Tyronn Lue hasn't wasted any time attempting to change the culture since becoming the Cleveland Cavaliers' head coach last week, and that has included challenging two of the team's biggest stars.
According to Joe Vardon of Cleveland.com, David Blatt's replacement urged Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love to focus on buying into the team concept rather than worrying about personal accomplishments:
With our young stars, with Kyrie and Kevin, they're young, so it's still about their brand and different things, it's just way different.
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I talked to our team about, 'if you win, everybody's brand is better.' If you win as a unit, everybody gets credit for it. Just trying to keep instilling that in our guys because, you know, we still have a young group of guys. Just gotta keep instilling that message. If we win, everybody's taken care of, so that's the message.
Lue pointed toward LeBron James' time in Miami as an example of what he hopes to see his team develop into. Once Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh decided to defer to LeBron, that is when Lue believes the Heat became a championship-caliber tea ...
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Tyronn Lue Comments on Kyrie Irving, Kevin Love’s Focus on Their ‘Brand’
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