Former Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Jim Boylan is suing the team for age discrimination, via Anthony Lima of 92.3 The Fan in Cleveland. Boylan says that his age was the reason the team did not pick up his contract this past offseason. General manager Koby Altman, team owner Dan Gilbert, and several Cavaliers holdings are mentioned in the case.
Former Cavs assistant Jim Boylan is suing the Cavs for age discrimination.
Boylan and Phil Handy were not renewed after last season
Case filed yesterday in Cuyahoga, Boylan (63) alleges Lue left vm that Gilbert wanted to go "young" and that option was "way too much money" pic.twitter.com/vQqVSU5cqk
— Anthony Lima (@SportsBoyTony) November 2, 2018
Per the filing, now former head coach Tyronn Lue was the individual who informed the 63-year-old Boylan that the team will not pick up his contract. This via the NBC affiliate in Cleveland, WKYC:
“On or about June 17, 2018, then Cavaliers Head Coach Tyronn Lue left Coach Boylan a voicemail, informing him his employment would end, in which Coach Lue said: ‘Jimbo (Boylan) , what’s up, yo? This is T Lue. I had a talk with Koby (Altman) yesterday. He does not want to pick up your option. He said it’s way too much money. They’re not gonna pay that kind of money for three assistants on the bench. He wants to go younger in that position and, you know, find somebody who’s a grinder and younger in that position. And he said he does not want to pick the option up for I guess it’s 500 (thousand dollars) or – I’m not sure.’”
Also in the filing it says that 42-year-old Damon Jones was promoted to Boylan’s spot on the bench. However, he was fired with Lue on October 28th. In addition, 45-year-old Mike Longabardi and 41-year-old James Posey were retained on the staff this past offseason.
Boylan had been with the Cavaliers since 2013. In that span, he has coached alongside Mike Brown, David Blatt, and Lue.
