Category: Tyronn Lue

Clippers 'Determined' to Sign Ty Lue to Contract Extension Amid Lakers Rumors, per Report
3 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

Clippers ‘Determined’ to Sign Ty Lue to Contract Extension Amid Lakers Rumors, per Report

Los Angeles Clippers coach Tyronn Lue likely won't be going anywhere this offseason.

ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Friday that the Clippers are focused on offering Lue a long-term contract extension this summer. That report arrived one day after Lue was named a potential candidate to replace the fired Darvin Ham as the Los Angeles Lakers' next head coach.

"The Clippers are determined to do a long-term deal with Ty Lue, I'm told," Wojnarowski said on NBA Today Friday. "They want him to be their coach for a very long time. ... They love the job that he's done there."

The Clippers will work toward a new deal with Lue this summer after their playoff run is over, per Wojnarowski. Los Angeles is facing elimination from playoff contention Friday, as they trail the Dallas Mavericks 3–2 in their first-round series entering Game 6 at American Airlines Center.

Lue, who won an NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, has registered a 184–134 record over four seasons as the Clippers' head coach. The Clippers have advanced past the first round of the playoffs just once under his watch, losing to the Phoenix Suns in the 2021 Western Conference finals.

If he and the Clippers parted ways, Lue was reported to be a candidate to serve as the Lakers' next coach along with former NBA player JJ Redick and coaching veterans Mike Budenholzer and Kenny Atkinson.

It appears Lue will be opening the 2024–25 NBA season at the new Intuit Dome in Inglewood instead of donning purple and gold at Crypto.com Arena.

Los Angeles Clippers, Los Angeles Lakers, Tyronn Lue
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JJ Redick, Ty Lue Candidates to Land Lakers Job If Darvin Ham Is Fired, per Report
3 May 24 Jimm Sallivan

JJ Redick, Ty Lue Candidates to Land Lakers Job If Darvin Ham Is Fired, per Report

The Los Angeles Lakers could part ways with coach Darvin Ham this offseason after the team's first-round exit at the hands of the reigning champion Denver Nuggets, who have now bounced Los Angeles from the playoffs in two straight seasons.

Although it's not yet been made official, Ham's exit has been widely speculated upon, and some names have already been floated as possible replacements for the Lakers' potential vacancy.

Among those who are considered "real candidates" include both Tyronn Lue and JJ Redick, according to ESPN's Lakers reporter Dave McMenamin.

"JJ [Redick] certainly is a real candidate if they do open up this coaching search," McMenamin said Thursday during an appearance on the Dan Patrick Show. "There's, I'd say, half a dozen folks out there, including possibly the guy who just lost last night against the Mavericks, Tyronn Lue ... that there will be a process there that there are several viable candidates that will get an interview."

McMenamin noted that Ham had not yet met with the Los Angeles front office regarding his future, so there's still no guarantee that he won't be brought back for the 2024-25 season.

Redick, of course, recently started a podcast with Lakers superstar LeBron James dubbed Mind the Game, where the pair break down the X's and O's of basketball together.

It's clear that James holds him in high regard, so if a vacancy does open up, it stands to reason that Redick, who has reportedly interviewed for the Charlotte Hornets' vacancy, would be a realistic Lakers candidate.

Darvin Ham, JJ Redick, LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers, Tyronn Lue
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