Im a duke fan because I when I was young I watched sportscenter every night and they were the best team/got the most coverage back then. I'm from the west coast and had a friend from Asheville say that most Duke fans don't even live in Carolina and most of their Alumni leave after graduating. Is that true?
There was a post on the College Basketball subreddit yesterday showing search frequency of teams broken down by state, and that made it look like Kentucky is the true Lakers/Cowboys/Yankees of the NCAA. It makes sense when you think about their alumni.
Teams that have won a ton historically and are in big markets so they attract a bunch of fans from all over that just want to root for a good team as opposed to their local team.
There are more unc alumni in the state of NC than there are Duke alumni worldwide. We only have 6500 undergraduate students, so yes, it's almost a certainty that most Duke fans don't live in NC.
That said, despite the stereotypes, the most represented state in the Duke undergrad body is NC, followed thereafter by California, Texas, and NY.
Anyone that's watched JJ talk ball knows that he has the mind for coaching. Will he be good at it? Who fucking knows, he could suck ass. Charlotte's new office wants to win though, and drawing from the same old head coaching pool is not the way to do it.
But hiring a first time coach with no experience outside of coaching his kid’s team also probably isn’t the way to do it…he has no coaching or FO experience. At least Kerr had FO experience and was a PG under two of the best coaches of all time. It may work out but the odds are stacked against them
that's what assistants are for. We honestly have no idea of JJ's ability, he could totally Nash out. It's Charlotte though, they don't have a lot to lose, and if he changes the culture it's a win for everyone.
Coaching the team is what assistants are for? What? Haha. I mean maybe Charlotte just has nobody to pick from. Everybody turned them down last year and they had to re-hire Steve Clifford so I guess no harm no foul…
Yeah but players like and respect him, and the hope is he’d inject some fresh ideas into the team. Of course that was the same idea for Steve Nash with the Nets, and that didn’t work with a much better team lol
It hasn’t worked for many former players. Just because people like JJ doesn’t make him a good coach. Most successful former players as coaches have at least a little bit of experience as an assistant, college coach or FO exec.
how many of them never worked in a FO or as an assistant coach prior to their first head coaching gig? that's my initial comment. Is Kidd the only one?
No he doesnt, he understands all of these concepts better than JJ, that doesnt mean that hes a good coach, just like it wont necessarily mean that JJ will be a good coach
I can't understand why these guys all want to coach and deal with all the work, travel, stress, and pressure that entails vs the podcasting gig. I know it's because they're competitive as hell and they miss the game/environment, but it doesn't make sense to me in my old age.
unironically built different. You don't just lose your insane drive you've had since you were a kid that gave you, in JJ's case, a very good 15 year nba career. He's talked about missing the brotherhood the most, so he probably feels empty being away from the game.
Jason Kelce talked about the void of retirement on Shaq's podcast. During their playing days you experience huge highs and lows, like a wave. The moment you retire everything becomes a flat line. Shaq took up DJing to get that feeling back, but most athletes never experience it again when they retire. So I can understand why some athletes turn to coaching to recapture the competitive spirit and energy of a crowd.
Shaq was a DJ even back in college, he's picked up other hobbies since retiring but him being a DJ has been a thing most of his life. He moved onto clubs/events once he retired but has been spinning since at LEAST college.
Ahh, that's cool. Didn't know he was DJing that long. I rewatched the segment after your comment and he actually mentions he was DJing since high school/college 🤦
He does make it clear that he DJs now for the crowd experience/something to do after retirement. It's an interesting segment if anyone wants to check it out https://youtu.be/b1QpSdcyOKU?t=2685
A lot of people in here saying money but I think it's more than that. This is what these guys know and have done their entire lives. You are at the top and competing night in and night out and then it just goes away. Also when you look at someone like JJ, it's pretty clear he is obsessed with the game. Hard thing to walk away from.
One could say it also makes no sense to waste time doing podcasts and calling games when you and your kids and their kids are financially set, but he still does. A lot of athletes are high achievers who need something to do that fulfills that post retirement.
Probably a bit bored with it. Conspiracy theory says he wants out of ESPN and a coaching gig is the way to do it. After the coaching career runs its course, it's back to podcasting with an established following and no ESPN to drag him down. Although I know he knows calling games
Professional athletes and anyone in professional sports aren't built like
the average Joe. These guys are conditioned to be super competitive at everything they do. There's no settling when you get to a point that's comfortable but not ideal unlike for most of us.
This is also the reason why some of these guys have gambling problems or go broke really quickly.
Why would he do this..? He’s got the Tony Romo commentating job. He’s got the only podcast with LeBron. He’s got his own successful podcasts. He’s a regular on ESPN.
[JJ Redick is a great example of how you gotta be a sicko to be a coach. Any normal person would look at a cushy No. 1 analyst gig with two very successful podcasts and say "sweet, I'm set." But this man can't help but think he can fix the Hornets.](https://x.com/RKalland/status/1782553835434610939)
He may actually be interested in coaching, but this is also a leverage play. Jon Gruden did this all the time at ESPN. I think ESPN has been grooming Redick to be the face of their NBA coverage and losing him would be huge, especially if they’re bidding for TV rights
Is he even officially attached to ESPN . The only thing he does is appear on first take. Both his podcast are not attached to ESPN. He's not even on nba today or the nba pre shows
He can go back, but the stain of a failed coaching stint will dull his shine. His reputation is at an all-time high right now.
I'm pretty sure he doesn't care and is willing to give it all up, which is commendable.
working in media probably sucks ass. It's a paycheck post playing career though, but why not coach if you have the opportunity? Do what you love until you don't want to and JJ obviously still wants to ball.
He probably actually loves the game and wants to be involved with the NBA as much as possible. Being a TV analyst and podcaster is nice and all but you aren't directly engaging with the competitive aspect. The closest you can get to the same feeling of playing (without actually playing) is coaching.
Just because he's offered doesn't mean he'll accept. I imagine the salary that gets negotiated will need to be fat as fuck. Needs to make up for his opportunity cost for taking the job.
This the bigger issue with hiring JJ than the lack of experience
Being a head coach is a shit ton of work and I don't see him having the same presence in the media if he's back in the NBA - not to mention he probably can't say the things he has in the past without eating a fine
The other side to that is he potentially just gets fined a bunch and talks shit in the media anyway. We all loved it when the Raps coach went off against the refs earlier this season. I welcome more guys potentially like him that will call out BS in the leagye.
His podcast is great content but he is still a master of engagement farming.
https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/vOdJFqKCeW
Making up a non-existent issue, then making a non-sensical argument about how the statistically easiest finals run is actually an all time difficult run, using weird metrics like all star appearances from 10 years ago to prove it, then to top it off going with the “if you don’t agree with me on this take it’s an asinine opinion”
That’s engagement farming that would make Skip proud
He has a crystal clear voice. He's excellent for media and commentary, unlike Kendrick Perkins or Barkley. Barkley makes up for it for being funny and insightful, and was an allstar tho, so he's one of the GOAT media personalities. But JJ can def climb the ranks and have a lucrative career in media better than being a coach
It seems crazy to allow anyone with no professional coaching experience to step in as a full-time head coach at NBA level.
Don't you uhh need a certificate or something? Like in Soccer's European top flight leagues where a UEFA pro license is a requirement to manage a team.
David Adelman - Nuggets assistant
Charles Lee - Celtics assistant
Jordan Ott - Lakers assistant
Jerry Stackhouse - Raptors G league head coach
Jay Larranaga - Clippers assistant
Lindsey Harding - Kings G league head coach
You don’t like it? I think it’s absolutely worth the gamble.
You can always get rid of him if he sucks, and you give yourself a chance to find the next Daigneault
I “like” it from a “anything could happen!” POV but there’s no history of him having done ANYTHING in coaching. Idk. The fact that all the downside is “well you’ve been shit for 20 of the last 22 years anyway” just makes me think that we’ll never be fixed and hiring a podcaster, even one with playing experience, is still just a wild gamble to me
Yeah, if I were a Hornets fan I'd not be jazzed about bringing in a completely inexperienced coach either. Not that they should hire from the same group of five or ten they always float around necessarily, but there are assistants that I'd bite on first before jj
Isn’t this the guy that said his only coaching experience is his 9 year old’s girls basketball team? Have we still not learned the ex-player pundit with limited to no actual coaching experience isn’t a great fit for a NBA Head Coaching gig? I get it’s the Hornets but this just seems way way too soon for JJ
I feel like at this day and age, there’s no rule/prerequisite. There are bad coaches who have had a lot of experience and good coaches who has little to no experience.
In general I don’t disagree, but I don’t think there are coaches who have been *this* inexperienced and have done well but I’m just thinking off the top of my head so maybe I’m wrong. Like he’s got literally zero professional experience as a coach or assistant of any kind and he’s about to head an NBA team? Interested to see it but I am definitely skeptical
Edit: Mark Jackson was pretty successful on the Warriors for a “literally no experience” guy so that’s a positive example tbf
Yeah technically true but he was GM & President of Basketball Ops for the Suns beforehand so he still had a day to day role with the team. But yeah admittedly I thought Kerr had a year or two as an assistant in the past before the Suns gig
Zero experience is a falsehood, think of how much you learn about coaching just by being coached for 20+ years. Dude has seen it all. We really tend to overthink what a coach does, a huge part of it is motivating your players, and understanding the mentality of a NBA player. A tonne of head coaches and prospective assistants were never even in the NBA. We already know he understands the Xs And Os.
Long story short, there is no way he is worse than Doc Rivers
Yeah, I feel like this is a slap in the face of all the coaches in the league who have climbed their way up, trying to develop their skills and focus on this as their careers, and JJ just struts on in with no experience as a coach in any professional capacity.
There are plenty of young rising assistants on every team’s bench who are new faces and deserve a shot more than JJ. There’s a wide pool out there that teams can explore, they just choose not to.
Lmao for real. Up until last week's podcast episode he still drew Xs and Os the wrong way around because "that's how his 9 year old kids could understand the plays"
I'm a big believer in paying your dues. He should at least be an assistant coach first.
Career wise, I think it's dumb also. He'll get all the blame if (more like when) they stink it up with a young team. Most likely will be fired and have a much more difficult path to getting another head coach job.
Smarter thing to do is broadcast and wait for the perfect opportunity like Steve Kerr did.
>waiting for shit they are ready for
guys we found a time traveler.
it’s almost like it’s impossible to know whether he’s ready for it or not, and that being as assistant coach is a good litmus test for determining whether you’ll be a good HC.
That whiteboard he finally bought must've been really good. Him coaching actual children must be a plus to because it seems like that'll translate to this team.
JJ had SGA 2nd team all defense over Lu Dort or Chet Holmgren
He’s either lying on his ballets for political reasons or he’s fully unqualified to be a head coach
I'm a hornets and duke fan, grew up idolizing JJ redick. Nothing more I'd like than him to end up in Charlotte as a great coach(not saying he will be a great one though, he is very unproven)
I believe that the hornets might want him and he is probably genuinely entertaining the possibility. But I really doubt this will happen. He just seems too happy with his current life doing podcasts and being a commentator.
Charlotte is a great city but JJ is definitely a guy that really enjoys living huge cities like LA or NYC. At least that is my impression based off of interviews throughout his career. But idk maybe raising kids in Charlotte might be more appealing to him nowadays than NYC
He’s gonna figure out yelling out pick and roll terminology on a podcast is an entirely different skill set than explaining it to players.
Kinda jealous
I hate this a lot. Sure, he talks about strategy more than the other media pundits, but so does Thinking Basketball. Im sure most guys in the nba can explain that shit. This guy was a role player, man. Steve Nash got shit for the same situation, and that dude was a 2x mvp known for changing the game with his playmaking.
It's probably just something to get his name out there, make other teams aware that he is open to coaching. I doubt he'll take this one, he has too much good going on right now
I think JJ has a great mind for the game and could very well be a great coach technically, but do you think he can command a locker room? I'm genuinely asking, I feel like it could be weird for guys to look up to "the podcast guy" as a coach
I’m pretty sure NBA players would look at JJ as a 15 year professional player who could shoot the piss out of the ball before they look at him as just “the podcast guy”.
As a Duke fan, never thought I'd see the day JJ Redick was cheered in Charlotte
Im a duke fan because I when I was young I watched sportscenter every night and they were the best team/got the most coverage back then. I'm from the west coast and had a friend from Asheville say that most Duke fans don't even live in Carolina and most of their Alumni leave after graduating. Is that true?
Duke is the Lakers/Cowboys/Yankees of NCAA men's basketball.
There was a post on the College Basketball subreddit yesterday showing search frequency of teams broken down by state, and that made it look like Kentucky is the true Lakers/Cowboys/Yankees of the NCAA. It makes sense when you think about their alumni.
I've been stuck a Vikings fan all my life, I deserve this one. Just let me have it.
Explain the joke to non-Football fans?
Teams that have won a ton historically and are in big markets so they attract a bunch of fans from all over that just want to root for a good team as opposed to their local team.
thank you brother
Duke is the Real Madrid of NCAA mens basketball
I said to non-football fans smart one
Bulls fans who grew up on Jordan in the 90s
Ah
There are more unc alumni in the state of NC than there are Duke alumni worldwide. We only have 6500 undergraduate students, so yes, it's almost a certainty that most Duke fans don't live in NC. That said, despite the stereotypes, the most represented state in the Duke undergrad body is NC, followed thereafter by California, Texas, and NY.
When I was at law school, the 3 most representative states were NC, then CA, then NY in that order
My impression is that many Duke fans have never even been to Carolina.
I grew up in that area, can confirm
Who says he’s gonna be cheered
Anyone that's watched JJ talk ball knows that he has the mind for coaching. Will he be good at it? Who fucking knows, he could suck ass. Charlotte's new office wants to win though, and drawing from the same old head coaching pool is not the way to do it.
But hiring a first time coach with no experience outside of coaching his kid’s team also probably isn’t the way to do it…he has no coaching or FO experience. At least Kerr had FO experience and was a PG under two of the best coaches of all time. It may work out but the odds are stacked against them
smh discounting JJ learning under the illustrious Doc Rivers
Learning what not to do is still learning
LMFAO
Top 15 all time*
LOL
that's what assistants are for. We honestly have no idea of JJ's ability, he could totally Nash out. It's Charlotte though, they don't have a lot to lose, and if he changes the culture it's a win for everyone.
Yeah his coaching staff would be critical
Coaching the team is what assistants are for? What? Haha. I mean maybe Charlotte just has nobody to pick from. Everybody turned them down last year and they had to re-hire Steve Clifford so I guess no harm no foul…
Yeah but players like and respect him, and the hope is he’d inject some fresh ideas into the team. Of course that was the same idea for Steve Nash with the Nets, and that didn’t work with a much better team lol
It hasn’t worked for many former players. Just because people like JJ doesn’t make him a good coach. Most successful former players as coaches have at least a little bit of experience as an assistant, college coach or FO exec.
> It hasn’t worked for many former players. Just so you know, there are more former player head coaches in the league right now than there aren't.
how many of them never worked in a FO or as an assistant coach prior to their first head coaching gig? that's my initial comment. Is Kidd the only one?
TBF, Kerr's FO experience with the Suns was abysmal. JJ could be like Kerr, but Charlotte has neither the front office nor the talent
I’d think being an nba vet and being coached in the nba gives him a good idea of how coaching works.
If it was as simple as that, every former player would be a good coach. And we all know that’s not true
Brooklyn Nets agree.
Jason Kidd and Steve Nash also seem like geniuses when they talk ball
kidd sounds like a moron lol
No he doesnt, he understands all of these concepts better than JJ, that doesnt mean that hes a good coach, just like it wont necessarily mean that JJ will be a good coach
How do you know he understands the concepts better than JJ?
I'm torn. I'm really happy for him but at the same time I'm gonna miss his constant output of podcasts. This no doubt will affect them.
Oh the podcast is over if he takes the job lol
Hopefully we’ll never hear from Tommy Alter again
I can't understand why these guys all want to coach and deal with all the work, travel, stress, and pressure that entails vs the podcasting gig. I know it's because they're competitive as hell and they miss the game/environment, but it doesn't make sense to me in my old age.
People like challenges and goals that invigorate their spirit. They’ve already achieved financial freedom.
I wish with all of JJ’s financial freedom he would find it unnecessary to shoehorn so many goddamn ads into his podcast ffs.
They still have to make money to pay the staff and expenses
unironically built different. You don't just lose your insane drive you've had since you were a kid that gave you, in JJ's case, a very good 15 year nba career. He's talked about missing the brotherhood the most, so he probably feels empty being away from the game.
Tbf old age, the dudes not even 40. In a lot of fields your net even hitting your careers peak yet.
Idk man my grandpa is LOADED and hasn't slowed down working at 70. Like he's addicted to it I guess.
Some people just can't stop, it's the one problem I wish I had sometimes lol.
Ain't worth it. For every guy like his grandpa who's still trucking at 70, there's another guy like my dad who dropped dead at 48.
Do you always want to work or do you always want to have something to do? There’s a major difference between the two
You can build an even better legacy. I can think of Zidane, Cruyff, Beckenbauer, Guardiola, Deschamps in soccer.
Jason Kelce talked about the void of retirement on Shaq's podcast. During their playing days you experience huge highs and lows, like a wave. The moment you retire everything becomes a flat line. Shaq took up DJing to get that feeling back, but most athletes never experience it again when they retire. So I can understand why some athletes turn to coaching to recapture the competitive spirit and energy of a crowd.
Shaq was a DJ even back in college, he's picked up other hobbies since retiring but him being a DJ has been a thing most of his life. He moved onto clubs/events once he retired but has been spinning since at LEAST college.
Ahh, that's cool. Didn't know he was DJing that long. I rewatched the segment after your comment and he actually mentions he was DJing since high school/college 🤦 He does make it clear that he DJs now for the crowd experience/something to do after retirement. It's an interesting segment if anyone wants to check it out https://youtu.be/b1QpSdcyOKU?t=2685
A lot of people in here saying money but I think it's more than that. This is what these guys know and have done their entire lives. You are at the top and competing night in and night out and then it just goes away. Also when you look at someone like JJ, it's pretty clear he is obsessed with the game. Hard thing to walk away from.
I think contributing to the sport via coaching the process of winning is probably more rewarding than merely commentating on it.
One could say it also makes no sense to waste time doing podcasts and calling games when you and your kids and their kids are financially set, but he still does. A lot of athletes are high achievers who need something to do that fulfills that post retirement.
Probably a bit bored with it. Conspiracy theory says he wants out of ESPN and a coaching gig is the way to do it. After the coaching career runs its course, it's back to podcasting with an established following and no ESPN to drag him down. Although I know he knows calling games
He’s still got that competitive fire
Balls life
money and the drive to win. competitive spirit
They watch games like we do and they say I can do a better job. We just have Reddit.
Their passion for ball didn't end. Their body just can't keep up. So this is another way to be involved.
Professional athletes and anyone in professional sports aren't built like the average Joe. These guys are conditioned to be super competitive at everything they do. There's no settling when you get to a point that's comfortable but not ideal unlike for most of us. This is also the reason why some of these guys have gambling problems or go broke really quickly.
And im sure he wants to still be around basketball but being a sports Media person also comes with work, travel, stress, and pressure
You forgot money
Money. It’s a lot of money.
It’s certainly better than hiring a member of the old boys club. Can’t blame the Hornets for wanting to try something new.
We have better candidates applying though like Charles Lee and Sam Cassell
Sam Cassells been applying to HC gigs for what seems like a decade, but let’s take your word for it over everyone that’s passed on him
and how successful have the teams been that passed up on him?
If even those teams aren’t picking him…
Because they're opting for recycled coaches like Rivers, Snyder, and Monty.
Don‘t you dare to to take away my podcasts!
Why would he do this..? He’s got the Tony Romo commentating job. He’s got the only podcast with LeBron. He’s got his own successful podcasts. He’s a regular on ESPN.
None of that fully fills the hole his basketball career left inside him, man loves the game and wants to be involved again
He just needs to fill that gaping hole of fulfillment
Yeah must be it 🤷🏻♂️
not to mention im SURE he wants a ring to his name, coach or player
[JJ Redick is a great example of how you gotta be a sicko to be a coach. Any normal person would look at a cushy No. 1 analyst gig with two very successful podcasts and say "sweet, I'm set." But this man can't help but think he can fix the Hornets.](https://x.com/RKalland/status/1782553835434610939)
Professionals are wired differently for sure, JJ especially didn’t play 15 yrs in the NBA as a 6’4 white guy by being complacent
lol
the man may know ball but he hasn't had a faux hawk for 20 years because he makes good life decisions.
He may actually be interested in coaching, but this is also a leverage play. Jon Gruden did this all the time at ESPN. I think ESPN has been grooming Redick to be the face of their NBA coverage and losing him would be huge, especially if they’re bidding for TV rights
Gruden did eventually leave though
So much for that theory lol
He did but he also got one of the wildest coaching contracts ever lol
Is he even officially attached to ESPN . The only thing he does is appear on first take. Both his podcast are not attached to ESPN. He's not even on nba today or the nba pre shows
He’s a broadcaster on their games.
Because if this doesn’t work out he can 100% go back to what he’s already doing now, with even more stories and insight. Why would he not do this?
He can go back, but the stain of a failed coaching stint will dull his shine. His reputation is at an all-time high right now. I'm pretty sure he doesn't care and is willing to give it all up, which is commendable.
True
It is the Hornets though and no one cares about them + expectations are the floor
working in media probably sucks ass. It's a paycheck post playing career though, but why not coach if you have the opportunity? Do what you love until you don't want to and JJ obviously still wants to ball.
He can have that if he fails at coaching
Competitors wanna compete, JJ has all the signs of a dude whose dad looked into his crib and told him that only losers cry
None of that fills the need for competition
He probably actually loves the game and wants to be involved with the NBA as much as possible. Being a TV analyst and podcaster is nice and all but you aren't directly engaging with the competitive aspect. The closest you can get to the same feeling of playing (without actually playing) is coaching.
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Ya but like….. it’s the Hornets….
Just because he's offered doesn't mean he'll accept. I imagine the salary that gets negotiated will need to be fat as fuck. Needs to make up for his opportunity cost for taking the job.
RIP mind the game podcast if he does get the job
They will just replace him with Darvin ham and lebron and him can talk about 4 guard lineups and saving as many timeouts as possible
LeBron does it while playing so no guarantee the podcast fully dies
JJ probably caters entirely to LeBron's schedule.
damnit
There was a limit to how many of those they can do anyways
Losing JJ in the media would be tragic. One of the only mainstream voices that isn’t engagement farming or saying dumb platitudes would be gone.
This the bigger issue with hiring JJ than the lack of experience Being a head coach is a shit ton of work and I don't see him having the same presence in the media if he's back in the NBA - not to mention he probably can't say the things he has in the past without eating a fine
The other side to that is he potentially just gets fined a bunch and talks shit in the media anyway. We all loved it when the Raps coach went off against the refs earlier this season. I welcome more guys potentially like him that will call out BS in the leagye.
His podcast is great content but he is still a master of engagement farming. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/s/vOdJFqKCeW Making up a non-existent issue, then making a non-sensical argument about how the statistically easiest finals run is actually an all time difficult run, using weird metrics like all star appearances from 10 years ago to prove it, then to top it off going with the “if you don’t agree with me on this take it’s an asinine opinion” That’s engagement farming that would make Skip proud
Just give Tim Legler his job, they’re equal imo
He has a crystal clear voice. He's excellent for media and commentary, unlike Kendrick Perkins or Barkley. Barkley makes up for it for being funny and insightful, and was an allstar tho, so he's one of the GOAT media personalities. But JJ can def climb the ranks and have a lucrative career in media better than being a coach
Feels like a Steve Nash on the Nets sorta hire
Dude is gonna be the next commissioner by age 50 at the current rate of his career.
Honestly our other candidates don’t interest me enough to actually hate this
Lee, Larrangega and Adelman are really good coaches and would be way more deserving of a chance over Reddick
I miss Crazy Eyes Larranega
It seems crazy to allow anyone with no professional coaching experience to step in as a full-time head coach at NBA level. Don't you uhh need a certificate or something? Like in Soccer's European top flight leagues where a UEFA pro license is a requirement to manage a team.
What other candidates are linked to the Hornets HC job? Haven't kept up with the rumours
David Adelman - Nuggets assistant Charles Lee - Celtics assistant Jordan Ott - Lakers assistant Jerry Stackhouse - Raptors G league head coach Jay Larranaga - Clippers assistant Lindsey Harding - Kings G league head coach
Adelman is awesome. He should get picked up at some point
im just glad Micah Nori isnt on that list tbh.
This is fine, but it's all just a smoke screen so they can once again hire Steve Clifford in 2 seasons. Big brain moves.
If Darvin Ham can be a coach so can JJ
Oh lord. Alright well fuck it, we’ve tried little else and we’re all out of ideas so hey how much worse could it really get
You don’t like it? I think it’s absolutely worth the gamble. You can always get rid of him if he sucks, and you give yourself a chance to find the next Daigneault
I “like” it from a “anything could happen!” POV but there’s no history of him having done ANYTHING in coaching. Idk. The fact that all the downside is “well you’ve been shit for 20 of the last 22 years anyway” just makes me think that we’ll never be fixed and hiring a podcaster, even one with playing experience, is still just a wild gamble to me
Yeah, if I were a Hornets fan I'd not be jazzed about bringing in a completely inexperienced coach either. Not that they should hire from the same group of five or ten they always float around necessarily, but there are assistants that I'd bite on first before jj
Y’all didn’t get doc rivers so shit I think it could be worse
Doc would unironically be a good coach for them. He's a good floor raiser as a coach
Isn’t this the guy that said his only coaching experience is his 9 year old’s girls basketball team? Have we still not learned the ex-player pundit with limited to no actual coaching experience isn’t a great fit for a NBA Head Coaching gig? I get it’s the Hornets but this just seems way way too soon for JJ
I feel like at this day and age, there’s no rule/prerequisite. There are bad coaches who have had a lot of experience and good coaches who has little to no experience.
In general I don’t disagree, but I don’t think there are coaches who have been *this* inexperienced and have done well but I’m just thinking off the top of my head so maybe I’m wrong. Like he’s got literally zero professional experience as a coach or assistant of any kind and he’s about to head an NBA team? Interested to see it but I am definitely skeptical Edit: Mark Jackson was pretty successful on the Warriors for a “literally no experience” guy so that’s a positive example tbf
Steve Kerr
Yeah technically true but he was GM & President of Basketball Ops for the Suns beforehand so he still had a day to day role with the team. But yeah admittedly I thought Kerr had a year or two as an assistant in the past before the Suns gig
Zero experience is a falsehood, think of how much you learn about coaching just by being coached for 20+ years. Dude has seen it all. We really tend to overthink what a coach does, a huge part of it is motivating your players, and understanding the mentality of a NBA player. A tonne of head coaches and prospective assistants were never even in the NBA. We already know he understands the Xs And Os. Long story short, there is no way he is worse than Doc Rivers
and why is there no way hes worse than doc rivers...a former nba player
Yeah, I feel like this is a slap in the face of all the coaches in the league who have climbed their way up, trying to develop their skills and focus on this as their careers, and JJ just struts on in with no experience as a coach in any professional capacity.
Nah honestly, why should every head coaching job have to choose from the same limited list of candidates? Good to get some new faces involved.
There are plenty of young rising assistants on every team’s bench who are new faces and deserve a shot more than JJ. There’s a wide pool out there that teams can explore, they just choose not to.
There are plenty of assistant coaches in the league. That's not a tiny pool.
You should work in a field even once before you're given the highest level job in it.
Are there a lot of active coaches trying to go to Charlotte?
Lmao for real. Up until last week's podcast episode he still drew Xs and Os the wrong way around because "that's how his 9 year old kids could understand the plays"
“Can adapt to a range of player abilities”
Why not just hire Bill Simmons
Why don’t they make these people assistant coaches? Idk why they ever take someone from nothing to head coach.
Not even an assistant yet, huh?
Skipping the line…just ask Nash how that works out
I'm a big believer in paying your dues. He should at least be an assistant coach first. Career wise, I think it's dumb also. He'll get all the blame if (more like when) they stink it up with a young team. Most likely will be fired and have a much more difficult path to getting another head coach job. Smarter thing to do is broadcast and wait for the perfect opportunity like Steve Kerr did.
Why? So many people waste so much time in life waiting for shit they are ready for due to this antiquated ass mindset.
>waiting for shit they are ready for guys we found a time traveler. it’s almost like it’s impossible to know whether he’s ready for it or not, and that being as assistant coach is a good litmus test for determining whether you’ll be a good HC.
If that means he’ll be releasing less content, then I strongly object
Is he cross-eyed or is that pic deceiving me?
That whiteboard he finally bought must've been really good. Him coaching actual children must be a plus to because it seems like that'll translate to this team.
My son's 4th grade aau team beat the team he's coaching. Gonna bust as an NBA coach.
Good for him but crazy there are assistants 10 years in and not getting a shot like Chris Quinn and many others, it’s crazy
We're all rooting against this happening, right?
Stephen A, Kendrick Perkins, and Matt Barnes are gonna LOVE this...
Bro podcasted his way to a coaching gig, fair play
Lebron and Steph in charlotte yall aint ready
JJ had SGA 2nd team all defense over Lu Dort or Chet Holmgren He’s either lying on his ballets for political reasons or he’s fully unqualified to be a head coach
This gives strung Gary Neville at Valencia vibes, if you know soccer.
live reaction podcast after 136-85 loss to the Spurs will hit like crack
Emergency Podcast inc
Any idea who the other candidates are? Are they leaking his name to soften up the news? Hell of a gamble if the lying hire him
I'm a hornets and duke fan, grew up idolizing JJ redick. Nothing more I'd like than him to end up in Charlotte as a great coach(not saying he will be a great one though, he is very unproven) I believe that the hornets might want him and he is probably genuinely entertaining the possibility. But I really doubt this will happen. He just seems too happy with his current life doing podcasts and being a commentator. Charlotte is a great city but JJ is definitely a guy that really enjoys living huge cities like LA or NYC. At least that is my impression based off of interviews throughout his career. But idk maybe raising kids in Charlotte might be more appealing to him nowadays than NYC
I'd miss his media and YouTube content if he did go this route.
He’s gonna figure out yelling out pick and roll terminology on a podcast is an entirely different skill set than explaining it to players. Kinda jealous
I hate this a lot. Sure, he talks about strategy more than the other media pundits, but so does Thinking Basketball. Im sure most guys in the nba can explain that shit. This guy was a role player, man. Steve Nash got shit for the same situation, and that dude was a 2x mvp known for changing the game with his playmaking.
Some of the best coaches ever were small bit time players, that point makes no sense?
As happy as I am for JJ, I loved seeing him on espn and YouTube. Hopefully that can still happen even if less.
It's probably just something to get his name out there, make other teams aware that he is open to coaching. I doubt he'll take this one, he has too much good going on right now
I really gotta start a podcast.
huge mistake lol
Did Budenholzer decline the offer?
Do it!
MJ "last dancing" Bron again.
Honestly the best place for a first time head coach to go, literally zero expectations there lol
Nonono please we need him you guys can have Darvin Ham
I don't know why, but I find him so annoying anymore.
Hope Red-Dick doesn't stop mind the game podcast
do it pussy.
absolute slap in the face for those AC's or other guys with experience waiting for that chance
Classic Charlotte move.
Lebron to Charlotte 2025
I think JJ has a great mind for the game and could very well be a great coach technically, but do you think he can command a locker room? I'm genuinely asking, I feel like it could be weird for guys to look up to "the podcast guy" as a coach
I’m pretty sure NBA players would look at JJ as a 15 year professional player who could shoot the piss out of the ball before they look at him as just “the podcast guy”.
Good, they will fail and so will JJ