JJ Redick calls himself very detail-oriented. “I provide him with the address of my guest house,” he said, according to BasketNews. He’d also given detailed directions. Quentin Grimes, who joined the Lakers in July, travelled to the Hamptons with his friend Zach Harper.
That morning, Redick got back from golf to pick him up for the gym. No one in the guest house. No extra car either. Grimes had told him they’d arrived and were staying in the guest house. Redick checked his Instagram: a pool, a different house in the neighbourhood, and the hashtag “Hamptons life.” “They had gone into one of my neighbours’ homes and gone into their guest house,” he said.
On the door, Redick had no certainty: “I don’t know. That must have been unlocked. I don’t know how you messed that up.”
A precise address and detailed directions. That’s what I do when I travel with the folder: the name of the hall, the street, the entrance on the car park side. And every time, someone comes in through the badminton door. I say nothing. I note the arrival time. Here, the coach did exactly what I do, with more detail, and got the same result. What interests me is the proof. At our place, we check attendance on the scoresheet, signed by both captains. Over there, they check on Instagram. A pool photo is an attendance sheet. It says where you are. It doesn’t say whose house. I note: player present, address to correct. It’s on the sheet.
Grimes signed with the Lakers for four years, with a player option for the final season. Last season, in Philadelphia, he averaged 13.4 points.
It’s true, we checked: BasketNews.
