Cavs Hire David Blatt as Head Coach

[elcheato]

EDIT:
https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/statuses/480043856596332546

 

[Pugz]

damn that would have been a huge money risk to cal

 

[RipCity32]

Holy fuck. Can't believe Calipari didn't take that deal if it is true. Plus being team president. That's WAY to tempting to turn down.
Surprised they didn't offer a similar contract to Izzo. 

 

[elcheato]

A Cavs beat writer said they did offer Izzo a similar deal, and he turned it down

 

[Mexi]

Who the fuck is blatt lmao

 

[RipCity32]

Jeez. I understand these dudes like their job and want to preserve their legacy, but I can't believe they'd turn down all that. 

 

[bosoxlover12]

Jeez. I understand these dudes like their job and want to preserve their legacy, but I can't believe they'd turn down all that. 

Cal probably wants the right situation to go back into the NBA. Like many coaches in many sports, you really get two chances to be a head coach of a professional team. You might not have known, but Cal was a head coach in the NBA. His first year, they won 26 games. In Year 3, his team went 3-17 before him being canned. That was his first and only strike. If he chooses to go to the NBA, and he doesn't succeed, his NBA coaching career is over. He still got a rich new contract ($37.5M over 8 years) to be UK's coach, and if in three years, he gets a job opportunity that is really desirable and has the pieces to do really well, he can then take it. 

 

[Pugz]

im sure he knew that nice little tidbit, bosox. a lot of people do.

 

[Pugz]

but some guys don't care about money for a losing situation. i don't blame him, though, i do feel cal would jump to the league in the right situation. i don't think izzo ever will.

 

[Iceman]

2 big college names turning down big $.  Is there something in Cleveland they don't like???

 

[elcheato]

Might be quicker to list the things to like

 

[Teagz]

Might be quicker to list the things to like

1. Kyrie
2. That one building that looks like a pyramid 

 

[bosoxlover12]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZM

 

[CameronCrazy06]

According to the mothership they've reached out to Mark Jackson

 

[Mexi]

Lmfao mark jackson

 

[elcheato]

If I'm not mistaken their report said reached out through the "back channels", which makes all of zero sense since he's not an employed coach.

 

[Giantmetfan07]

Heh, the mothership. Been watching Dan Patrick show CC?

 

[CameronCrazy06]

Lmfao mark jackson

 
Could they really do much better at this point?

 

[elcheato]

https://twitter.com/stevekylerNBA/status/477152095343480832
 
https://twitter.com/SamAmicoFSO/status/477151218792689664
 
Definitely prefer Lue or Blatt over Gentry. Blatt would be my guy because of the mysteriousness.

 

[elcheato]

European coaching giant David Blatt is on the brink of making his long-awaited leap to the NBA with either Golden State or Cleveland, according to sources close to the process.
Sources told ESPN.com on Friday that Blatt, an American-Israeli who rose to prominence coaching abroad after playing at Pete Carril's Princeton, is poised to land either with the Warriors as an assistant or with the Cavaliers as their head coach after barging his way into Cleveland's search in recent days.

http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/11077988/david-blatt-expected-join-cleveland-cavaliers-golden-state-warriors