The Lakers plan to rent a few veteran head coaches to be the highest assistants on JJ Redick‘s employees, in line with Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, who reports that Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks are becoming a member of the group.
McMillan and Brooks are the primary assistants confirmed to be becoming a member of Redick’s employees. The Lakers had been in search of skilled coaches as Redick is a first-time head coach. ESPN’s Dave McMenamin not too long ago reported that Dwane Casey, one other longtime coach who’s at present in a entrance workplace position with Detroit, withdrew from consideration for an assistant job with L.A., as he “didn’t wish to uproot his household at the moment.”
One of many NBA’s high perimeter defenders throughout his 12-year enjoying profession with the Sonics, McMillan transitioned to teaching after he retired from enjoying, together with multi-season head teaching stints with Seattle, Portland, Indiana and Atlanta. The 59-year-old holds a profession common season document of 760-668 (.532 win share) and 28-48 document within the postseason (.368%). McMillan took a 12 months off to reportedly spend time with household after he was fired by the Hawks in 2023.
Brooks is one other former NBA participant turned coach, spending 10 years within the league as a backup level guard from 1988-98. He was the lead coach of the Thunder for seven seasons and the Wizards for 5, compiling a 521-414 common season document (.557%) and 49-48 mark (.505%) within the postseason. The 58-year-old has been an assistant with Portland the previous three seasons.
Rajon Rondo, Sam Cassell, Jared Dudley and Jacque Vaughn are among the other names which were floated as attainable candidates for Redick’s employees, although Cassell (Boston) and Dudley (Dallas) may not be accessible.