Tyronn Lue agrees to sign new deal with Los Angeles Clippers: Reports

After earning a division title in his fourth season as coach, Tyronn Lue has signed a long-term contract with the Los Angeles Clippers. When Lawrence Frank, President of basketball operations for the Clippers, announced the new agreement on Wednesday, he withheld certain information. According to reports, the new deal was for around $14 million a year through the 2028–2029 season.

Lue has a 184-134 record in four seasons, including three trips to the postseason and the team's first-ever trip to the Western Conference finals in 2021. Los Angeles Clippers won the Pacific Division title and ended 51-31 in their third season together.

According to the Associated Press, “T Lue is everything we want in a head coach. He’s a brilliant tactician and a natural leader with an extraordinary ability to connect with those around him, both players and staff,” Frank said in a statement. “Four years ago, we felt privileged to hire T Lue, and we feel just as fortunate today. There’s no one we’d rather coach our team. T Lue is a pillar of the organization and will be for a very long time.”

Lue worked as an assistant Los Angeles Clippers

Lue led Cleveland to the 2016 NBA championship alongside LeBron James, who left for the Los Angeles Lakers in free agency two years later. Lue was fired after a 0-6 start following James' departure from the Cavs. He had dismissed speculation that he may be a candidate for the position of coaching James with the Los Angeles Lakers after Dallas terminated the Clippers' season in the opening round.

Lue worked as an assistant for Doc Rivers with the Los Angeles Clippers before taking over when Rivers and the team parted ways at the end of the 2019-20 season. Rivers wound up in Philadelphia. Lue was an 11-year NBA veteran who won two championships with the Lakers in 2000 and 2001.