The Cavaliers may be looking to hire one of the Trail Blazers assistant coaches. Cleveland has been granted permission to speak to David Vanterpool and Nate Tibbetts, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski on Twitter:
Cleveland has received permission to interview Portland assistants Nate Tibbetts and David Vanterpool for franchise's head coaching job, league sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 23, 2019
The Cavaliers previously fired Tyronn Lue in November, 2018 after only six games; Larry Drew finished out the season as interim head coach.