The decorated Israeli coach who was fired from Olympiakos in early October received a prestigious role as eight of the BBC's professional advisor and officially ended his career on the lines. Among his duties, Blatt will be responsible for the club's JL League team and the international scouting team.

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David Blatt didn't stay out of work for too long. The decorated Israeli coach received a prestigious role as eight for the professional counselor of the New York Knicks Group.

60-year-old Blatt was fired from Olympics training in early October and has now officially announced that he has retired from training after 26 and is now switching to consulting and management positions. "I look forward to the next step in my career as I officially retire from coaching and pursue other basketball opportunities. For a long time I have been interested in management positions and I thank Steve Mills and Scott Perry for the opportunity to be part of the management team."

Blatt has a warm relationship with Knicks executives Steve Mills and Craig Robinson who even considered hiring the team coach two seasons ago, but was eventually elected to the David Fizzdale job two weeks ago and has yet to find a permanent replacement.

Among his duties, Blatt will be responsible for the club's G-League and the international scouting team. Mills and General Manager Scott Perry said in response to the appointment: "David Blatt is a great football brain and we are waiting to add him to our organization. He will be a great asset to our offices." During his role, Blatt will continue to deal daily with the multiple sclerosis he is suffering from, which he announced publicly last August.

Over the course of his career, Blatt won five championships and six trophies in Israel, the Euroleague Championship with Maccabi Tel Aviv (2014), the Italian Championships and Trophies, the Eurocup Championships, the Eurocalling Championships, the European Championships for the team, the Olympic bronze medal and the European bronze medal with the Russian national championship and the winner's championship. For the NBA Finals with LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers. Over the course of his career he coached 301 games in Euroleague and Europe and since then has averaged 181 wins and 120 losses. In the NBA, he coached 143 games (including playoffs) and has since 97 wins and 46 losses.