Sacramento Kings G League coach Lindsey Harding has agreed on a deal to turn into an assistant with the Los Angeles Lakers, sources informed ESPN on Tuesday.
Harding — the G League Coach of the Yr for the Stockton Kings — reconnects with coach JJ Redick to affix his employees. Harding and Redick have an extended historical past that dates again to her years as a participant growth coach with the Philadelphia 76ers and an All-American at Duke.
Harding joins Nate McMillan, Scott Brooks and Greg St. Jean on the Lakers bench this season.
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Harding, 40, has made a gentle climb onto the NBA bench after retiring from a nine-year WNBA enjoying profession. Harding was the No. 1 total choose within the 2007 WNBA draft. She reached the Western Convention finals in her one season in Stockton after working as a participant growth coach with the Sixers and Kings.
Harding interviewed for the Charlotte Hornets’ head-coaching job that in the end went to Charles Lee, sources stated.
