With six new players, Clippers coach Tyronn Lue is teaching again

Clippers coach Tyronn Lue reacts to play during a preseason game against the Warriors on Saturday in Honolulu. (Marco Garcia / Associated Press)

His job as coach of the Clippers has demanded that Tyronn Lue be more than that at times. His job this season has called upon Lue to be more of a teacher.

This is because of six new players on the roster. Also because he has six players 25 years old or younger.

After spending about a week in Hawaii for training camp and playing a preseason game against the Golden State Warriors, the Clippers returned home for a practice Monday at Intuit Dome.

For Lue, it has been a time of excitement and a time for him to lean into being a teacher.

“I love it,” Lue said. “It gives me something to do. The young guys, just teaching. The new guys, teaching, understanding spacing, understanding how to execute offensively, what we’re looking for first, second, third option. So, it’s been good.”

Lue’s youngest player is Cam Christie, a 19-year-old guard the Clippers plucked out of Minnesota in the second round of the draft. Kobe Brown, 24 and in his second season, is still learning.

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It’s young players such as these that Lue relishes showing the way during training camp and in the preseason games — the Clippers will play the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night at Frontwave Arena in Oceanside.

“The biggest thing is me,” Lue said. “I think just making sure I’m not going too fast, going too slow. Make sure they understand the concepts before we move on to the next stage. And so, that’s on me to make sure we do that. We put in a lot of stuff the last few days, so hopefully they can grasp that. If not, we just slow down and continue to come in before shooting around before practices so they can get up to speed.”

When Lue throws schemes at his team, he has to make sure the new players understand.

They acquired players such as Derrick Jones Jr., Kris Dunn, Kevin Porter Jr. and Mo Bamba to fill roles around Kawhi Leonard and James Harden.

“If they are not getting it, I just can’t keep at them if they don’t get it,”…

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Author : LA Times

Publish date : 2024-10-08 00:59:53

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