The Cleveland Cavs are looking for new leadership and that starts now. The Cavaliers have parted ways with their now former head coach David Blatt and their former assistant coach Tyronn Lue will take over the reigns.
The Cavs are by far the best team in the Eastern conference but after losses to the San Antonio Spurs and Golden State Warriors the Cavs must have realized something wasn’t right.
According to ESPN,
Blatt was fired Friday by the title-chasing Cleveland Cavaliers and replaced by top assistant Tyronn Lue, according to general manager David Griffin.
Blatt had guided Cleveland to the NBA Finals last year, and the Cavs had the Eastern Conference’s best record (30-11) midway through this season, but in discussing the coaching change during a news conference late Friday afternoon, Griffin cited “a lack of fit with our personnel and our vision.”
“What I see is that we need to build a collective spirit, a strength of spirit, a collective will,” Griffin said. “Elite teams always have that, and you see it everywhere. To be truly elite, we have to buy into a set of values and principles that we believe in. That becomes our identity.”
While acknowledging his 24 years spent working in the NBA in varying capacities, Griffin said of the Cavaliers: “I have never seen a locker room not be as connected after wins as they need to be. We’ve only been galvanized when expectations were not high.”
Griffin confirmed that Lue will not have an interim tag and will be the full-time coach of the reigning Eastern Conference champions. Yahoo! Sports reported that Lue agreed to a three-year deal, although Griffin said the reported terms were not accurate.
“I am more than confident that he has the pulse of our team and that he can generate the buy-in required to start to refine the habits and culture that we’ve yet to build,” Griffin said.
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