Getty Head coach JJ Redick of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts to Luka Doncic #77 during a 118-116 Los Angeles Lakers win over the San Antonio Spurs at Crypto.com Arena on November 05, 2025 Despite dealing with a barrage of injuries, the Los Angeles Lakers are off to a 7-2 start to their 2025-26 campaign. Lest we forget, so-called pundits and oddsmakers widely wrote off JJ Redick’s team before the start of the season. ESPN’s analytics-based simulation model predicted the Lakers would finish with a