騎士宣佈已簽下歐洲名教練David Blatt為新任總教練: 4年2000萬

恭喜騎士

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2014/06/cleveland_cavaliers_hire_david.html

Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA

Blatt's a tremendous hiring for Cleveland. He's an original thinker, a great communicator and tactician, a coach unafraid to try and fail.

Yahoo的Wojnarowski 也給極高的評價

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--euroleague-icon-david-blatt-emerges-as-cavs--choice-as-head-coach-202705870.html

Source: Euroleague icon David Blatt agrees to become Cavs head coach

 

By Adrian Wojnarowski15 minutes agoYahoo Sports

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Euroleague icon David Blatt has reached agreement on a deal to become the head coach of theCleveland Cavaliers, a league source told Yahoo Sports.

Blatt, 55, is the first coach to make the leap from Europe to the NBA as a head coach.

Gilbert and general manager David Griffin huddled on Thursday and zeroed in on a decision to choose Blatt over Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Tyronn Lue. The Cavaliers had been extremely fond of Lue and considered him a potential coaching star in the NBA, sources said.

Cleveland was under pressure to make a decision on Thursday because Blatt was prepared to accept an assistant coaching job under Steve Kerr with theGolden State Warriors.

One of the most successful European coaches of this era, Blatt resigned from his job as the championship coach of Maccabi Tel-Aviv to pursue his longtime goal of coaching in the NBA.

Blatt was born and raised in Massachusetts, playing his college basketball for Hall of Famer Pete Carill at Princeton before embarking on a hugely successful head coaching career overseas.

Blatt coached undermanned Macabbi Tel Aviv to a dramatic upset victory over Real Madrid in the Euroleague championships. Blatt has had tremendous success across two decades overseas, winning the 2007 Eurobasket championship with Russia, and a bronze medal in the 2012 London Olympics.

騎士隊有很多不錯的年輕球員,就是看新教練要怎麼整合?

Tristan Thompson和Hawes,甚至是老將Varejao,是籃下的穩定組合,說真的,放眼NBA其他隊,也很少有這樣的優質長人陣容.

後場有Irving和Waiters, Gee和Miles等人,甚至後兩人還可以支援小前鋒. 不用留Deng,也沒關係(畢竟,快到來的選秀會,騎士也可能選Wiggins和Jabari Parker,2-3號位,可能大塞車).

替補控球是Jarrett Jack,老實說,騎士,真的不差. 

我想,騎士的問題是缺少一個Leader,這也是教練和外界賦予Irving的責任,也希望他能夠擔當.還有,就是防守,儘管本季有Mike Brown當教練,但我覺得騎士的防守,沒有很好.