First-year Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick looks like a keeper so far. Team vice president of basketball operations and general manager Rob Pelinka cann

Even former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski sounds a little surprised with how well the Los Angeles Lakers have performed on defense with JJ Redick, one of his former players, at the helm. "I reached out to him and said, 'Who the hell would've predicted you could teach defense?'" Krzyzewski said to ESPN's Ramona Shelburne.

In those four weeks, the Lakers rocketed up the Western Conference standings, prompting league-wide praise for head coach JJ Redick, including his former coach at Duke University, Mike Krzyzewski.