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JJ Redick is a legit candidate for the Lakers head — despite never having spent a minute on the bench — and Byron Scott isn’t sold on the idea quite yet!
The 3x NBA champ and former longtime NBA head coach talked to TMZ Sports this week about Redick — a 15 seasons NBA vet — and the prospects of him landing one of the most coveted jobs in all of sports … L.A. Lakers head coach.
“It’s hard jumping in that seat as a first-time head coach,” Scott said.
“I don’t know if he has what it takes to be a great head coach in the NBA but again if he gets that opportunity, we’ll find out real soon.”
Scott even brings up the failed Steve Nash hiring in Brooklyn … where the former NBA MVP, despite having Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, couldn’t win consistently.
He got the boot three seasons after he was hired.
“[Nash] never had any coaching experience and it didn’t really work out well in Brooklyn for him,” Scott said.
Scott does have a few candidates in mind … Sam Cassell, who has been an NBA assistant coach since 2009, and Mark Jackson,who coached Steph Curry and the Golden Warriors before Steve Kerr.
Scott even offered his services … remember, he coached the Nets, Hornets, Cavs, and Lakers after retiring from the league as a player.
He also won Coach of the Year in 2008.
Stay tuned for the open coaching spot in L.A.
