Source: Brian Shaw Close to Deal to Become Cavaliers Coach

[Mike-Dub]

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/29/source-brian-shaw-to-coach-cleveland-cavaliers/

With or without LeBron James, Brian Shaw is looking like the next Cleveland Cavaliers coach.

A source told FanHouse the Lakers assistant is close to finalizing a deal to join the Cavaliers just one day before James' much-anticipated free agency begins. Shaw was a finalist with former New Orleans and New Jersey coach Byron Scott after Michigan State coach Tom Izzo declined the team's offer earlier this month.

A source close to Scott said discussions for him to become the coach have not moved forward, a further indication that Shaw is the choice.

More to come...


I'm banned from the front-page so I wanted to post this here so I could talk about it lol.

In my mind this is a horrible higher totally means that LeBron is out of Cleveland. 

Hopefully this will set back the Lakers a little bit too, but I doubt that it will.

[BMark]

Hey, if things get too uncomfortable for Shaw in Cleveland, maybe he'll run away to Italy again.

[Who]

I think Shaw will make a great head coach. Very intelligent player, excellent communicator and commanded respect from his teammates. Good base for an ex-player who is moving into coaching. It also sounds like he did a very good job for the Lakers over the past few years as an assistant.