Homework didn't stop over the Christmas break for the children of Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick. Before Thursday's 119-96 loss to the Houston Rockets, Redick told reporters he and his wife asked their two sons to pen "persuasive essays" in order to receive their biggest gifts.

On what many consider the happiest day of the year, Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick held nothing back when asked about his team's performance on Christm

Following a Christmas Day blowout loss to the Houston Rocket, Lakers coach JJ Redick and star Luka Doncic called out the team’s lack of effort and execution.

Following the Lakers' 119-96 home Christmas loss to the Rockets, head coach JJ Redick ripped into his "terrible" team for the inexcusable effort.

After the game, a frustrated JJ Redick vented at his team, with quotes via Dave McMenamin of ESPN. “We don’t care enough right now,” Redick said. “And that’s the part that bothers you a lot. We don’t care enough to do the things that are necessary. We don’t care enough to be a professional...

"Tonight we were a terrible basketball team," Redick said after Thursday’s 119-96 loss to Houston, a third-straight blowout defeat.

Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick lit into his team after its Christmas Day loss to the Houston Rockets, and then ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins lit into Redick.

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