The Los Angeles Lakers have played two preseason games so far, although not too many takeaways can be gleaned from them considering that Luka Doncic and LeBron James were out of the lineup. Still, newly extended head coach JJ Redick is picking up right where he left off with his intense style of coaching.

Recently, Redick didn't exactly provide a glowing review of what he's seen from the Lakers' defense so far through two games.

“JJ Redick said the Lakers’ transition defense in their first two preseason games was ‘dogs***,'” reported Lakers insider Jovan Buha on X, formerly Twitter.

Transition defense was an area of concern for the Lakers last year during their first round playoff exit against the Minnesota Timberwolves, although, again, it's important to note that many of the t

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