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Lakers News: G League Coach of the Year Joining JJ Redick's Staff as Assistant

Redick is beginning to shore up his bench.
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Oct 26, 2019; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Sacramento Kings assistant player development coach Lindsey Harding (right) works with forward Caleb Swanigan (left) prior to a game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 26, 2019; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Sacramento Kings assistant player development coach Lindsey Harding (right) works with forward Caleb Swanigan (left) prior to a game against the Utah Jazz at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Mandatory Credit: Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports | Russ Isabella-USA TODAY Sports

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New Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick has made a critical new hire, bringing on a fresh assistant coach onto his roster.

Sources inform Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN that G League Coach of the Year Lindsey Harding is linking up with Redick's bench just in time for the 2024-25 NBA season.

A well-traveled former WNBA pro for the Minnesota Lynx, Washington Mystics, Atlanta Dream, Los Angeles Sparks, New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury, the 5-foot-8 former point guard played from 2007-17, while also suiting up for Turkey and Russia.

Harding — a Naismith College Player of the Year, an All-American and two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Year while at Duke — served as an assistant coach on the Sacramento Kings from 2019-23, before taking on the head coach title with Sacramento's G League affiliate, the Stockton Kings, in 2023-24. She guided Stockton to a 24-10 regular season record, the best in the NBAGL, becoming the first woman to claim the prize.

Harding and Redick actually overlapped at Duke from 2002-06, before the latter took the leap to the NBA. Harding stayed on one more year with the Blue Devils.

Redick's bench is slowly but surely coming together. Harding will join a decorated staff that includes former longtime NBA head coaches Nate McMillan and Scott Brooks, along with Frank Vogel-era Los Angeles assistant coach Greg St. Jean.

Wojnarowski adds that Harding also interviewed for the Charlotte Hornets' head coaching position, a gig that eventually went to former title-winning Boston Celtics assistant coach Charles Lee.

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