{"id":9037,"date":"2024-12-09T08:40:03","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9037"},"modified":"2024-12-09T08:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T08:40:03","slug":"breaking-tyronn-lue-opens-up-on-lakers-disrespecting-him-after-lebron-james-tried-recruiting-him-as-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=9037","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Tyronn Lue Opens Up On Lakers Disrespecting Him After LeBron James Tried Recruiting Him As Coach.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"m-detail-header--dek\">Tyronn Lue explains why he turned down the Lakers and reveals he did not want LeBron James to get him a deal.<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--flexbox\">\n<div class=\"m-detail-header--meta\">\n<div class=\"m-description--list\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/fadeawayworld.net\/.image\/t_share\/MjExMjY2MDEyMDI3Mjk5Nzk5\/tyronn-lue.jpg\" alt=\"Inglewood, California, USA; LA Clippers head coach Tyronn Lue during the first quarter against the Houston Rockets at Intuit Dome. Mandatory Credit: Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Los Angeles Clippers\u00a0head coach Tyronn Lue was in the running for the\u00a0Los Angeles Lakers\u00a0job in 2019 but ultimately turned down the offer. During an appearance on\u00a0<em>The Stephen A. Smith Show<\/em>, Lue was asked what truly went down between him and the Lakers at the time and revealed he felt quite disrespected by the team.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think they had the same respect for me as I felt they should,&#8221; Lue said. &#8220;They offered me the job on a three-year basis, and they wanted to pick my coaching staff, and I just wasn&#8217;t going to do that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And I think more so for me to be a championship coach, to take a three-year deal when everyone else is getting five-year deals and more money, and then you want to pick my staff as well, I just thought that was a slap in the face,&#8221; Lue continued. &#8220;And I think as a young Black head coach, I just thought it was a bad example I was setting for other guys coming up after me.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;And you know me Stephen, I&#8217;m a loyal person,&#8221; Lue stated. &#8220;So, for me to take the job and leave my guys behind in Cleveland with no job\u2014they were going to be out of the league and wasn&#8217;t going to be able to take those guys with me\u2014I just felt that was tough for me to do to leave my guys behind.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Like I said, the Lakers didn&#8217;t do anything wrong,&#8221; Lue added. &#8220;Like you said, they offered me the job, they chose me to do it and it was up to me to take the deal and I just said I respectfully decline.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"1\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-empty not-filled\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-076f0dd3b80b474cbe89d069d370802f\" data-google-query-id=\"CJf1sf-hmooDFUag6QUdyuc8jQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Lue had won the 2016 NBA title with the\u00a0Cleveland Cavaliers\u00a0and expected to receive the respect that a championship head coach normally receives. That didn&#8217;t prove to be the case, though, and he promptly turned them down as a result.<\/p>\n<p>Host Stephen A. Smith later asked Lue about the notion that\u00a0LeBron James\u00a0could have done more to ensure he got the kind of deal he wanted from the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He did, and he called me twice,&#8221; Lue said. &#8220;He called me, &#8216;What do I gotta do? You want this?&#8217; I said, &#8216;No, I want them to respect me. I don&#8217;t want to have to go to you to get my deal done. If they don&#8217;t respect me like I should be respected, then it&#8217;s okay.&#8217; He wasn&#8217;t pissed off, he wasn&#8217;t mad about it, but him and Rich Paul both stepped up and said, &#8216;What are we gotta do to get it done?&#8217; I didn&#8217;t like the way it was handled.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Give Bron credit,&#8221; Lue stated. &#8220;Him and Rich Paul both stepped up. Numerous amount of phone calls to try to get it done. Once it came to me in that regard, I was just like, &#8216;You know what? I&#8217;m just gonna sit out and wait for another opportunity.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Lue would go on to become the lead assistant on Doc Rivers&#8217; staff at the Clippers before the 2019-20 season. He then took over as head coach following Rivers&#8217; departure the next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Lakers, meanwhile, hired Frank Vogel as their new head coach in 2019 and he led them to the title in 2020. The franchise hasn&#8217;t had much success since then, however, and I do believe that wouldn&#8217;t have been the case if Lue had gotten the job. The 47-year-old is one of the best head coaches in the NBA and the Lakers made a big mistake by disrespecting him in that manner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tyronn Lue explains why he turned down the Lakers and reveals he did not want LeBron James to get him a deal. 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