Lakers News: LeBron James’ Unusual Silence and Trae Young’s Father’s Cryptic Activity in Spotlight After JJ Redick Move

All eyes in the NBA world have been on the Los Angeles Lakers for the past few hours. After letting head coach Darvin Ham leave in early May, the franchise decided to sign former Orlando Magic player JJ Redick to replace him. Just when fans were beginning to anticipate the Lakers’ next move, Atlanta Hawks point guard Trae Young added intrigue via a cryptic social media post. Now, her father’s former social media activity has also attracted the attention of fans.

Last month, an X account “Lakers Empire” posted a screenshot of his message to Ray Young, Trae Young’s father. In the post, the fan account highlighted their excitement over the rumor that Trae Young might join the Lakers, as the post read: “Pick and Roll with AD is going to go crazy”.

Surprisingly, Ray responded by liking the post. An action is worth a thousand words, and Young Sr’s actions, which resurfaced on X, could have further fueled this burning fire of speculation.

The fan account, which sent a message to Trae Young’s father and received a response from him last month, retweeted the screenshot after Trae Young reacted to JJ Redick becoming the new head coach of the Lakers. Trae, instead of sending a congratulatory message through words, took a different approach by simply posting an hourglass emoji as a reaction.

The 25-year-old has been considered a potential pick by the Lakers for some time now. The same was confirmed by popular ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski, who said during a segment: “I think the possibility of trade talks including Trae Young this spring and summer is also very real.”

After putting this ‘hourglass shaped tweet’, Trae Young may have indicated that he is getting closer to officially joining the 18x championship team. If Trae’s cryptic message wasn’t enough, his father Ray might have also given fans another reason to have hope. Meanwhile, everyone is waiting for a response from LeBron James to JJ Redick’s nomination.

LeBron James remains silent on JJ Redick becoming head coach

It didn’t take long for the NBA world to start reacting once the news regarding JJ Redick went viral. From sportsman Stephen A. Smith to former Lakers legend Magic Johnson to Bucks player Patrick Beverley, everyone congratulated the 39-year-old on his new appointment. However, amidst all the noise, there is one silent individual, the Lakers’ leading scorer, LeBron James.

JJ Redick was not on equal footing with the other candidates for the Lakers head coaching job. It had only been three years since he retired as a player and he had no coaching experience. However, what propelled him was his professional connection with LeBron James.

Since mid-March, the duo has been co-hosting the “Pay attention to the game” podcast. The platform not only helped fans get a glimpse of the mutual respect between LeBron and Redick, but it also gave them an idea of ​​Redick’s high basketball IQ.

Given LeBron James’ reputation as an alleged “Coach Killer”and his reported criticism of Darvin Ham, fans believed Redick might not develop a fictitious relationship with the player if he got the top job.

By not yet talking about the possibility of his podcast partner becoming his team’s next HC, LeBron James has left Lakers fans asking a few questions. Fans may have to wait until the next episode of the “Mind the Game” podcast to hear LeBron’s thoughts on Redick’s nomination.

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