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The Houston Rockets are composed combating for a championship contained within the bubble, but they reportedly might per chance well maintain a brand unique head coach subsequent season.
In step with Joe Vardon of The Athletic, the Rockets might per chance well purpose Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Ty Lue within the event that they snatch to circulation on from head coach Mike D’Antoni following this season. Vardon also noteworthy the Unique Orleans Pelicans might per chance well no longer pursue Lue because his label trace might per chance very well be greater than the $5.5 million each and each one year they understanding on giving their coach.
Houston might per chance well no longer be the most attention-grabbing team attracted to Lue, as Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium reported he’s on the Philadelphia 76ers‘ radar as well.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported the 76ers fired Brett Brown and instructed the pastime in Lue “is anticipated to be mutual.”
It ought to no longer attain as great surprise that Lue is drawing pastime from spherical the league seeing as how he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to a championship in his first season as a head coach after he took over for David Blatt in 2015-16.
He also led Cleveland to the NBA Finals the following two seasons, which they misplaced to the Golden Affirm Warriors both cases, forward of he was once fired after starting the 2018-19 season with an 0-6 tale after LeBron James joined the Los Angeles Lakers.
As for Houston, there might per chance very well be something of a natural fit on condition that Lue is conscious of working with two stars.
He coached James and Kyrie Irving on these Cavaliers teams and might per chance well be in a enviornment the attach James Harden and Russell Westbrook are ball-dominant playmakers. The Rockets are also searching for to resolve the next circulation and compete for a championship after dropping within the Western Convention Finals in two of the closing 5 seasons.
Lue is any individual who has won that Larry O’Brien Trophy within the previous.
