{"id":424690,"date":"2023-05-10T20:17:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=424690"},"modified":"2023-05-10T20:17:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T20:17:18","slug":"nba-rumor-espns-jj-redick-interviews-at-toronto-raptors-for-head-coach-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba-rumor-espns-jj-redick-interviews-at-toronto-raptors-for-head-coach-job\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rumor: ESPN&#8217;s JJ Redick Interviews At Toronto Raptors For Head Coach Job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Redick, a 15-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst, interviewed this week for the coaching position with the Toronto Raptors, sources informed ESPN on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Redick recently met with franchise leadership in Toronto, according to sources, and was a participant in a first round of interviews. Since his retirement as a player in 2021, he has been a target for numerous organizations, including the Boston Celtics, as an assistant coach.<\/p>\n<h2>NBA Rumor: ESPN&#8217;s JJ Redick Interviews At Toronto Raptors For Head Coach Job<\/h2>\n<p>Before beginning a 15-year NBA career that includes spells with the Magic, Bucks, Clippers, Sixers, Pelicans, and Mavericks, Redick shined for four years at Duke. In 2021, Redick made his final NBA appearance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I NEED A RAISE.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>JJ Redick definitely does after taking over First Take \ud83d\ude05<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ef8QWiA16r\">pic.twitter.com\/Ef8QWiA16r<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1656346423703502856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>He has been an analyst and a podcaster for ESPN since the beginning of time.<\/p>\n<p>According to insiders, Redick is one of more than a dozen prospects who have spoken with the Raptors as part of a thorough recruitment process. According to a recent ESPN report, Toronto was given permission to interview a number of candidates, including Kenny Atkinson of Golden State, Charles Lee of Milwaukee, Kevin Young of Phoenix, Mitch Johnson of San Antonio, Jordi Fernandez of Sacramento, Darko Rajakovic of Memphis, and Becky Hammon of the Las Vegas Aces.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Toronto has looked into the possibility of JJ Redick as being head coach material, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/michaelgrange?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@michaelgrange<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tWShhzeVqE\">pic.twitter.com\/tWShhzeVqE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1656302517913890816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ironic since several coaches told me during my career that I would coach once I retired,&#8221; Redick remarked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr they would try to. Rick [Carlisle] was like this in Dallas. He was like, \u2018You should coach. You would love it.\u2019 I was there two half months, and I spent a ton of time with Rick. He was so good to me. Doc [Rivers] would always tell me that. I\u2019m like, \u2018Doc, there\u2019s no f\u2013king way I\u2019m gonna coach.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fifteen-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst JJ Redick has interviewed for the Toronto Raptors\u2019 coaching job, sources tell ESPN. Redick was part of a first-round of candidates to meet with franchise leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/1656329507404410883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd then, last spring, I just started thinking: Maybe I do want to coach. I always thought if I did something in basketball, it would be front office because I like the intellectual component of that. And I like the idea of not only managing people, but other people managing me. The collaboration component of a front office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Redick further disclosed that he has been pursued for various assistant coaching positions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cold-open <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jj_redick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jj_redick<\/a> is back \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Em7mHvuDL3\">pic.twitter.com\/Em7mHvuDL3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; First Take (@FirstTake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/1656305429486485508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen I got randomly four unsolicited, \u2018Do you want to coach? Do you want to join the staff?\u2019 [messages] from different teams. And truthfully, I considered two of them. Not just the Celtics \u2014 sorry, I considered another one,\u201d Redick said.<\/p>\n<p>On April 21, Toronto fired head coach Nick Nurse. Before falling to the Chicago Bulls in the 9 vs. 10 game of the Eastern Conference play-in round, the Raptors concluded their season with a 41-41 record.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m3BWkqMYzc8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Twins\u2019 Carlos Correa Gets Booed By Home Crowd: \u2018I\u2019d boo myself too\u2019\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/twins-carlos-correa-gets-booed-by-home-crowd-id-boo-myself-too\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Twins\u2019 Carlos Correa Gets Booed By Home Crowd: \u2018I\u2019d boo myself too\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JJ Redick, a 15-year NBA veteran and ESPN analyst, interviewed this week for the coaching position with the Toronto Raptors, sources informed ESPN on Wednesday. Redick recently met with franchise leadership in Toronto, according to sources, and was a participant in a first round of interviews. Since his retirement as a player in 2021, he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":424692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,96],"tags":[8110,1976,8111,8112,2215],"class_list":["post-424690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-toronto-raptors","tag-espn-jj-redick","tag-jj-redick","tag-jj-redick-head-coach-job","tag-jj-redick-toronto-raptors","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}