Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick has misplaced his house to the Pacific Palisades wildfires, in keeping with a number of reviews.
ESPN, USA Today and native KTLA reported Friday morning that Redick’s house was one in every of not less than 5,300 buildings claimed by the continuing fireplace.
Redick, 40, spoke in regards to the wildfires on Tuesday previous to the workforce’s sport in Dallas, saying that his household was amongst these pressured to evacuate the Pacific Palisades space.
“I simply need to acknowledge and ship ideas and prayers to everybody in Palisades proper now. That is the place I reside,” Redick told reporters on Tuesday previous to the Lakers’ 118-97 loss to the Mavericks. “Our household, my spouse’s household, my spouse’s twin sister, they’ve evacuated. I do know lots of people are freaking out proper now, together with my household.”
“From the sound of issues, with the winds coming [on Tuesday night], I do know lots of people are scared. So, I simply need to acknowledge that. Ideas and prayers for certain, and hope everyone stays protected.”
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The wildfires have burnt greater than 17,000 acres this week, in keeping with USA Immediately. ESPN reviews that greater than 5,300 have been destroyed or broken within the fires.
“Praying for everybody in Southern California!!” Lakers star LeBron James wrote on social media Wednesday.
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The Lakers’ house sport scheduled for Thursday evening towards the Charlotte Hornets was postponed as a result of fires.
“We’re heartbroken for Los Angeles,” the Lakers stated in a press release asserting the postponed sport. “Our ideas are with all these impacted by this unimaginable state of affairs. And our gratitude is with the primary responders and all of you who come collectively after we want one another essentially the most.”
The sport was one in every of a number of Los Angeles-area sporting occasions that have been both postponed or moved this week as a result of wildfires. The NFL moved the Los Angeles Rams’ house playoff sport this Monday evening towards the Minnesota Vikings to Arizona, whereas the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings’ house sport towards the Calgary Flames on Wednesday was additionally postponed.
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Fellow NBA coach Steve Kerr, who grew up in Los Angeles, misplaced his childhood house to the wildfires, whereas a number of different athletes have misplaced their houses or household houses in current days, as nicely. Los Angeles Clippers star Kawhi Leonard was excused from his workforce amid a highway journey on Tuesday to return house to are likely to his household and their house, which was reportedly in a high-risk space close to the wildfires.
U.S. Olympic gold medalist Gary Corridor Jr. reported that his Los Angeles house was misplaced within the wildfires on Thursday. The ten-time Olympic medalist stated he believes all of his medals are believed to have been misplaced within the fireplace.
