VIDEO: Kyle Lowry takes over coaching duties from Tyronn Lue
Peter Llewellyn / USA TODAY Sports / Reuters
When David Blatt was dismissed in favor of Tyronn Lue, many fans in Toronto felt that head coaching duties in the All-Star Game should have fallen to Raptors coach Dwane Casey on the strength of his team being second in the Eastern Conference standings.
Lue, sporting a record of 8-3, would go on to assume coaching duties for the East, but Casey's point guard Kyle Lowry would not be denied.
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