The Lakers guard always has shown a knack for making plays and scoring, but the new coach likes how he's always in the right place and making reads on defense.

There are many critics of new Lakers head coach JJ Redick, but one former teammate of LeBron James is more optimistic about the former sharpshooter.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — JJ Redick knows his personal intensity will always turn him into his own harshest critic if he isn’t careful, so he vowed to give himself some grace in his self-evaluation as the Los Angeles Lakers ' new head coach.