(CHICAGO – June 28, 2024) – “I’ve 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. Today, he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.”
With that tweet on June 25, Halleemah Nash, a Duke alum, author, speaker, and founder of startup Rosecrans Ventures, put the spotlight squarely on JJ Redick, the underqualified, never-coached-anywhere new head coach of the NBA’s Los Angeles Lakers.
Her tweet got over 30.2 million views in a couple of days.
Redick denied using the N-word, saying it wasn’t a part of his character or vocabulary. Without an audio or videotape, the accusation is likely going nowhere.
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