The Los Angeles Lakers are reportedly close to hiring Tyronn Lue. 

The Lakers are expected to move forward with hiring Lue, who steered the Cleveland Cavaliers to their first title. 

Now LeBron’s old teammate Kevin Love is giving his thoughts on the possible hire. 

Love was on FS1’s “First Things First” and was asked about the potential pairing, which has been talked about for a few weeks.

Love’s comments from the full interview:

“I love Ty Lue. I think it would be, definitely, if he’s not their first pick he should be right there at the top. Because he’s an unbelievable X’s and O’s guy, a players’ coach, a guy that’s very approachable that you can talk to, and I think that the personnel that they have, he would be great.

“As well as already having, feeling familiar and being familiar with LeBron and having that not only friendship but being able to coach LeBron and get in his ear because Ty really knows the game and he’s been around.”

Love said Lue’s experiences with fellow greats such as Michael Jordan and former Lakers players Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant also made him a good fit.

“He’s an L.A. guy,” Love said. “It doesn’t always work well for people like that but I think that Ty Lue is a guy that he’s made to coach a team like LA and either inherit or take over a great team like we had [in Cleveland] but also build a culture, build a team and know how to deal with each and every player as an individual.”

Love is a five-year veteran of the Cavs organization and praised Lue after he was fired in October 2018.

Was it not LeBron who had Lue fired?  

Why is no one talking about that? 

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