Clippers Hire Tyronn Lue as Top Assistant

Tyronn Lue is no longer out of the job. The Los Angeles Clippers have come to his rescue.

Yesterday, the Clippers and Tyronn Lue agreed on a deal that will make him the lead assistant to coach Doc Rivers. There were recent reports beforehand that that team was closing a deal on Lue, but it wasn't until yesterday when Shams Charania of The Athletic finally confirmed the news.

Lue was the frontrunner to take over as Lakers head coach months ago, but contract talks between the sides fell apart, and the club went on to hire Frank Vogel to replace departing head coach Luke Walton, who took over in Sacramento.

Lue has previously been on Doc Rivers' staff, serving as an assistant on both the Celtics and Clippers before joining the Cavaliers and winning a title as head coach.

Back in May, many reports came out that the Pelicans and Rockets were interested in hiring Lue an assistant and that he turned down multiple offers from many NBA teams since being fired by the Cavaliers last fall.

As a head coach in the NBA, Lue has a record of 128-83 as a head coach, with all of his experience coming with LeBron James. It was clear that LeBron was the reason why Lue did so well as a head coach. Now, it looks like he wanted to either be a head coach again in this league or be a top assistant that made a lot of money. Being just an assistant was not going to cut it for him.

Now, Lue will get that chance with the Clippers back under Rivers and will be up against difference circumstances when the two Los Angeles teams compete against each other in the Western Conference.