The Cleveland Cavaliers are denying a report that they have spoken to Rick Pitino about being the team’s next head coach.
According to Cleveland.com:
There is “zero truth” to the report about the Cleveland Cavaliers being interested in Hall-of-Famer Rick Pitino as their next head coach, multiple sources with the Cavaliers told cleveland.com Sunday morning.
“We are, respectfully, not interested in him at all. No conversations with him by Dan (Gilbert) or anyone else,” a source said.
Veteran NBA insider Peter Vescey of Patreon wrote late Saturday that the Cavaliers chairman and Pitino have spoken about Cleveland’s head-coaching vacancy.