Former Cleveland Cavaliers and current Los Angeles Clippers coach Ty Lue was emphatic in his response to a recent question from Shannon Sharpe on his “Club Shay Shay” podcast Thursday, Aug. 28.

Would the Cavs have won a second championship had guard Kyrie Irving not demanded and received a trade?

“Yes,” Lue replied. “Yes. I also think if K.D. (Kevin Durant) doesn’t go to Golden State, I think we win and I think Kyrie stays. You can’t leave after that.”

Sharpe asked Lue if there was anything the coach could’ve done to keep Irving in Cleveland, but Lue said the guard had decided definitively that he wanted to be traded.

Lue said he learned of Irving’s eventual trade to the Boston Celtics while sitting next to LeBron James as the current Los Angeles Laker sat autographing memorabilia

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