JJ Redick Accused Of The N-Word During His Time At Duke Amid brand-new Lakers Head Coach Job

The hits just keep on coming for JJ Redick as he prepares to take on his new job as the Lakers head coach. While many critics are already doubting his credibility for the role because of his lack of coaching experience, JJ faced far more serious allegations following Monday’s introductory press conference held by the Lakers. The accuser? JJ’s fellow Duke University alum, Halleemah Nash.

Just a day after the conference, Nash made this shocking tweet targeting Redick, “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 he was named the new head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. What a world.” Naturally, the internet was left in utter disbelief seeing the massive accusations coming Redick’s way with the tweet garnering over twenty million views so far. And many people were left wondering who Halleemah Nash was and what exactly is her truth.

A proud Compton, California native, Halleemah is an avid fan of all the California-based sports teams, including the Lakers. After completing her Bachelors in Business Management from Howard University, she joined Duke in 2002 for her Masters in Divinity and Certificate in Non-Profit Management. And that was also the year when JJ Redick became a Blue Devil and turned into one of the most popular college players of all time. With both studying in the same college for the next three years, Halleemah and JJ likely crossed paths when the former worked with the Duke Basketball Team as the coordinator of the Blue Devil Inner City Youth Project in 2003-04.

After her initial tweet accusing JJ of using a racial slur at her, Halleemah further explained the incident and gave her current thoughts with another tweet, “For context, this was years ago and I’m a believer that we all have space to grow- especially from our college level maturity. We live in a world where these exchanges happen and the intersection of race and privilege and lack of accountability all collided w/that presser”. Although the alleged incident took place nearly two decades ago, it does put Redick in a very bad light ahead of taking on his new job.

So, Redick also broke his silence about the issue as one of his spokespersons told TMZ, “No, it never happened.” While there is no solid proof as to who is telling the truth in this scenario, apart from the words of both parties, we might never get to know what actually transpired at Duke. But it sure has tarnished JJ’s reputation in some people’s eyes and put him on the receiving end of more scrutiny and pressure, adding to the already hectic head coaching job.

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