How Dave Chappelle helped Darius Garland, Clippers' late NBA season comeback
Ty Lue and the Kawhi Leonard-led Los Angeles Clippers used the shared love for Dave Chappelle to make Darius Garland feel at home.
How Dave Chappelle helped Darius Garland, Clippers' late NBA season comeback originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . An idea was made for Darius Garland to become the point guard of the future for the emerging Cleveland Cavaliers .
This thought dimmed which led to him making his way to the Los Angeles Clippers during the NBA trade deadline. Obviously, the reality that the league was still a business takes aback some players. Ty Lue was the first to reach out to their new guard and a shared love for Dave Chappelle made Garland integrate better with the Kawhi Leonard-led squad.
Chappelle played big factor in helping Garland, Clippers chemistry Garland might be the biggest fan of the comedian. After getting drafted, his first splurge was to go watch Chappelle and then meet him. He will never forget that moment as a 19-year-old entering the Cavaliers system and, effectively, the NBA.
Lue, who he did not know would become his coach, also shared the love for Chappelle and they started to bond over him. The Clippers guard outlined how that night at the draft went and how it has helped him soften up to his head coach more, via Jared Weiss of The Athletic. "Lue actually just sent me the picture he took with Chappelle a couple of days ago.