Overview
- Finch delivered the jab during a live episode of The Zach Lowe Show in Minnesota.
- “I mean, it’ll qualify you to coach the Lakers,” he said while discussing the boom in podcasts.
- Reports characterized the remark as lighthearted given Finch and Redick’s prior ties from their Pelicans days.
- Redick accepted the Lakers job without prior coaching experience after a post-playing stint in podcasting, including a show with LeBron James.
- In his first season Redick’s Lakers went 50–32 for the West’s No. 3 seed before a five-game loss to Minnesota, and this season they have opened 8–4.