Coach Tyronn Lue’s opportunity to lead the post-LeBron James Cleveland Cavaliers lasted only six games.
The Cavaliers abruptly fired Lue on Sunday after an 0-6 start that left them as the only winless team in the Eastern Conference.
Lue, 41, has nearly two full seasons and the rest of this season remaining on the five-year, $35 million contract he received after the Cavaliers’ title run in 2016.
The Athletic first reported Lue’s ouster. The firing was confirmed by a person familiar with Cleveland’s decision who was not authorized to discuss it publicly.
ESPN reported that the veteran assistant and two-time former N.