A former assistant under Rivers in Boston and Los Angeles, Lue will spend time around the team and has been asked to provide his thoughts on the team’s play to Rivers over the coming weeks and months.
“He just watches and if he sees something, he’s just part of the group,” Rivers told the Times before his team’s tipoff at Staples Center against Portland. Lue began the role Sunday and will be around the organization more often in the coming the weeks and months, Rivers said.
Rivers has brought in outsiders with fresh eyes to evaluate his teams before.