Lakers vs. Timberwolves live score updates: Bronny James aims to make NBA history alongside LeBron today

JJ Redick is about to coach his first real game for the Lakers, a historic moment for him at least.

But even he knows it’s not the bit of history everyone is anticipating now.

“I certainly had a lot of opening nights during my playing career, and I can sort of empathize with just all the emotions that every player is going through,” Redick said during his pregame press conference Tuesday. “And obviously an added layer to that is the potential of Bronny and Bron playing together, which is historic. And whenever that does happen, we’re we’re all going to be thrilled to be part of it.”

Redick also said he’d spoken with both LeBron James and Bronny James, who may become the first father-son duo to appear in the same NBA game Tuesday, about the right timing for the moment.

“I think everybody is on the same page — we wanted to sort of make sense and we want it to happen naturally,” Redick said.