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July 7, 2014
The Cleveland Cavaliers went outside the box with their latest coaching hire, reaching overseas for David Blatt.
Blatt has never been an NBA head coach or even assistant, but the move was met with much approval around the league. The prevailing thought was that Cleveland had gotten Europe’s best coach.
It seems Europe agrees.
On Monday, Blatt was named the Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year by his peers. It is Blatt’s first time winning the award.
“After leading Maccabi Electra Tel Aviv to a pair of dramatic victories at the Turkish Airlines Euroleague Final Four in Milan and bringing the title back to Israel for the first time in eight seasons, David Blatt has been voted by his peers in the competition as the 2013-14 Euroleague Basketball Alexander Gomelskiy Coach of the Year. By almost any measure, Maccabi Electra entered the Final Four as an underdog. It was the only team in Milan without a player on the All-Euroleague First Team, the only qualifier that had lacked home-court advantage in the playoffs, and the Final Four team with the lowest average performance index rating. Nonetheless, Maccabi prevailed, in large part because Blatt built a true team despite incorporating many new players, losing key contributors to injury and having to reinvent the team’s playing style. Instead of letting obstacles become excuses, Blatt made sure that Maccabi was ready for every challenge until he and his players were celebrating the club’s sixth continental trophy, together with countless fans around the world.”
The Cavaliers also hired assistant head coach Tyronn Lue away from Doc Rivers’ staff to help Blatt make an easier transition to the NBA.
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Awesome!!
That picture of him gets me so pumped.