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2019-12-22T12:38:03.215Z


At age 60, David Blatt was appointed New York Knicks professional advisor and announced his retirement from coaching • The Five Achievements of the Forever Underdog at Israeli Basketball


At the age of 60, David Blatt was appointed New York Knicks professional advisor and announced his retirement from coaching • It's time to review the top five achievements of the Eternal Underdog

  • David Blatt. New Job in the Big Apple

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    Alan Shaver

Euroleague Champion with Maccabi Tel Aviv 2014

David Blatt reached the lame duck standard for the 2013/2014 season, having lost with Maccabi the Maccabi Haifa Championship. The first part of the season was not good, and his status was unstable. The same was true for Tyris Rice, who was a mid-season replacement.

Slowly Maccabi Tel Aviv teamed up, with Joe Ingles as a bench player, Sophocles Blackzanitis, Devin Smith, David Blue and Ricky Hickman, and what changed the season was the "Miracle Milan" in the playoffs, with Maccabi rival dishing out for a win in Italy, In which Nicolo Mali committed the famous unsportsmanlike offense and Keith Langford missed the line, Maccabi came as a complete underdog for the Final Four, but two formidable plays by Thierry Rice brought her the trophy, passing the CSKA Moscow semifinals and finishing Real Madrid.

secretly. David Blatt, Euroleague, Russia // Photo: IP

European Champion with Russia - 2007

The Spanish team came out as a clear favorite for the championship - a year after taking the World Championships, and when the tournament was held at home, it did not appear to have any competitors. Spain then had an impressive player battery: the Gasol brothers, Juan Carlos Navarro, Sergio Rodrigues, Jorge Grabhosa and Jose Calderon. In the second stanza, she defeated Russia 69:81.

David Blatt has a feature to come from behind and take the whole box office. In his other winnings, it was. In the quarterfinals he defeated France, in the semifinals Lithuania, and the final against the host came as an underdog, but as usual pulled out the masterminded guard Gardner - JR Holden. The latter scored the winning basket 2 seconds into the final (59:60) and set up a stunning title.

NBA Finals with Cleveland - 2015

In the summer of 2014 Blatt was at a crossroads. He was already closed as an assistant coach for Steve Kerr at Golden State, but then came the offer to be the Cavaliers head coach. Blatt chose Jobs in Cleveland and became the first European head coach in the NBA. Less than a month after he signed, the "big boom" came with the comeback of LeBron James, and the expectation skyrocketed.

Blatt managed the season very well, despite quite a few hardships, including playoff star injuries (Kevin Love and Kerry Irving). He won the Eastern Championship after defeating Atlanta 0: 4 and finishing against Golden State, where his team battled but succumbed in the 4: 2 series.

Blatt with LeBron in Cleveland. Succeeded the first season very well // USA Today Sports

Olympic bronze with Russia - 2012

Six years Blatt trained the Russians. As mentioned, he brought her the European Championships in 2007, won her bronze with her in the European Championships in 2011 - and then came another very big achievement.

The Olympic Basketball Tournament is considered to be the industry's real world championship, and in London in 2012 Blatt won the bronze medal - those who were promoted to it were the US Champion and Vice-President Spain. June 77:81.

The leaders of Russia were Andrei Kirilenko, Alexei Shebed, Viktor Khriyapa, Timofey Mozgov and Sergei Monia. In October 2012, he announced he was leaving the post after nearly seven years in the team.

EuroCap Champion with Drushpaka - 2018

In the summer of 2017, Blatt refused to return to Maccabi Tel Aviv, although it seemed to be a closed matter.

Despite a budget cut and the departure of stars Will Clayburn and Brad Wenamaker, Blatt won the Eurocup, again as an underdog. The two winners were Locomotive Cuban, who finished with a score of 0:20, and Bayern Munich, who reached the semifinals with 3:16. Both of them went through a 0: 2 sweep in the semifinals (Bayern) and the finals (Cuban). This happened thanks to the huge performances by Scottie Wilbkin, who was chosen as the factory's outstanding player and was also the king of his baskets.

Source: israelhayom

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