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The Next European Coach to Make it to the NBA
Will not be European at all. His name is David Blatt, and he's American. No wait, he's Israeli. A TrueHoop reader pointed out to me that Blatt is routinely described as one or the other. It depends who you ask, and when and where you ask them. Sometimes he's even European. (He lives in Turkey, where this season he will coach Efes Pilsen, and he's the coach of the Russian national team that ...
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Fiddlin' and Diddlin' on 9/19
LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog — ... TrueHoop tells us that David Blatt will be the next European coach to make the jump to the NBA. He has succeeded wherever he has gone and part of that is his emphasis on defense while not abandoning the offense. Too often coaches focus on one and forget about the other. Doc has focused on the offense in the past and neglected the defense. I have a feeling that is going to change with this season. O'Brien focused on the defense and neglected the offense and we know how that worked out. Blatt coaches a balanced attack that emphasizes defense and that is a winning combination. I know that I was hoping he would come to the Celtics as an assistant but I am happy with Tom Thibodeau who also has a very good defensive pedigree. ...

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Celtics Links - 9/19/07
CelticsBlog — ... The next European coach to make it in the NBA. Green Bandwagon Note - If Doc Rivers' presence proves to be detrimental to the squad, David Blatt will haunt me. ...

Dee Brown Is Headed to Turkey
FanHouse — ... ), not to mention an Israel-American coach in David Blatt. ...

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