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. — 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.

Redick has been an emerging name in sports media and seemed to build something special with LeBron James for their Mind the Game Pod. The platform was a unique way to show the mental side of the game and how the game is more than physicality and requires a certain basketball IQ.