Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick was cautioned against taking the job before he officially signed with the team, according to ESPN's Dave

The Los Angeles Lakers are about to embark on a new NBA season under the leadership of new head coach JJ Redick. Redick was hired after the team failed to make it out of the first-round of the playoffs and he will be tasked with helping the core group maximize their potential.

When the Lakers hired JJ Redick, they entered a partnership with a pioneer of basketball’s alternate realities of the internet. For him, that's in the past.