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As Lakers’ JJ Redick Thrives, Pelicans Are Exploring Hire of Former NBA Star With No Coaching Experience
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As Lakers’ JJ Redick Thrives, Pelicans Are Exploring Hire of Former NBA Star With No Coaching Experience

SI·Blake Silverman·about 1 month ago
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JJ Redick’s success as the Lakers’ coach may have flipped the candidate pool for NBA teams in need of a new coach on its head. After the Bucks hired Taylor Jenkins Thursday , the Pelicans and Bulls remain the sole two franchises in search of its next head man currently. James Borrego took the reins in New Orleans once the team decided to part with Willie Green after four-plus seasons. Borrego is in the running for the vacancy, but the franchise is evaluating a wide pool of candidates which now includes one of its former players. According to a recent report from insiders Marc Stein and Jake Fischer , four-time NBA All-Star and two-time champion Rajon Rondo is among the candidates to emerge in New Orleans’s search. Rondo has dabbled in coaching since retiring from basketball, but he would rise to the head of the bench without any significant experience should the Pelicans deem him the man for the job.…

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