The Cleveland Cavaliers' two pressing priorities are to keep LeBron James in their jersey and to find a new head coach. An update from SB Nation's brand-spankin'-new Detroit hub demonstrates that the two are interlocked.
James has let team owner Dan Gilbert and the Cavaliers organization know he's interested in playing for a coach who played in the NBA, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported, attributing the information to a source.
This would suggest that LeBron isn't interested in playing for Tom Izzo, who did not play in the NBA. Izzo, as the rest of our StoryStream documents, has been linked to the Cavs this week, but LeBron certainly holds enough leverage to put the kibosh on proceedings.
Just for fun, let's yield the floor to the Pistons fans at SB Nation Detroit.
You know how this should play out? Izzo should turn down the gig because he doesn't want to be the reason Gilbert's head is put on a stake. After scaring off Cleveland's 1a coaching candidate, LeBron still doesn't re-sign. Gilbert is so peeved with the situation that he steps down as the Cavs owner, only to buy the for-sale-Pistons. Pistons win another championship within a few years and Cleveland is left title-less forever. I like that daydream.
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