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The Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> entered their second season under head coach JJ Redick with hopes of improving on last year\u2019s early playoff exit<\/p>\n

With just over one-third of the NBA season already completed, the Lakers have experienced some ups and downs this year. After getting off to a 15-4 start, the Lakers struggled with inconsistency. In Thursday\u2019s primetime matchup, the team fell short of Redick\u2019s expectations.<\/p>\n

The Houston Rockets dominated the Lakers en route to a 119-96 win on Christmas Day. Redick sounded off<\/a> after Los Angeles dropped a third straight game, questioning his team\u2019s effort and professionalism.<\/p>\n

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“We don\u2019t care enough right now,” Redick said. “And that\u2019s the part that bothers you a lot. We don\u2019t care enough to do the things that are necessary. We don\u2019t care enough to be a professional.” The assessment drew a sharp reaction from former NBA player Kenyon Martin.<\/p>\n

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“So he said the words of the day are what? Is this the f—–g kindergarten classroom where you put words of the day on the f—–g board? What are we talking about here?” asked Martin on a recent episode of “Gil\u2019s Arena.”<\/a><\/p>\n

“\u2018The words of the day are effort and execute.\u2019 I saw that when I used to drop my son off at school in kindergarten two years ago. There was a word of the day on the door when you walk in. You got to tell the teacher the word of the day before you get into the classroom. Is this what we\u2019re doing here? We\u2019re professional athletes who are making 30, 40, or 50 million dollars a year. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing here.”<\/p>\n

Martin then floated a theory on how the Lakers locker room views Redick.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“JJ, I don\u2019t know if you know this or not, bro. Them dudes don\u2019t respect you. You are their peer. Just because you have the head coach title, they don\u2019t look at you as such.” Redick last appeared in an NBA game in 2021 with the Dallas Mavericks.<\/a><\/p>\n

From Martin\u2019s perspective, NBA all-time leading scorer LeBron James is viewed as more of a leader than the team\u2019s head coach.<\/p>\n

“And the main corporate is the guy who you just had got the podcast with. That helped get you the job, man. Let\u2019s call a spade a spade,” he said. “Once you address the crying, every possession to the rest with Luka and Austin Reeves and LeBron once. If you addressed it once, if they respect you, they\u2019ll go out of their way to try to change it because you\u2019re a new voice in there. And you gave a certain effort when you played, JJ Redick. You did. You played hard every time you stepped on the floor. People respected that about you.”<\/p>\n

Redick also committed to making Saturday\u2019s practice ahead of Sunday\u2019s matchup with the Sacramento Kings<\/a> “uncomfortable” for the Lakers.<\/p>\n

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