{"id":629447,"date":"2026-02-28T02:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629447\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T02:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:08:12","slug":"jj-redick-thinks-lakers-losses-are-louder-than-other-teams-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629447\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Redick thinks Lakers\u2019 losses are louder than other teams\u2019 losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The good thing about the Lakers is that when things are going well, the attention the franchise receives is more than virtually anyone else in sports gets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">However, the other side of that coin is that when losses are piling up, the media frenzy is just as loud, perhaps even louder.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.silverscreenandroll.com\/lakers-scores-results\/109249\/lakers-vs-suns-recap-box-score-stats-final-lebron-james-austin-reaves-luka-doncic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lakers lost to the Suns<\/a>, head coach JJ Redick discussed the negativity that comes with being the most popular basketball team on Earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Whether fair or not, the standard in Los Angeles is to win all the time, with no exceptions or grace allowed. So, when fans or the media can\u2019t see the path towards a title, the blame game begins and that\u2019s a contest no one can win.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Simply put, the Lakers, given the size of their fanbase and the amount of national TV games they play, aren\u2019t allowed to struggle quietly. If something is going wrong in LA, it will be broadcast on every show, podcast and website imaginable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It also doesn\u2019t help that the Lakers are playing poorly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">When you have awful losses on the largest stage, it\u2019s going to get people talking about your flaws ad nauseam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As Don Draper said in the television show \u201cMad Men,\u201d \u201cIf you don\u2019t like what\u2019s being said, change the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But yes, Redick is right. It does get loud in LA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Hopefully, one day, the noise is about the team going on a title run, and the conversation is about how the Lakers have one of the best run franchises in the NBA.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Right now, the dialogue is much darker. And no matter how loud the noise is, the play on the court warrants the criticisms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The good thing about the Lakers is that when things are going well, the attention the franchise receives&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629448,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3790],"tags":[7,4034,1698,300,771,4044,251,150,4033,4043,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-629447","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-lakers","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-la","10":"tag-la-lakers","11":"tag-lakers","12":"tag-lakers-news","13":"tag-lalakers","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","16":"tag-losangeles","17":"tag-losangeleslakers","18":"tag-nba"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116145822283571051","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629447\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}