Lakers' JJ Redick fires back at claim he used N-word toward woman

New Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick denied calling a Duke University alum the N-word after he faced the accusation Tuesday.

Halleemah Nash, an author and founder of Rosecrans Ventures who attended Duke and Howard University, made the allegation on X as Redick was being introduced as the Lakers’ head coach for the first time.

"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," Nash wrote.