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.
