JJ Redick could hardly have had a more impressive rookie regular season as head coach.

After being hired with so much uncertainty considering he had never actually coached any meaningful games, he led the Lakers through a gargantuan midseason trade and to the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference, notching 50 wins along the way.

Then the playoffs came and Chris Finch coached circles around Redick. It was quite the reality check for Redick, who never looked more like a first-time head coach than when the postseason came around. What was expected to be a competitive series turned into a beatdown as the Wolves eliminated the purple gold.

Which brings us to present day. When you win, you get to talk. On Wednesday, Finch appeared on Zach Lowe’s live podcast in Minnesota and took a jab at the

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