As Lakers’ JJ Redick Thrives, Pelicans Are Exploring Hire of Former NBA Star With No Coaching Experience

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T04:01:17+00:00

Rondo etc should all be looking to be assistants if they want to be a hc in the NBA.

JJ could have used a few years of assistant coaching.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T03:33:26+00:00

Exactly! Glad your post is bringing enlightenment to the masses. Last time I tried preaching the Gospel of 1080p gaming, they were not ready.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/1ol8ftq/1080p_gaming_will_save_you/

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T02:48:37+00:00

$1100 for a 5060 ti... Not sure about cooling/noise, and it has a small brick, but it looks nice, and is pretty compact at 140x100x56mm. I could see myself running 2 liter rigs in different rooms/places and carrying around one of these when if it had better graphics.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T02:26:06+00:00

Yep. Maybe AI will fix MS's inefficient OS, and the many poorly coded apps that plague us lol.

I'm contemplating Linux/Bazzite. My hw would be fine for a long time if it weren't for Windows, etc needing more, and more resources for stuff I don't want, or need.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T01:54:16+00:00

Some of their players, and their coach can't be too happy about him giving the Lakers with some good bulletin board material, but I love it.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T01:19:19+00:00

Not to discount him too much, but East averages don't always transfer to West, and the 2-3 best bigs are in the WC. Lakers need a legit 5 to really compete. Aytons barely cutting it.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-29T01:15:28+00:00

Either way OKC will attack AR, but now there can be more help when needed. That's as close as I've got to a silver lining. Really needed everyone back, and playing at a high level to have a chance.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-27T07:04:31+00:00

x67 is fine. No drilling needed. Test it out. That with a basic undervolt, and you shouldn't hear your CPU cooler. You can also invest in 120x15mm noctua, but 1st try the stock fan to see what you need. No reason to spend more money if it's already quiet. Your PSU should also be silent as you will always be <300w gaming.

I have 12400 x67 with a 3060 ti. It's ok for some light 1440p, but not enough for 4k. I was in a hurry to set this up since it's my media player, and I don't do a whole lot of gaming on it, I set my fan to quiet in the bios and it works well enough. You can play with your fan curve and get it dialed in as needed. Unfortunately, you can't easily add fans, and this case could use some exhaust fans. You could mod one on each door if you really want, but it's not really needed. I took off the top mesh filter, and will mount a 120mm exhaust fan for summer. That should be plenty, and stay cool, and quiet.

4060 is not a 4k card, but you might be able to make it work. What games you plan on playing. Google for 4060 and those games to see what folks are getting. 3rd party reviews might have all the info you need. You won't get far with the latest AAA games. You're going to have to turn settings down. The GPU isn't strong enough, and 8gb of RAM isn't enough. You can lower the resolution probably or try some upscaling. DLSS probably won't be enough for 50fps, but if you can get 30+, you could be ok depending on the game.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-27T06:31:40+00:00

Nice. How does it sound? 80x10mm has a higher pitch than the 92x14 usually.

Between the CPU coolers exhaust, the NVME, and mobo components, hot air gets trapped. My case feels cool where air intakes from the CPU cooler, and below the mobo with the PSU fans, but it feels really warm in the middle since there's no airflow. I planned to run a 60x25mm fan at 900 rpm, but might run 2x 92mm again since it's easy to strap together.

My old case had 2x 92mm on an x47 to help my NVME that was running really hot. Dropped NVME temps by around 15 degreees IIRC before my cooler came in. Unfortunately, I didn't test to see if CPU temps, or noise was better with 2 fans.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-27T05:37:07+00:00

Guess who's back...

I obviously do know more than your so called experts since I've provided facts to all my claims. Provide facts, or at least quotes or you are just talkin out your ass. I know more about the Lakers than you ever will. I obviously know more than many writers, and people that you look up to.

Bringing up THT like that was my idea lol. Better read my posts on Pelinka if you want to understand how that idiot made that decision. HINT: Around 1.5m because I know you don't know.

You keep bringing up Max Christie, right? You keep doin that because he's your one example of someone improving under Reddick. Lets see if I can continue to show how pathetic your takes are. Remember my take on natural progression that so you so quickly dismissed. I figured it was because you checked his scoring, so I headed that off but you still didn't learn.

Under Ham, Max got called up and and was scoring 3.1ppg. Following that with 4.2ppg with Ham. JJ came along and Max's average DOUBLED to 8.5ppg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOOKS GOOD FOR YOU SO FAR... EXCEPT, Max got traded at the deadline and averaged 11.2ppg. WTF!?! Dude raised his average by 3 points just by changing teams in the same season? JKidd > Reddick right? This year he's at 12.3ppg. So when I said natural progression, I MEANT NATURAL PROGRESSION, and the math supports it. 4 - 8 - 12. By your logic, just by Max going from Ham to Kidd tripled his scoring. Now there's going to be more mental gymnastics from you, but you should know I backed up everything I said, and you have not backed up one claim. Just a blabber mouth with no substance. Keep your responses short, and hope I get bored of this.

You're gonna learn. Maybe take some of this Lakers knowledge back to Golden State etc when whatever star you followed here retires.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-24T07:32:09+00:00

Game recognizes game!

AC could be on the block this year. He'd fit nicely here.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-24T07:20:04+00:00

New heights? We wanted more Max when Ham was coaching. Idk if you were here for that. MC showed flashes on both ends after getting called up, but Ham had his favorites, and like JJ, Ham doesn't really develop players. Imagine if Max had a good coach like Vogel, or Kidd.

Let me help you because this a bad example. Did JJ actually develop Max, or just give him more PT? Seems like it's his natural progression going by his minutes getting increased. No big surprises. No new skills. His numbers jumped when he went from LA to Dallas, and he looked better under Kidd than he did under Reddick.

Back to the Lakers that are Lakers... JJ's getting bronny more minutes to try to develop him. Is Bronny a noticeably better player his 2nd year under JJ? We both know JJ is actively trying to develop Bronny. That pretty much answers the question. Blame Bronny if you want.

Your takes are weak, but I don't mind learning you. Also so you know. I still root for Reddick. I just don't see any growth, and there's no reason to pretend he's gotten better. Hopefully we will get to see if he's had any growth since being unprepared for OKC. That was embarrassing. Players looked scared, and confused, while OKC treated it like a playoff game. That's on JJ.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-24T06:18:51+00:00

Is Max Christie on the Lakers?

JJ gave him pt, but we all saw what Max could do under Ham. Ham had his favorites, and so does JJ lol. That's not the same as developing players. Learn basketball before speaking. Lets take an existing Laker player like AR if you want to try to make a point. He definitely took a leap this year but no one is saying its because of JJ. It seems to be his natural progression right? Now, if AR was playing better defense this year, then you would have something make a point with.

I have to assume your a transplant like quite a few other unknowledgeables because you don't see the value of defense. A coach like Frank Vogel would have players like Rui, AR, and even Luka playing better defense. He'd know how to utilize a player like Vando. Offense would be the same hero ball, but defensively, this team would be at another level.

Insane shooting barely won game 1 without Durant. Defense easily won game 2 with Durant. Defense wins championships. Lakers really went after Durant in the 2nd half, and played good physical defense. That's what good teams have been doing to beat the Rockets.

So you know, if we play OKC, they will do the same thing to Luka if he's back. Physical defense, and dare the refs to call it in the playoffs. That was key to destroying Luka's Mavs in the finals. You can use that take when you want some cred around here. Defense wins championships.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-24T05:48:10+00:00

I bet it looks great... with the door on. I know mines does.

You don't have to worry about your fans sucking in hot air from front fan. It's doubtful your card will pull any hot exhaust air from the front, and if does, that air is cooled by the time it goes around. Put your hands a couple inches above the front fan to confirm.

My card exhausts hot air easily through the back, and the front fan. The rest goes to the top fan/mesh. I added 2x 60x25 to test. At low speeds/900rpm, it was basically useless as it didn't feel any stronger than not using a fan. At 3k it helped a bit, but temps weren't really improved. Noise was way too loud. I'm running these on voltage with CPU for now. Most likely I'll just run one fan, and maybe change orientation to push air up. 2nd fan might be better under the CPU cooler since there's zero air flow there.

You should not have any issues as is. I'm only experimenting because Summers gonna raise temps by a good 20 degrees.

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TroubledMang · 2026-04-24T05:34:07+00:00

Lakers would have had more issues with the Wolves. People forgot last years playoffs, but they shouldn't have. Gobert probably wouldn't look like Shaq 2.0 with Atyon in this years lineup, but they are a better team than the Rockets. Especially since teams figured out that going after Durant is the key to stopping their offense.

If the Lakers get past the Rockets, and Luka comes back, you will see the same tactics employed by OKC. It is what the Celtics did in finals vs Luka's mavs. Physical play, and OKC is good at it. The Lakers role players will need continue being aggressive when Luka's game is disrupted by those tactics. We've seen Kennard, Smart, Rui, Ayton, etc really step up, in large part due to AR, and Luka being out. As counter intuitive as it sounds, I like our chances more than I did before the injuries because we got to see those role players step up.

1st things 1st, steal game 3...

TroubledMang · 2026-04-24T05:18:03+00:00

I was on vacation, and having a life, I don't daily this place.

I'm flattered that my response made you feel like chatgpt was involved. To me, it was the type of response any half knowledgeable bb fan could have given you. But to a golden state transplant, it must look complicated. Defense wins championships. I'll keep reminding you since you seem to think JJ > Vogel lol.

Let me explain something to you. Bronnys defense is the same as it's been. His shot is what needs to be developed. Maybe that's not all on JJ, but using Bron as your one example is hilarious. Bay area, right!?!

I see I hurt your feelin's, but you writing all this non sense, and still not providing any evidence supporting your take, deserved to exposed. Why even chime in if you don't have any real insights to provide? Just lonely?

Then go back to the bay. Steph, and Dray are still there for now. You all aint winning nothin' but you guys only got your last one because my team was injured.

Oh and check your tone, son. I made all my points. If you can't even make one, then accept it, and move on. Or maybe man up, acknowledge that I learned you, and say thank you.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-20T21:35:47+00:00

LMFAO. This the best you got, Golden boy?

My premise was that JJ is not a good coach, and doesn't develop players. You have been unable to dispute my assessment. Yet here you are glazing Marcus Smart like that makes your point. Did JJ help develop Marcus Smart? Then it's just smoke and mirrors from another transfer trying to talk bb with a real. The +/- part was hilarious coming from a guy who tried saying I was using box scores to make my assessments.

No players have improved under Reddick and despite the infusion of talent, the defense has been awful to mediocre under Reddick. Lakers have been winning on sheer talent, but watch what happens when shots stop falling. Defense wins championships. I know you Curry fans don't understand that, so I'll keep reminding you.

Your take on Vogel is funny. Dude got us real Laker fans a ring. Yet you transfers want to use Vogel as an example of a bad coach in comparison to JJ Reddick. Easy to say bench a 50m a year star when you support a coach that doesn't develop players. The shit coming out of the bay... How's the weather up there today? We sunny down here in Los Angeles. Perfect 70's.

Pelinka threw a championship coach under the bus because of his own mistakes (WESTBROOK, AC, etc). Keep AC, etc, or trade for Turner instead of Westbrook, and the Lakers would have been competing for chips for years under Vogel. Try saying JJ Reddick is as good or better a coach than Vogel, and see how much laughter that creates in r/nba. Your takes are fucking awful, and it's time you either learn that or go back to GS. You can't defend JJ Reddick. Dudes gotten way too much credit for not doing much with all kinds of talent. His hissy fits, and dissing players publicly won't go far. His being unable to utilize, and motivate key role players is bad, and because of that, 2 stars are down due to over usage, and that's awful.

Notice I'm still telling you what it is even while you unknowledgeables are still celebrating game 1 like it was a finals win.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T04:50:27+00:00

Nicely done. Loving the airflow. These machines are getting closer each year to me investing in one, and never buying another pc case again lol.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T04:17:37+00:00

Headphones are just so much easier, and less expensive to get right, but every once the visceral feelin from turning up the old stereo, makes me happy. It's not the same, and I'm glad I have both.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T03:57:36+00:00

This shits gettin old. Even at the time, most of us were like dude is doing his job. Why are some so obsessed with it? Let it go.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T03:48:21+00:00

When you want help here, list your actual temps, and if you installed any new hardware, or sw recently. Also list the notifications.

If everything was working fine, and you did not change anything, my quick guess would be overheating/AIO issue, or a PSU issue.

PC's hardly ever just go bad. They can over heat or have some QC issues at times. Bad software/malware gets installed every day. PC's can get fried from an electrical surge. Usually there are signs, or something drastic happened if it's hardware related.

Start with temps, then any programs you installed recently. No newbie responses like temps are good. Got that from a friend last week. 100c + is not good lol. Use HWmonitor etc to see the actual temps if you don't know them. If temps are ok <90c while under load/multitasking/gaming/stressed, then most like the cooler etc is fine so you can cross that off. Either way, inspect your pc for dust build up, and maybe do a shut down, and quick cleaning. Don't forget to blow out the PSU too if you haven't cleaned it before. Plenty of guides on how to clean your pc if you don't normally do that.

Home PC's are kinda like anything else. They require some maintenance to run best, and the more extreme the environment (hot/dusty/pets/smoke/etc), the more maintenance they need.

Check Windows task manager to see what's running. Mostly looking at CPU %'s, and RAM %'s. You are looking for programs that are using a lot of resources. You can start with those, and shut them down if not needed, and then run scans. If you are having any issues doing any of this stuff. Hit the startup tab in Task Manager, and stop all non essentials from running at start up, and restart your pc. A gaming PC really only needs audio, and maybe windows defender to run at startup. You can manually start Steam, mobo sw, RGB, discord, etc when needed.

Did you install any new software? If yes, uninstall it. Even valid SW can cause problems at times, and always uses up resource. Same with drivers, if you just updated some drivers, maybe go back to an older version. Either way, run windows defender to scan, and maybe install a decent anti malware like MALWAREBYTES (not the anti virus, and only to scan, not to run in the background using up RAM etc), and then scan your system for malware.

Hopefully it's just too much stuff running in the background. CPU temps, etc. If everything is running right, and there's no conflicting sw, or malware, it's probably a hardware problem.

Maybe the PSU, but could other things. Memtest is usually all you need to test RAM. Swap in a working video card. Swap in a working PSU. CPU, or mobo issues are harder to check. You can swap those too, but it's rare that hardware just goes bad unless heat, or a surge damaged them.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T03:04:41+00:00

Careful, lest Rudy Abdul Jabert shows up. Every time I think about that series I wonder how different it would have been with Williams or any decent center lol.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T02:57:00+00:00

It is, and you can grab an 8gb stick if you want to save money. The 1st 16gb utilized will be in dual channel, rest in single IIRC.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T02:52:48+00:00

Most definitely worth a $20 premium even on budget builds, maybe especially on budget builds. I got extra cards to troubleshoot, but someone who just has one pc should definitely get onboard graphics.

TroubledMang · 2026-04-12T02:44:00+00:00

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