Redick upset he didn’t get dealt to NYC area

Sharpshooter/Brooklyn resident JJ Redick will finally join the Mavericks in New York on Thursday and will hold an introductory Zoom press conference. And Redick will be on the bench when Dallas faces the Knicks Friday at the Garden — still out with a heel injury.

But he’d rather be on the other side. Redick, the 15year veteran and former Duke star, vented his disappointment that the Pelicans apparently reneged on their word that he’d be bought out if they couldn’t find a home for him in the Northeast.

Redick, 36, lives with his family in DUMBO and said he was “jarred,” “floored” and “shocked” about being traded at Thursday’s deadline to the Mavericks with Nicolo Melli. The Pelicans picked up James Johnson, Wes Iwundu, a 2021 secondround pick, and cash considerations.

In comments he made Wednesday on his podcast “Old Man and The Three,” Redick ripped Pelicans GM David Griffin for not doing the right thing and letting him to choose his spot in the New York region.

The Knicks and Nets were each interested in Redick but only on the buyout market.

“I look at the buyout situation not as ‘Oh I’m going to get bought and go to Brooklyn,’ ” Redick said, according to the New Orleans TimesPicayune. “I just wanted to be able to, on an off day, go see my family and be within driving distance. … Obviously, he did not honor his word.”

Last week, Griffin told reporters that he tried to trade Redick close to Brooklyn but those teams “were not necessarily the most aggressive in landing him.”

Redick said he told Mavericks owner Mark Cuban any other year he’d love to be in Dallas. Just not this one.

“I don’t think you’re going to get honesty from that [New Orleans] front office, objectively speaking,” Redick said. “That’s an opinion, I just don’t think you’re gonna get that. I don’t think what happened with me is necessarily an isolated incident. It’s not something where I would expect certainly the agents who worked on this with me to ever trust that front office again.”

➤ RJ Barrett, who scored 23 points in the loss despite two tough plays in the final minute, was asked after shootaround about whether he’s proven the voters wrong who left him off the league’s two all-rookie teams.

“I think you see it, everybody sees it,” Barrett said. “I’ve been working my butt off, producing out there on the court. I don’t really know what else to say. I still think it’s crazy. But all I can do is continue to play well. The team’s playing well. That’s all that really matters.”