New Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick reportedly denied a claim that he called a woman who worked with the Duke basketball team the N-word .
It never happened, a spokesperson from Redicks camp told TMZ Sports on Tuesday .
Halleemah Nash, a Duke alum whose LinkedIn account says she paired the universitys players with a sports mentorship program when Redick starred there in the aughts, took to X after the ex-NBA player was introduced as the Lakers coach.
Ive only been called the N word to my face by a white man once in my life and it was on the campus of Duke University while I was doing work with the basketball team, she wrote. And today he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.
Ive only been called the N word to my face by a white man once in my life and it was on the campus of Duke University while I was doing work with the basketball team. And today he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.
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And today he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.
Halleemah Nash (@halleemah) June 25, 2024
Nash, who now runs a company that fosters job opportunities for generation Z talent of color, elaborated on her viral post several hours later.
For context, this was years ago and Im a believer that we all have space to grow- especially from our college level maturity, she wrote. We live in a world where these exchanges happen and the intersection of race and privilege and lack of accountability all collided w/that presser.
For context, this was years ago and Im a believer that we all have space to grow- especially from our college level maturity. We live in a world where these exchanges happen and the intersection of race and privilege and lack of accountability all collided w/that presser.
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We live in a world where these exchanges happen and the intersection of race and privilege and lack of accountability all collided w/that presser.
Halleemah Nash (@halleemah) June 25, 2024
Redick, a former college player of the year who played 15 seasons in the NBA, reportedly signed a four-year deal despite a glaring void on his resume.
I have zero coaching experience in the NBA, but I would argue that Im very experienced. It started 22 years ago when I went to Duke, he said at his news conference.
Redick is often active on social media but had yet to address the accusation on X as of this writing.
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