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Rumor: C's Sign Israeli Coach?
Published 5/27/2007 at CelticsBlog
... is reporting that the Celtics may be hiring David Blatt ( wikipedia bio ) as an assistant coach.  No confirmation from US based media that I can find as of yet. -

Coaching Rumor
Published 5/27/2007 by FLCeltsFan at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... His Wikipedia entry is very impressive. According to reports, Blatt is a defensive minded coach and excellent with X's and O's. Sounds just like what we need. He may be coming on board to be groomed to take over the team when Doc fails again. I hope this is true and not just one of those rumors that pop up in the European papers with no substance. This would give us something to be excited about. Doc is not a defensive coach and having someone like Blatt here to install some real defense sets for the team would be huge. We will keep you posted.

Bleating for Blatt.
Published 6/1/2007 by JB at CelticsBlog
... There is the Wikipedia article detailing his background, his playing days at Princeton, the coach of year awards in Israel and Russia and most recently the championship in Italy.

Russia Takes Euro Title -- Black Russian Intoxicates Spain
Published 9/17/2007 by HM at Hoops and Other Pop Culture
... Well, one rather faux Russian aside, the Russians surely must have benefited from the old-school Russian coaching of..............David Blatt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Blatt. Born 1959 -- Boston, Massachusetts. ...

The Next European Coach to Make it to the NBA
Published 9/18/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... For the record, Blatt was born in Boston, and wikipedia describes him, accurately, it would seem, as an Israeli-American. ...