Tyronn Lue Plans To Return Next Season

Cavaliers’ head coach Tyronn Lue confirmed after his team’s Game 4 loss in the NBA Finals to the Warriors that he intends to return as head coach of the Cavs next season, reports Dave McMenamin of ESPN. Whether his star player, LeBron James, plans to do the same remains to be seen.

Lue, 41, has three years remaining on the five-year contract extension he signed in the summer of 2016 when he was fresh off leading the Cavs to the city of Cleveland’s first professional sports championship in 52 years. However, Lue took a nine-game medical leave of absence earlier this season, putting it somewhat into doubt whether he was capable of continuing to coach through the 2020-21 season.

While it was reported at the time that Lue was suffering from chest pains and occasionally coughing up blood, it was later revealed by Lue himself that his absence was primarily related to anxiety, a relatively manageable condition compared to what could have been something much more threatening.

In additional to the aforementioned championship, Lue has led the Cavs to a regular-season record of 128-77 (.624) and a playoff record of 41-20 (.672) in his first two and a half seasons as head coach.

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