Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick had trouble getting the words out.
He knew the house he was renting in the Pacific Palisades was destroyed in the devastating wildfires that have engulfed the Los Angeles area. But he needed to see the damage firsthand.
“I was not prepared for what I saw,” Redick told reporters Friday. “It’s complete devastation and destruction. I went through most of the village, and it’s all gone. And I don’t think you can ever prepare yourself for something like that. Our home is gone. And look, we were renting for the year to try to figure out where we wanted to be long term. And everything we owned that was of any importance to us almost 20 years together as a couple and 10 years of parenting was in that house
“And there’s certain things that you can’t replace, that will never be replaced. And it’s like weird. My son did an art project last year at St. Anne’s in Brooklyn. And it was like a charcoal pencil painting of a lighthouse that we had framed above the stairs. And you can’t ever replace stuff like that. You know, memories. Eighteen years together now, Chelsea and I, certain things that were in that house that you can’t replace.”
The NBA postponed the Lakers’ game Thursday against Charlotte, and on Friday, the league announced it postponed Saturday’s San Antonio Spurs-Los Angeles Lakers game in Los Angeles and the Charlotte Hornets-Los Angeles Clippers game in Inglewood, California, “due to the ongoing wildfires in the Los Angeles area.”
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