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JJ Redick
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American basketball player and coach
Key facts
- 2013
- Milwaukee Bucks
- 2021
- Dallas Mavericks
- Title
- Head coach
- League
- NBA
- Born
- ( 1984-06-24 ) June 24, 1984 (age 41) , Cookeville, Tennessee , U.S.
- Listed height
- 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
- Listed weight
- 200 lb (91 kg)
- High school
- Cave Spring ( Roanoke, Virginia )
- College
- Duke (2002–2006)
- Nba draft
- 2006 : 1st round, 11th overall pick
- Drafted by
- Orlando Magic
- Playing career
- 2006–2021
- Position
- Shooting guard
- Number
- 7, 5, 4, 17
- Coaching career
- 2024–present
- 2006 2013
- Orlando Magic
- 2013 2017
- Los Angeles Clippers
- 2017 2019
- Philadelphia 76ers
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cookeville
- Occupation
- basketball coach
- Educated at
- Duke University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- John R. Wooden Award
- Sport
- basketball
- Member of team
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Position played
- shooting guard
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 86
- Image
- J.J. Redick 20131118 Clippers v Grizzles.jpg
- Height
- 193
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- sport number
- 4
- date of birth
- 1984-06-24
- Commons category
- J. J. Redick
- drafted by
- Orlando Magic
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- nickname
- JJ
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Encyclopedic overview
Jonathan Clay "JJ" Redick (/ˈrɛdɪk/ RED-ik) (born June 24, 1984) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils, winning many individual awards, including the Naismith College Player of the Year. Selected 11th overall by the Orlando Magic in the 2006 NBA draft, he played for 15 seasons in the NBA with six teams. In 2024, Redick was appointed head coach of the Lakers.
In college and his professional career, Redick was known for his excellent three-point and free-throw shooting. He set Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) career records for most points and most ACC tournament points. Redick set several records at Duke, including all-time leading scorer and most points in a season. He holds a few NCAA free-throw-percentage records and several ACC records.
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