JJ Redick on Lakers DNA: Still trying to figure that out

Q. JJ, you said, you know, that level of physicality and toughness from Detroit is in their DNA. Like, do you know what this team's or this group's DNA is yet? Has that been established? Do you have a sense of what your team is? JJ Redick: Still trying to figure that out. And I know that it's maybe a cop out. Probably is, but I do know that we have had a lot of stops and starts, and we've tried to not just the staff was in our team, you know, the players, staff, everybody. We really tried to play the right way every night and have the right intent, the flow of lineups and rotations, and all that has been challenging for everybody, not just the coaches, it's just a challenge for the players, and building an identity is difficult. I think it's of our team last year and this team is different and our identity will eventually be different but we didn't get that identity till late January, felt like, and then we had to shift again so I don't think it's unnatural, I remember a meeting I had with Phil Jackson last year pretty early in the season and he said I always felt like I knew who my team was by Thanksgiving. I think that's hard to figure out with this team right now.

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