re: JJ Redick “mentoring” NAW

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everyone can argue that the players need to go learn from him and stuff, but this is a common trend throughout his career. These dudes do it for a living and almost nobody will take him as a mentor or workout with him. Maybe they don’t like him, maybe it’s a personality thing, but I doubt it. I think he’s too unrelatable from a skill set perspective for most players

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I don’t know why this is the hill you’re choosing to die on but the bottom line with Redick is he’s been through more wars than anyone else on the roster by a large margin. He also has the Duke connection and Coach K endorsement, so he immediately has an authoritative voice, even with our own veterans. And unlike the quiet nature that most of the team has, Redick is very much a vocal leader.

As they were matching up during a possession on defense yesterday, Hart started to pick up Beverly, which would have left Redick on Kawhi. JJ almost threw Hart to the ground pushing him towards Kawhi to switch assignments. Jrue probably would have just gone and taken the bad assignment rather than assert his dominance to make the right play.