LA Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue is considered to be a leading candidate for Houston and Philadelphia's head coaching jobs.
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00:00 The amount of available head coaching jobs in the league is beginning to dwindle. The Brooklyn Nets filled their vacancy by hiring Steve Nash.
00:06 The Chicago Bulls reportedly can the terms ex-Thunder head coach Billy Donovan this evening. As it stands,
00:11 just five teams, the Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers, New Orleans Pelicans,
00:15 Oklahoma City Thunder, and Philadelphia 76ers are in need of a new head coach.
00:19 It bodes well for elected assistant Tyronn Lue then that he's drawn interest in at least two of the aforementioned franchises.
00:26 On Monday, the Athletic's Sean Strania linked Lue to the Sixers tradition, according to be brought out to Philadelphia in the near future for the next round of interviews.
00:32 Now, Strania also named Donovan as a potential candidate for that job, but obviously he's out of the running now.
00:37 Lue's also been connected to Houston, according to the Athletic's Kelly Eco, who said on Monday that he is a "serious candidate for the job."
00:44 Former Rockets guard and fellow Clippers assistant Sam Cassell is also reportedly interested in that job and the feeling is supposedly mutual.
00:51 It seems more likely than not that Lue will be coaching elsewhere next season.
00:55 The 43-year-old hardy has an NBA title to his name and has been to the NBA finals three times,
01:00 all during LeBron James's tenure at the Cleveland Cavaliers.
01:03 Lue was also a top candidate for the Los Angeles Lakers head coaching job last summer before the franchise decided on hiring Frank Vogel instead.
01:10 Now that the Clippers have been limited in the NBA playoffs, Lue will have plenty more time to discuss his future with interested parties.