Barring a last-minute change of heart by the front office, Tyronn Lue will be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers and the 27th coach in the team’s illustrious history.
It’s no secret that Lue has the support of LeBron James, who he coached to three consecutive NBA Finals in his three years with the Cleveland Cavaliers, but Lue has also earned the endorsement of a few other prominent names from within the organization.
We already knew that Phil Jackson helped sway Buss towards Lue, but according to Tania Ganguli and Broderick Turner of The L.