JJ Redick made a change to the Los Angeles Lakers’ starting lineup on Friday by replacing D’Angelo Russell with Cam Reddish. Redick said the starting lineup will be fluid, but he won’t necessarily make a ton of changes.
“I’m not somebody who’s just gonna like overreact and have … 19 different starting lineups in 25 games,” Redick said. “It required a lot of thought and, to be honest with you, it also required removing emotion from it because there is a balance as a coach in trying to do what is what you believe is best for the group but also being empathetic and sensitive to each player and trying to maximize those players and empower those players and not mess up or sort of put something in their head about what they are or what they aren’t.”
Russell responded well in coming off the bench by scoring 18 points in 25 minutes.
“Any lineup change is fluid,” Redick said after practice. “Any rotation change, which we’ve already had a few iterations of that, they’re all fluid. We’re trying to make decisions in real time that we think will help the group. And ultimately help the individual. [Friday] night was a good example of that.”