Tyronn Lue is coming back to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but he’s not going to immediately jump back into coaching.
The Cavs head coach has missed some time as he dealt with health issues, and though he was still involved in setting the team’s lineup, Lue has not been around the club since he left earlier this month.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Friday morning that Lue would indeed be coming back into the Cavaliers fold, but will ease his way back into coaching during the team’s upcoming 4-game homestand.
Cavaliers coach Ty Lue is planning to rejoin team vs. Pelicans in Cleveland today — as an observer, league sources tell ESPN. He won’t coach game. The plan will be to ease his way back into coaching over Cavs’ four-game homestand, sources said.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 30, 2018
That makes sense given how careful the team wants to be with the Lue’s health, and though he was involved with the team, actually coaching is a very different matter.
Cleveland hosts the Pelicans on Friday, then sees Dallas on Sunday. The squad has a huge matchup with the Raptors on Tuesday and another big Eastern Conference showdown with the Wizards next Thursday. Wojnarowski wrote that the plan is to “hopefully ease” Lue back into his coaching duties over the course of these games.
Acting head coach Larry Drew said the team was rallying around Lue and came together in his absence, so he will be a welcome addition to the team as the playoffs near.
