JJ Redick reveals Lakers' LeBron James plan for deep NBA Playoffs run
The Los Angeles Lakers and Coach JJ Redick want to preserve LeBron James as much as possible in the NBA Playoffs. How will they do it?
JJ Redick reveals Lakers' LeBron James plan for deep NBA Playoffs run originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The injury bug has bitten the Los Angeles Lakers quite hard.
Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves are out indefinitely as the NBA Playoffs loom. So, Coach JJ Redick plans on hinging a lot of his schemes on one man: LeBron James. While this was to be expected of the legend, he is 41 years old and will likely have a harder time in the postseason as compared to previous years.
So, how will the coaching staff be able to keep him from going down? Redick unveils James plan for deep Lakers NBA Playoffs run Look, it is fairly obvious that LeBron James can still be an all-around player. The Lakers have turned to him when they have needs in facilitating, scoring, defending, or in just keeping everyone in line.
Now, he will have to do a lot more of those things because Coach JJ Redick does not have the luxury of having Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves on his squad. However, the Lakers head coach did admit one big adjustment that they will be making in the NBA Playoffs. James will have less ballhandling duties, via Dan Woike of The Athletic.