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Ty Lue Intends to Return as Cavaliers’ Head Coach

Basketball Insiders Sports Editor

Updated1 hour ago on April 25, 2024

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Tyronn Lue confirmed to reporters after Friday’s series-ending Game 4 loss in the NBA Finals to the Golden State Warriors that he intends to return as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers next season.

Lue, who guided the Cavs to their first championship in franchise history after being elevated from associate head coach to the head coach midway through the 2015-16 season, when David Blatt was dismissed, has three years remaining on the five-year, $35 million contract extension he signed in the summer of 2016.

Lue, 41, took a nine-game medical leave of absence in late March through early April after suffering from chest pains and occasionally coughing up blood, and missed parts of two other games before that with the same symptoms. Lue later revealed to ESPN’s Rachel Nichols that he is also taking medication to calm his anxiety.

Source: Dave McMenamin of ESPN