The Los Angeles Lakers hired JJ Redick to become their next head coach this summer, despite concerns that he has no prior NBA coaching experience. According to reports, the Rambises were pivotal in making this happen.
Lakers Daily’s Anthony Irwin pointed this out in his latest column discussing the Los Angeles Lakers’ 2024 offseason woes.
“A major factor this offseason compared to previous ones was the involvement at the top of the organization. Sources say Linda Rambis was more vocal in Redick’s hiring than with previous coaches. Kurt Rambis was heavily involved in putting together Redick’s coaching staff — a process that took up until the end of Summer League,” Irwin wrote.
“In an effort to keep closer tabs on information running through the front office, sources say every decision involved Pelinka, the Rambises, Jeanie Buss, and Tim Harris throughout the process, which led to far more conversation about each move and wound up gumming things up to the point of complete ineffectiveness,” he added.
Kurt and Linda Rambis had been with the Los Angeles Lakers for a long time, with the former being a coach for nearly a decade before becoming the team’s senior basketball adviser and the latter being the team’s executive director of special projects.
Los Angeles Lakers target Jerami Grant as their first trade acquisition this summer
It’s an open secret that the Los Angeles Lakers are trying to get Jerami Grant from the Portland Trail Blazers to bolster their forward depth, but many execs are skeptical of this trade idea.
Jerami Grant is coming off a solid 2023-24 campaign for the Portland Trail Blazers, averaging 21.0 points, 3.5 rebounds, and 2.8 assists on 45.1 percent shooting from the field and 40.2 percent from three-point range in 54 regular season games.
If Grant eventually goes to the Los Angeles Lakers, he would likely be the third option behind LeBron James and Anthony Davis.
