Dan Hurley turned down a lucrative $70 million contract from the Lakers to continue coaching UConn, which inadvertently spurred the Lakers to hire JJ Redick. This pivotal decision has transformed the team, empowering players like Austin Reaves and integrating superstar Luke Doncic into their offensive scheme. Redick's leadership and connection with the team have fueled their confidence, inspiring a belief in their championship potential, underscored by Reaves' reflections on the coaching staff's accountability and commitment to a unified system.
Thank you for turning down $70 million from the Lakers to stay at UConn. Thank you for walking away from Hollywood to hang out in Storrs. Thank you for doing the unthinkable to a team desperate for the impossible.
Acquiring Luke Doncic was great, but it is Redick who has seamlessly integrated him into the offense.
As a team, I feel like we can win a championship, to be honest with you. The reason of that is, I know that everybody in the locker room believes that and has also bought into whatever your role is to help us do that.
That's why I give this coaching staff a lot of credit. They come in, they planted their system and they held guys accountable to what they asked them to do and everybody bought into that.
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