He had just led his team, the Los Angeles Lakers, to the N.B.A. Finals for the sixth time. And for the sixth time, he and his team had lost. And if that wasn’t cruel enough, he lost each ...
On Thursday, J. J. Redick, the coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, was asked about the N.B.A.’s decline in ratings, a topic that has led to hand-wringing in basketball circles. Ratings of N.B.A ...