JJ Redick was great during his first regular season in charge last year. The NBA player-turned-podcaster-turned-head coach won 50 games and led Los Angeles to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference.

He was able to accomplish this even with the Lakers doing a couple of massive trades during the year.

In the playoffs, it truly was a different season.

The Lakers had homecourt advantage but were outplayed in every way by the Wolves, losing in five games. It seemed that almost every game had an example of Redick’s inexperience showing up.

The Lakers were bullied physically by the Wolves in their Game 1 loss. Redick made zero substitutions during the second half of Game 4, resulting in Los Angeles blowing a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter. He wrapped it up by going small in Game 5

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