Last April, nearly 30 minutes into a conversation with the coach of the defending NCAA champion Connecticut men’s basketball team, JJ Redick, then a former player turned podcaster/broadcaster, asked Dan Hurley about a specific offensive action the Huskies run.
By putting a nonshooting big man in the corner and throwing a cross-court skip pass to him, the opposing center is forced out of the paint to guard him, creating passing, cutting and driving lanes.
“Where … did you steal that play from?” Redick asked Hurley on his podcast.
Friday, in his first game as the Lakers’ new coach, Redick opened the preseason against Minnesota by stealing the set from Hurley.