Luka Doni gifts Lakers head coach J.J. Redick $5,000 jacket

Ordinarily, a matchup between the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers would provide enough drama and theater for the nearly 30,000 fans in attendance, but the real theater unfolded in head coach J.J.Redick’s office prior to tipoff. Before we get into that, let’s flashback to a week earlier, when we wrote about a viral clip that caught head coach J.

J.Redick teasing his superstar, Luka Dončić, about a sideline fit that looked straight off a Milan runway.

“What kind of jacket is that?” Redick asked, half smirk, half scouting report.Luka didn’t blink.

“It’s a jacket.You don’t know anything about style.”Redick was trying to insist that Dončić’s jacket was a blouson jacket.

Luka insisted, “it’s just a jacket.” Touché.California Post News: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, WhatsApp, LinkedInCalifornia Post Sports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, XCalifornia Post Opinion California Post Newsletters: Sign up here!California Post App: Download here!Home delivery: Sign up here!Page Six Hollywood: Sign up here!But on Friday, the debate continued and Dončić had delivered the punchline.He gifted Redick the exact same piece — prompting the coach to immediately ask, “Is it the grey one?” What followed was round two of the Great Jacket Debate.

Redick insisted it was a blouson.Luka fired back: “It’s just a jacket.”So we did what any responsible newsroom would do.

We went to the source.On the Dior website, the verdict is clear: blouson jacket.

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Nearly $5,000.Redick was right.

Debate settled.The definition — a waist-cinched silhouette that blouses over the beltline — traces back to mid-century military uniforms.

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