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JJ Redick is Enjoying the Sixers’ Success
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JJ Redick went to New Orleans this summer after the “economics” didn’t work out following the completion of his second one-year contract with the Sixers.
The Pelicans are in Philly tonight and Redick spoke to reporters at shootaround, touching first on the success of his former team:
JJ Redick on the Sixers: “It’s weird to say this but I’m enjoying their success, I really am. I will always pull for any Brett Brown coached team and obviously love Ben, Joel and Tobias and all those guys that I played with the last two years.” pic.twitter.com/owqEIvE9Xt
— Rich Hofmann (@rich_hofmann) December 13, 2019
He also talked about the Joel Embiid/Shaq/Charles Barkley thing, explaining that he thinks his ex-teammate has matured in recent years:
Asked JJ Redick about Joel Embiid’s response to Charles Barkley’s and Shaq’s comments. While JJ wasn’t fully aware of all the details from this story, he wasn’t surprised by Joel’s maturity. #Sixers pic.twitter.com/oE7DC7S1nj
— Dave Uram (@MrUram) December 13, 2019
Also this:
JJ Redick on the TNT guys' criticism of former teammate Joel Embiid: “Saw a headline on ESPN. Heard a little bit of dialogue last night. I had the game on mute because Webber was doing it.”
— Christian Clark (@cclark_13) December 13, 2019
Good quote, JJ. Good dude also.
Sixers/Pels tonight at 7 p.m.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com