The Cleveland Cavaliers have reached a long-term extension with head coach Tyronn Lue, WKYC’s Dave Chudowsky confirmed Monday night.
According to a report from The Vertical, Lue’s contract is a five-year deal with $35 million.
Once the highest-paid assistant coach in the NBA, Lue was offered a deal after taking over for David Blatt in mid-January, but elected to not sign the contract. Instead, Lue focused on the task at hand and led the Cavaliers to their first-ever league championship.
Lue posted a 27-14 record during the regular season and went 16-5 in the playoffs on the way to a championship.
The 2015-2016 season was one full of ups and downs for the Cavaliers, but through it all, they found ways of responding to adversity on the way to winning the franchise’s first NBA Championship with a 93-89 victory over the Golden State Warriors in Game 7 of The Finals at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, last month.
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source: Wkyc.com
