My Take
JJ Redick is one of those guys who spent his whole career making basketball purists feel things. Coming out of Duke as arguably the best shooter in college basketball history — the 2006 John R. Wooden Award says it all — he had to fight doubters his entire NBA career who swore his game wouldn't translate. It did. Fifteen-plus years of elite catch-and-shoot precision across multiple franchises, always moving, always finding the right spot on the floor, turning "spot-up shooter" into something that actually demanded respect. And then, just when you thought he'd quietly retire, he reinvented himself as one of the more thoughtful voices in basketball media, and eventually landed the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job — which, no matter how you feel about it, you have to admit is a genuinely wild third act nobody really saw coming from a kid out of Cookeville, Tennessee.
Overview
Jonathan Clay "JJ" Redick ( RED-ik) (born June 24, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, winning many individual awards, including the Naismith College Player of the Year.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- JJ Redick
- Name (Japanese)
- J.J.レディック
- Reading
- J.J.れでぃっく
- Born
- June 24, 1984 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Rat
- Origin
- Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 193 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- basketball player / basketball coach
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Cave Spring High School
- University
- Duke University
Awards & achievements
- 2006 John R. Wooden Award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.