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PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 9:13 pm 
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Cavaliers hire David Blatt, ex-Maccabi Tel Aviv coach

A month ago, just hours after coaching Macabbi Tel Aviv to a stunning victory against Real Madrid for Euroleague basketball championship, David Blatt told USA TODAY Sports he was "very interested" in an NBA coaching job.

"No doubt in my mind I can do the job," he said. But, he added, "Obviously someone has to want you."

The Cleveland Cavaliers got him. Blatt reached a deal Friday to coach the Cavaliers, a person familiar with the agreement told USA TODAY Sports. The contract includes three years with a fourth as a team option and is worth about $20 million with incentives. The person requested anonymity because the deal had not been announced officially.

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When is the ossifying assortment of recycled coaches (Woodson, Fratello, Carlesimo, Silas, etc.) going to form a union and file suit against owners trying to think outside the box? The Cavs' hire is the latest move that implicitly threatens these coaches' recyclability, unless of course trendy, unconventional hires like Jackson, Kidd, Fisher, Kerr, and now Blatt, etc., fail and are forced to engage in traditional competition as members of the recycled crew themselves. On the other hand, every recycled coach has to get his start somewhere, so perhaps what we're seeing here is just a new wave of future coaches some of whom may go on to join the top tier, while the rest will dutifully replace the aging class of recycled coaches.

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 10:31 pm 
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When is the ossifying assortment of recycled coaches (Woodson, Fratello, Carlesimo, Silas, etc.) going to form a union and file suit against owners trying to think outside the box? The Cavs' hire is the latest move that implicitly threatens these coaches' recyclability, unless of course trendy, unconventional hires like Jackson, Kidd, Fisher, Kerr, and now Blatt, etc., fail and are forced to engage in traditional competition as members of the recycled crew themselves. On the other hand, every recycled coach has to get his start somewhere, so perhaps what we're seeing here is just a new wave of future coaches some of whom may go on to join the top tier, while the rest will dutifully replace the aging class of recycled coaches.

I respect taking chances with coaches. Recycled coaches have an engrained stigma following them around.

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