Tyronn Lue Says Cavaliers Head Coach Is ‘Hardest Job’ in the NBA

Tyronn Lue Says Cavaliers Head Coach Is ‘Hardest Job’ in the NBA
Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue during the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game in Boston, Wednesday, April 5, 2017. The Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 114-91. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

The Cleveland Cavaliers won an NBA championship with Tyronn Lue as head coach and are poised to make another deep playoff run this year, but that doesn’t ease the burden on his shoulders.

Speaking to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin on the NBA Lockdown podcast, Lue said coaching the Cavaliers is the most difficult job in the NBA:

It’s the hardest job, by far. It’s the hardest job. But I’ve been through a lot of tough things in my life anyway, and I just try not to listen to the outside noise — to the media and what they have to say. As long as I have the support of [Cavs general manager] David Griffin, [principal owner] Dan Gilbert, my players, the city of Cleveland,…