LeBron James applauded the Los Angeles Lakers' decision to add JJ Redick as the team's new head coach, although he confirmed that he was not part of the hiring process.

"I'm not involved in the coaching hiring, but I'm excited about JJ," James said, per ESPN's Dave McMenamin. "I'm excited about working with coach [Nate] McMillan. I haven't worked with him since the Olympic run [in 2008]. First time working with coach [Scott] Brooks, looking forward to that. So I'm excited about that. That's been the extent of it all this summer as far as the Lakers."

The Lakers hired Redick on June 20 before adding McMillan and Brooks as his assistants on Wednesday. Former head coach Darvin Ham was fired following Los Angeles' first-round defeat at the hands of the Denver Nuggets in the 2024 NBA playoffs.