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New Lakers coach JJ Redick denies allegation he used N-word at college

JJ Redick was introduced as the new Lakers coach on Monday
JJ Redick was introduced as the new Lakers coach on Monday. Photograph: Jayne Kamin-Oncea/USA Today Sports

New Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick has denied an allegation he used the N-word during his college playing career at Duke.

Redick held his first press conference as Lakers coach on Monday. On Tuesday, author and speaker Halleemah Nash wrote on X that, “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. And today [sic] he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.”

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