In recent days, the Lakers have started interviews to find Darvin Ham's replacement, and for the moment, their “short list” only includes current assistants, such as Sam Cassell, David Adelman and Micah Nori. In this list, we also find Chris Quinn (40 years old), Erik Spoelstra's right-hand man at the Heat for 10 years, and Udonis Haslem thinks he has a real chance of getting the job.
“Chris Quinn is my guy!” He had a relationship with LeBron James and coached him at Miami before James joined the Lakers, so I know LeBron respects him. Now, is he a real, 'real' candidate? » asks Haslem. on the set of ESPN. “Who knows… Because we know how it goes: we throw around names when we know who we're going to choose… And Chris Quinn really has a chance of sticking to this situation… He has this Heat culture, and that could stick what they're doing now and what LeBron likes to do. Chris could have the opportunity to go out there and have the respect of LeBron James and have the respect of the locker room. »
What will the Lakers locker room say?
And what does he think of JJ Redick’s candidacy? He has no experience as an assistant or coach, and above all he is very close to LeBron James since they host a podcast together.
“I'm going for it, and I'm going to say it: if it's JJ, there will be a skeptical locker room. We'll have guys who say, “Will coach go do a podcast with LeBron?” You're going to have a cynical locker room with guys who are going to look askance at everything JJ says, because they're going to wonder if it's JJ's message or LeBron's message. »
