Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who called Houston's decison to fire coach Kevin McHale 11 games into this season “preposterous,” has a similar opinion of the 30-11 Cavaliers’ decision to can David Blatt on Friday.
"I'm embarrassed for our league that something like this could happen,” Carlisle told the Dallas Morning News. “It's just bizarre. Now is Tyronn Lue going to coach the All-Star Game? It just leaves you with a bit of an empty feeling. Because Blatt's a great guy and he did a great job there.”
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The Cavs were 83-40 in the regular season during Blatt's tenure and now turn to Lue to lead the team.
But it isn’t all bad for Blatt, according to Carlisle, who said Blatt will be a “highly sought-after coach this summer.”
“The other side of it is, a good man perhaps has been liberated and is now going to have some great options and he'll find a much better situation here if he wants it,” Carlisle said. “And a guy like him deserves that."