2018 NBA Playoffs: 5 head coaches who have underperformed

#3 Ty Lue

Ty Lue has looked clueless for most of the season

The Cavaliers are tied with the Pacers at 2-2 after the homestand for both teams ended. But given the roster strength of the Cavs, this feels like a thoroughly weak spot to be in against a team that has neither more depth nor more star power.

Even Nate McMillan has not been at his best - if he hadn't sat Oladipo out for so long in Game 2, the Pacers would have had an even better chance of taking the Game 2, which they didn't. And that says a lot about Ty Lue's coaching.

He messed up big time in Game 1 by moving Jeff Green and Rodney Hood into the starting lineup. Neither of the players played much defense, or indeed contributed any offense at all, as the Cavaliers got blown out 98-80.

While he did make amends for Game 2 by starting JR Smith and Kyle Korver in their places, he tried to keep introducing Tristan Thompson into his rotations in the subsequent games. Thompson has not been himself this season, and the minutes he saw on the floor were essentially inconsequential to the Cavs who would have been better served with Nance taking those minutes and building playoff experience.

The one thing Lue can be credited with getting right is the trapping scheme that he's set up for Victor Oladipo. But it has left more than one Pacer player wide open, and more often than not Oladipo played through the double-teams without a fuss.

Lue has been unable to find LeBron James any of the rest his 33-year-old body requires, resulting in James playing north of 46 minutes in 3 of the 4 games. He has nothing in his playbook, and the Cavs' offensive schemes stink to the high heavens.

If at all the Cavs are lucky enough to retain LeBron's services past this summer, they should seriously consider firing a coach who has simply not coached this team to anywhere near their full potential.