This is the opposite of the LeBron Effect.
The Cavs are 0-6 and look terrible, the Cavs believe that it is because of Lue.
The Cleveland Cavaliers fired coach Ty Lue on Sunday and plan to promote Larry Drew to interim coach, league sources told ESPN.
Cleveland has started the season with six straight losses.
Drew was meeting with management on Sunday morning to discuss terms of a promotion to interim coach, league sources said. It is possible he’ll seek a more permanent appointment. Drew was 8-1 as the interim coach a year ago when Lue was sidelined with illness. He led Atlanta to the playoffs in each of his three years as heads coach and spent one year at Milwaukee’s head coach in 2013-14.
Sources told ESPN’s Brian Windhorst that Lue recently had a disagreement with general manager Koby Altman over playing veterans. Altman preferred that Kyle Korver and JR Smith be taken out of the rotation to give time to younger players. After one game in which they didn’t play, Lue put both back in the rotation without consulting Altman.
Owner Dan Gilbert has also encouraged more playing time for rookie Collin Sexton, sources told Windhorst. Sexton is averaging just 23.5 minutes per game.
Lue is owed $15 million, so he will be ok.
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