Kobe Bryant would probably be smiling if he heard JJ Redick’s take on his first season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. On Friday, the Lakers beat the Houston Rockets 140-109 at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles,

After guiding the Los Angeles Lakers to a third-place finish in the West, head coach JJ Redick downplays the regular season and offers honest insight into the real challenges of his first year on the NBA sidelines.

Redick, who scored more than 12,000 points in his 15 seasons as a player but had never coached above the youth basketball level before, appreciates the daily challenges this job presents.