Good Morning It’s Basketball - Well, *that's* a swerve from the Lakers
This is a preview of today’s full, robust newsletter. Want the whole thing, plus every full newsletter five times a week? This glorious prize is within your grasp for just $5 per month or $50 per year! Well, *that's* a swerve from the LakersJ.J. Redick is apparently no longer the front-runner as Dan Hurley enters the chat.Good morning. Let’s basketball. In the wake of reports that the Lakers were preparing to hire J.J. Redick, a podcaster, broadcaster, former player and one-time supporting character in a Gilded Age-inspired private preschool battle in Brooklyn, the team has apparently instead decided to hire Dan Hurley, the two-time national championship head coach at UConn.
Redick, currently working for ESPN while preparing to call the NBA Finals, which begin Thursday, barely figures in Woj’s new reporting. This is the only mention of Redick in the initial version of the story.
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