JJ Redick's first season as an NBA head coach is off to a sound start. As of Thursday afternoon, the Los Angeles Lakers have a 7-4 record to sit sixth in the Western Conference standings. Redick and the Lakers have taken down some impressive teams early in the season

Los Angeles Lakers head coach J.J. Redick began training camp by showing players a video presentation on which team values he saw as "non-negotiables"

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick is excited to be part of the Emirates NBA Cup and is focused on winning games.

Here are three ways the Lakers are dramatically different this year -- and one way they are troublingly the same.

The Los Angeles Lakers field pretty much the same roster as last year, but watching them feels like a completely different team, and credit goes to rookie head coach JJ Redick. For instance, they didn’t stumble out of the gate as in the past couple of seasons,