After helping Cleveland end their title drought, head coach Tyronn Lue was awarded with a contract extension.
The city of Cleveland is still on a high and deservedly so.
I mean, 52 years is a pretty long time to go without winning a single professional championship. Ironically, it took a promise from the hometown kid in LeBron James to end the title drought.
Besides the drought, what makes this title even more improbable is the fact Cleveland trailed Golden State 3-1 and considering no one has ever recovered from a 3-1 deficit in the NBA Finals makes this title that much more impressive.
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LeBron has received most of the credit, which is very understandable. The man did lead both teams in every major statistical category.
Nonetheless, Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue deserves a lot more credit than what he’s receiving. He received a little bit of that credit on Monday in the form of a contract extension.
When Cleveland’s front office decided to can former head coach David Blait, Lue was put into the fire and he responded with dignity and class.
Unlike LeBron’s previous coaches, the four-time MVP can relate to Lue on things outside of basketball.
“Well, I think all my coaches throughout my career have had a meaningful part of my career. Everyone’s been different in their own ways of how they philosophize the game and things of that nature, but I could talk in the present right now. I think me and Coach Lue just kind of, we connect that’s something that’s bigger than basketball, our upbringing. Being from a single-parent household, being from an inner-city community, being a statistic that you weren’t supposed to make it out and there’s no way you’re going to make it out. You’re going to be another one of those African-American kids, and we both made it out from tough situations growing up, and people just saying there’s no way you can do it.”
For Lue’s efforts, he’s been awarded with a new deal.
Cleveland Cavaliers coach Ty Lue has agreed to a five-year, $35M extension, league sources tell @TheVertical.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 25, 2016
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