Sudden! 45 million in 5 years! The Lakers reach another major signing

Signed, signed! Finally signed again! At the press conference for the new season, Los Angeles Lakers general manager Pelinka suddenly announced that the team has reached an early contract renewal with coach JJ Redick.

Pellinka said: "Complete a contract renewal with Luka Doncic, and LeBron James chose to play for the Lakers for another year, which is a positive and productive thing for the team. In addition, we recently completed a contract renewal with JJ Redick to make it clear that he is our basketball leader in coaching and on-court performance!"

According to follow-up reports from ESPN reporter Shams, the Los Angeles Lakers and JJ Redick signed a two-year early contract renewal. In this way, the cooperative relationship between the two parties will continue until the end of the 2029-2030 season, totaling five years, with a total contract amount of US$45 million. It is reported that JJ Redick and the Los Angeles Lakers signed a four-year coach contract with about 8 million per season in the offseason last year.

2024-25 regular season, Redick led the Los Angeles Lakers to a third-highest record in the Western Conference with 50 wins and 32 losses. But in the first round of the playoffs, Redick coached the Lakers did not talk about any cheapness in the young Timberwolves, and even in the entire series, the Lakers did not play the tough performance that their third team in the Western Conference should have.

In the end, the Minnesota Timberwolves finished a 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Lakers! In this round of the series, Redick's ability to deploy troops and change the formation on the spot was a disaster, which directly made the opponent Julius Randall perform so much, resulting in the Lakers losing in this round of the series.

But what people never expected was that such an inexperienced rookie coach has now received an early contract renewal from the Lakers. Shams said: "This move by the Lakers clearly declares that JJ Redick is not only the current coach of the team, but also the core plan for the Lakers' long-term future. His coaching will continue to the post-James era. As the amount of NBA coaching contracts rises, and Redick's original contract has also been over one year. The Lakers' management finally decided to renew the contract two years in advance to ensure that Redick is locked in the team system for a long time."

There is no doubt that this mystery operation of the Lakers will really make many fans feel uneasy! Because they would rather renew a rookie coach with serious lack of experience in advance, but rather renew a league super giant James with 22 years of NBA experience in advance. What do you think about this?