tyronn lue

[Cayman13]

I figured someone had actually seen Lue call a time out from the bench and that it would be on camera somewhere. That picture doesn't really tell me the full story.

Also, Lue is isn't technically an "assistant" so I'm confused. or IS he "technically" an assistant as "Associate Head Coach"?

Edit: Who cares, I'm over this drama. Just win games.

 

[hud11]

Lue calls timeouts nearly every game. I'm not sure how you can deny this. Lue will stand up and call timeout and then Blatt will motion for a TO. This happens, it is a fact. It will be interesting to see if it happens anymore going forward now that it has become a story.

 

[Randolphkeys]

I will be interested to see if Lue gets offers to be an assistant coach again after this whole thing shakes out... undermining the head coach isn't good for your resume unless you never plan on being an assistant again.

 

[Man Called X]

I will be interested to see if Lue gets offers to be an assistant coach again after this whole thing shakes out... undermining the head coach isn't good for your resume unless you never plan on being an assistant again.

Why not? It's worked for Larry Drew...

 

[Randolphkeys]

Why not? It's worked for Larry Drew...

I'm sorry, do you categorize this staff as "working" right now? I do hear what you are saying, Drew ended up employed again. But is this staff "working?"

 

[Omar The Horse]

The only way this works is if Gilbert gives Blatt the okay to beat up Lue in front of the players while wearing a wife beater and multiple gold chains.

 

[mds]

I think Lu will be fine unless something really sinister comes to light. There's a reason we targeted him. He's a well regarded basketball mind and has been part of successful benches.

 

[Man Called X]

I'm sorry, do you categorize this staff as "working" right now? I do hear what you are saying, Drew ended up employed again. But is this staff "working?"

No, but I'm just saying. He's managed 2 head coaching jobs and now what was a highly coveted assistant's job.

This is after he completely fucked over Mike Woodson to the point they still won't even speak to each other.

It's honestly no surprise that this is happening. And I wouldn't be shocked if Drew and LeBron weren't the ones in Lue's ear pushing for this.

 

[mds]

Can we add a 'Dumb' button next to Informative and Useful?

edit: That wasn't aimed at you, X.

 

[supermario21]

Doc will take him back. Which leads me to one point. The Clips haven't been all that great this season and Simmons has been railing on them. Is Doc and his organization overrated? Lue was little more than a guy with a clip board in the back in Boston, not some wizard working with Thibs.

 

[CLEfan330]

The ideas are confirmed. It's happened. Multiple people know about it and have said it. For Blatt to confirm that Lue isn't, "allowed to," means that all of the disfunction is real.

Fuck.

For some reason I also thought Assistant coaches were not allowed to call timeouts - is Blatt correct on this? If so this seems to all be moot?

 

[shoes22]

For some reason I also thought Assistant coaches were not allowed to call timeouts - is Blatt correct on this? If so this seems to all be moot?

The refs don't have to acknowledge an assistant coach calling time out as an official request.

 

[czvo]

I figured someone had actually seen Lue call a time out from the bench and that it would be on camera somewhere. That picture doesn't really tell me the full story.

Also, Lue is isn't technically an "assistant" so I'm confused. or IS he "technically" an assistant as "Associate Head Coach"?

Edit: Who cares, I'm over this drama. Just win games.

Associate head coach just means lead assistant.

 

[Damien O'Connel]

Doc will take him back. Which leads me to one point. The Clips haven't been all that great this season and Simmons has been railing on them. Is Doc and his organization overrated? Lue was little more than a guy with a clip board in the back in Boston, not some wizard working with Thibs.

Doc is horribly overrated. He won a championship because of Thibs' genius on defense. Since, his teams have marginally underachieved.

Not sure why people think that the fact that Lue worked for Doc makes him some genius....

 

[raisen]

Cavs coach David Blatt calls issue over timeouts 'nonsense'
By JASON LLOYD Published: January 15, 2015

LOS ANGELES: David Blatt called the idea Tyronn Lue is dictating team timeouts as “nonsense,” but conceded he’ll listen when Lue shouts something to him during games.

Both ESPN and the Beacon Journal reported this week how teams around the league are surprised by Lue’s involvement from the bench. Lue, who was named associate head coach three days after Blatt took the job, specifically has been observed shouting out when to take timeouts.

“An assistant coach can’t call a timeout at an NBA game if you didn’t know that,” Blatt said. “Now if he sees something and feels something and he yells something out to alert me what he thinks, I don’t have a problem with that. I listen to what I think I need to listen to and what I don’t think I need to listen to.

“That’s a lot of nonsense,” Blatt said of the reports. “I think it’s kind of cheap to be honest, I really do.”

Lue most recently called for a timeout during Tuesday’s loss at Phoenix, but there have been other instances. The reaction from the rest of the league remains the same: bewilderment.

It is against NBA rules for assistants to call timeouts and there are even rules that limit assistant coaches’ interaction with officials, but one high-ranking league official acknowledged a referee, in the heat of the game, could hear a request from the bench for a timeout and grant it presuming it came from the head coach.

Regardless, Blatt insists he has no issue with the act.

One current NBA head coach said he’s never heard of an assistant calling for a timeout.

“And if one of my guys did it," he said, "I’d kill him."

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