Report: Hiring Adrian Griffin will improve Cavaliers' chances of keeping Luol Deng
A coach from Luol Deng's past reportedly holds the ability to determine the Sudan native's future with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Here's one way the Cavaliers can improve their chances of keeping Luol Deng, sources say: Hire Bulls assistant Adrian Griffin as head coach.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) May 27, 2014
Deng, a free agent who spent nearly 10 seasons with the Chicago Bulls before being traded to the Cavaliers in January, was Griffin's teammate for the 2004-05 season as well as between 2006 and 2008.
With the exception of a brief family-related hiatus in 2011, Griffin has worked as an assistant coach for the Bulls since September of 2010. He was reportedly the first of a number of candidates to be interviewed for the Cavaliers' vacant head coach position on Tuesday, indicating that the franchise have a strong interest in hiring him.