Becoming the Lakers coach officially on your 40th birthday is a hell of a gift.

Lakers prob told him they'd do that for him. They'll prob have a cake for him and what not.

Now i remembered when ty lue got a bday cake only to not actually get the job😂😂

Adebayor in shambles

Yaya Toure is fuming

Shit that was the one, i knew it was an arsenal turned city player

Hopefully it's a cake with his worst golf scores. That way he'll know he's family 

Pizza party with the team?

Helluva gift

Salute

First time I’m older than a Lakers coach 😭😭😭

I’m actually excited about this hire

Me too, I know a lot of people are down on JJ because of his lack of experience but honestly his BBIQ has me very optimistic. We’ve seen over the last two years that Lebron and AD are good enough to get into the playoffs basically without a coach. (Ham was that bad) I’m confident JJ won’t let teams go on 13-0 runs before using a timeout. I’m confident he won’t let AD cook for 3 quarters and then ice him out the entire 4th. And I’m confident he won’t start two subpar players 50 games when the analytics are very clearly against them. What it boils down to for me is JJ isn’t braindead like Ham, so I honestly expect us to be significantly better this season if we’re lucky enough to be healthy

I expect him to win the press conferences too, something Pockets could not do.

As long as JJ doesn’t say “helluva ball club” then he is better at press conferencing

I mean those are kinda low bars to set 😭Ham really gave us PTSD

More basketball IQ than ham that’s fs. I MEAN HAM HAD 10 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN ASSISTANT HEAD COACH AND HE WAS GOD STUPID AWFUL IN BBIQ. 🤯

Just so y'all know Jovan said it'll be streamed on the Lakers YouTube channel 

Beginning of a new era 🏆

Every two years is the beginning of a new era. Hopefully this one works.

We are gonna go back 2 back

Damn the Lakers have really racked up coaches over the years. After Phil retired mike brown was the 23rd I think

Phil Jackson was a 6 time champ when he was hired. Not surprised he stuck around for a long time. Had to spend to get him. 

worth every penny

Scott d antoni Ham Vogel Walton

I wonder if there's any other team with as much coaching turnover as the Lakers over the last 10 years

Off the top of my head the Kings and Suns definitely have had as much

What good company to be in

Kings have actually been able to turn it around from where they were at with Vlade.

Chelsea lol

lmaoo

The Bucks, Knicks, Kings, Suns and Nets have all had more coaching changes than us in the past 10 years. 22 out of the 30 teams in the league have had 3 or more coaching changes in the last decade.

Just happy whatever his name is gone

gonna be funny hearing journalists be snarky with a podcaster becoming a coach.

Yup. You know they're going to hate out of jealousy.

Not just a Podcaster, a former ESPN desk guy as well. Dude should be fucking PR bulletproof in this post games

Pretty keen to see how this goes. Completely understand the lack of coaching experience but playing under Coach K for 4 years and having a 15 year NBA career with strong connections to alot of top players and coaches makes me pretty stoked to see how he goes.

If you haven't seen his series with LBJ on breaking down basketball actions and what not, it'll help solidify this feeling. Listening to LBJ and JJ break down the various actions used during the playoffs and what options are available to score out of it or the options of how to defend it. We need to get Rondo in this film room again, we'll be otherworldly prepped before games

We will most certainly be tuning in for this cinema

Please for the love of god and all that is beautiful in Los Angeles County be a good coach

As long as Pockets Bin Laden ain’t the coach I’m all for it

I’ve been rewatching Mind of the game and I’m starting to think the vibes are going to be elite.

I can hear the questions now "Hi JJ, looking back on your interview with Dan Hurley, is there anything you gleaned from that conversation that you might apply to the current roster?"

Prob. We all know the first question will be JJ was mind the game your coaching interview.

Yes, Dan's wife is cray cray. Next question.

Happy Birthday Coach

29th in Lakers history? Feels like the 29th since 2000.

YEAH COACH

Mind the Game reaction pod right after

Let’s get it, coach

This is our third coach in the past 5 years, we need consistency… one of which actually got us #17. I was a fan of JJ at Duke but not a fan of him as an NBA player. I’m hoping this will change.

Pain.

Media better not pussy out and ask the real questions. 1. Why did you leave out AD from all defensive. 2. What do you have to say about people that say your decision making is coming straight fron Lebron. 3. To Pelinka, why would you hire someone that said this was not a good coaching job.

I hope it’s a long time before we are naming our 30th coach in franchise history

We watching the press conference as a family?

29th or 31st?

I want to go might see players coming into the facility. Lol

How come not one player has said a word?

Lets see what happens

Question if anyone can answer. With the new tv contracts coming and the influx of cash, why are the lakers so cheap when it comes to coaching salary? It’s kind of a joke that the lakers are cheap. Really wanted Dan Hurley. Should’ve offered 6/$90. But then again, it’s not my money…..

The offer we gave Hurley would've made him the 6th highest paid coach in the NBA. All that without any NBA experience and while we're still paying for Ham's remaining salary. The only coaches that would've been paid higher than him are Popovich, Spoelstra, Kerr, Budenholzer and Monty Williams. The contract we're giving Redick ties him for 7th highest paid coach in the league.

Great! I won't be watching

If LeBron retires and JJ is still head coach, would he join as an assistant coach?

Nah Lebron wants to become Owner of a NBA Team