A graphic from a Lakers' broadcast that missed the last four years of JJ Redick's playing career. A graphic from a Lakers’ broadcast that missed the last four years of JJ Redick’s playing career. (@_Hans_Moleman on X.)
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One of the funnier graphic errors in a while comes from the Los Angeles Lakers’ local broadcasts on Spectrum SportsNet. During their broadcast of the team’s game against the Sacramento Kings Saturday (a 131-127 Los Angeles win), the network showed an interview with new Lakers’ head coach JJ Redick. And that came with a graphic discussing his “2006-2017 playing career”:

Yes, as noted in a follow-up post, the graphic missed four seasons, not five. But that’s still quite the miss on your own coach, who was very well-known for still playing until a few years ago. In all, Redick played 250 NBA regular-season games after the 2016-17 season (and 22 playoff games) for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Orleans Pelicans, and Dallas Mavericks. And it’s not like he was obscure during that period, as he was particularly prominent for launching his media career while still playing.

Redick started podcasting in 2016, hosting the The Vertical podcast for Yahoo’s NBA site (and becoming just the second active athlete after A.J. Hawk and first NBA player to start a podcast). He then moved to The Ringer in 2017 with The Chronicles of Reddick, then went independent and renamed his podcast The Old Man and the Three in 2020. He then joined ESPN in November 2021, but kept podcasting as well, including launching a new Mind The Game podcast with LeBron James this March.

However, following the saga of his hiring by the Lakers as head coach this summer, Redick announced a podcasting hiatus. So he’s just coaching for now. (Although, his old podcast is back, rebranded as The Young Man and the Three and led by his long-time producer/co-host Tommy Alter and a revolving selection of guest hosts.) But it would be nice if his own team’s broadcasts could get his resume right. This certainly isn’t the only graphic mistake we’ve seen, or the most significant overall, or even the first involving Redick, but it is an amusing one.

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About Andrew Bucholtz

Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.

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