Kyrie Irving soured on Kenny Atkinson and reportedly wants Tyronn Lue as Nets coach

Brooklyn’s star reportedly had a complicated relationship with former coach.

Kyrie Irving soured on Kenny Atkinson early in the season, league sources told Vincent Goodwill of Yahoo! Sports. Former Celtics guard reportedly prefers Tyronn Lue, currently an assistant with the Clippers, as the next coach of the Nets.

Atkinson also wasn’t fond of coaching Irving or Kevin Durant, and pushed to resolve his situation now before the end of the season: “Kenny pushed for the parting just as much, if not more than Brooklyn,” sources told Yahoo! Sports. Interim coach Jacque Vaughn is said to have a strong relationship with Irving.