NBA reporter Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting the Cleveland Cavs just fired head coach, David Blatt. The move comes as a shock in the middle of a season where the Cavs are in first place in the Eastern conference and a virtual lock to make it back to the NBA finals!
NBA: Cavs Coach David Blatt Compares Lebron To Moses & Guarantees Championship Next Season
David Blatt is feeling pretty bold these days. While giving a speech in Israel, Blatt made some head turning comments, like comparing his star player to Moses. Blatt went in deeper when he guaranteed the Cavs will win the title next year, because you know that nobody is going to let him forget it.
NBA: Report, Lebron James Was Disrespectful To Coach David Blatt During NBA Finals
David Blatt just coached the Cleveland Cavaliers to the NBA Finals, but as more time passes it sounds like he will be fired anyway because Lebron James is the real coach.
(Video) NBA: LeBron James Canceled David Blatt’s Drawn Up Play & Called His Own Game Winner
There’s been jokes around the league that LeBron James is the coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers not David Blatt. More and more each game, this “joke” appears to be true. On Sunday during the Cavs game 4 against the Chicago Bulls, James hit an incredible long jumper at the buzzer to give Cleveland the 86-84 win. What really drew eyebrows is that James admitted Blatt had drawn up a completely different play which LeBron decided to scratch and come up with his own plan which resulted in the game winner.
NBA: LeBron James and David Blatt Admit That LeBron is Calling the Plays
Early on in the season the Cleveland Cavaliers struggled. It should have been expected since LeBron James came back and they traded for Kevin Love, of course it would take some time for the new teammates to gel. Instead there were numerous reports that David Blatt may have been a bad choice as head coach. The Cavaliers have since turned things around and hold the No. 2 seed in the Eastern Conference. Now there’s a report that Blatt isn’t calling the plays, it’s King James, and shockingly both parties confirmed the news.
NBA: Cavs Coach David Blatt Says J.R. Smith Has Been a ‘Godsend’ & Helped Turn the Team Around
J.R. Smith won Sixth Man of the Year when the Knicks were a playoff team but other than that year, Smith’s time with the Knicks were marred with screw ups and fallen production. He and Iman Shumpert were subsequently traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers where both Smith and the team have managed to turn things around.
