Tyronn Lue will meet the coaches of the Los Angeles Lakers at the Summer League in Las Vegas, as he told the L.A. Times. The challenge is to coach LeBron James.
Lue, who was head coach of the superstar at the Cleveland Cavaliers for two and a half years, will meet Lakers coach Luke Walton and his associate head coach Brian Shaw for dinner, he told the newspaper. “I’ll tell them LeBron’s a simple guy to deal with,” Lue says.
“People always imagine he’s hard to coach, but that’s not true,” continued the Cavaliers coach. “LeBron’s not the problem. All the tension around him is the problem. Simply because this immediately creates pressure for the coaches and players. Everything you do is all at once under a microscope.”
However, he believes the Lakers and their coaches are capable of dealing with the new situation, Lue continued: “It will be a completely different challenge for the Lakers, but they will be able to cope with it. LeBron is pleasant to play with because he is so selfless. He also takes people and makes sure they do the right thing. That’s gonna work. “It’s the surrounding that you have to hide.”
James had decided in early July to turn his back on the Cavaliers a second time after four years and switch to the Lakers. There, the 33-year-old signed a four-year contract for 153.5 million dollars.