2-Time Lakers Champ Reveals Most Dominant Hall Of Fame Teammate

He's seen plenty.

Tyronn Lue might be better known these days as the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers and the guy who helped Cleveland pro athletics break out of a 52-year championship drought with a Cavaliers title in 2016.

But the six-footer out of the University of Nebraska also enjoyed a surprising 11-year NBA career as a journeyman reserve point guard. Most notably for your Los Angeles Lakers, he served his first three, very eventful seasons, with LA, winning titles in 2000 and 2001 off the bench.

Throughout his NBA travels, Lue logged time with Hall of Famers Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan (albeit while he was on the Washington Wizards), Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Dikembe Mutombo, Dirk Nowitzki, and Dwight Howard. As a head coach, he also has worked with such future Hall of Famers as LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love. 

But a certain Los Angeles Lakers big man (not Dwight) stood out the most dominant player he's ever seen, as he told Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes on their Showtime podcast All The Smoke.

"As a player, the most dominant guy I've ever seen," Lue said. "I mean what can you do with him [if you're defending him]? Post up, he can pass, he can put the ball on the floor," Lue noted. "I think when Phil came to the Lakers and kind of gave him some structure, of putting that structure in, it was over. Just having some structure. He's the most dominant guy I've ever seen in my life."

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