Tyronn Lue believes he has the most difficult job in the NBA.

"It's the hardest job, by far," Lue said on ESPN's NBA Lockdown podcast, which came out this week. "It's the hardest job. But I've been through a lot of tough things in my life anyway, and I just try not to listen to the outside noise -- to the media and what they have to say. As long as I have the support of [Cavs general manager] David Griffin, [principal owner] Dan Gilbert, my players, the city of Cleveland, the state of Ohio, as long as I have that support, that's all that matters."

Lue says the scrutiny that comes with the job makes it difficult.

"When I was a player, probably about seven to eight years ago, I'm trying to attack every reporter that said something," Lue said. "But now I've come to the realization that it's not worth it. People are going to say what they have to say, and they got to sell books or they got to sell stories. They have to do it. That's their job.

"But it's just, I don't like it when they make stuff up. ... If I didn't do a good job or I didn't do something [correctly], then I understand that. That's your job. You got to write it. But when you make stuff up, that's the part that I don't get that kind of makes me mad."

Lue was elevated to head coach in January of 2016 to replace David Blatt.