The Cleveland Cavaliers made another change to their coaching staff and hired assistant coach Mike Longabardi as the team’s defensive coordinator, according to Chris Haynes of Cleveland.com.
The Cavaliers made the announcement Wednesday, less than a week after they fired head coach David Blatt and hired then-assistant Tyronn Lue as his replacement.
Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com said Longabardi was fired by the Phoenix Suns on Dec. 27, which just so happened to be one day before they played Cleveland. John Telich of Fox 8 in Cleveland noted the assistant was with the Suns for two seasons and with the Boston Celtics under former head coach Doc Rivers for six years before that.
Lue was actually on the Boston coaching staff with Longabardi for four of those six years, so there is a familiarity in place between the two coaches.
Brian Windhorst of ESPN.com said that “Longabardi is expected to take over the defensive specialist role that Lue held before he was promoted to replace David Blatt last week.&rdq ...
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