics center and Lakers champion Shaquille O’Neal, who recently made a point of sticking up for another Celtics alum who is currently an assistant with the team he won a title with in 2008.
“It makes it look crazy that a guy with no experience can overshadow a guy like Sam Cassell who’s been in the league 15 years,” said the Big Aristotle on a recent episode of his “Big Podcast with Shaq” show.
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“No disrespect to JJ, but I think Sam should also be able to get the same looks,” added O’Neal. “But I’m happy for JJ.”
“Lot of pressure — winning games will not be good enough,” he added. “Expectation when you take that job, when you take the Miami Heat job, when you take a job where there’s a lot of talent, the expectation is to win championships.”
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