<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>An Italian newspaper claimed that Benetton Treviso coach, David Blatt would sign with the Celtics as an assistant coach. I don't have a link as I read this piece in an Israeli newspaper (in hebrew). I like Blatt very much. He is a good and has a very good eye for players. He is responsible for recruiting Parker, McDonald, Huffman and Baston to Maccabi (this team won three European titles - one with McDonald as PG and two with Jasikevisius as PG) and was Andrea Bargnani's coach two years ago.</div>RealGMThis Italian website is reporting that the Celtics may be hiring David Blatt (wikipedia bio) as an assistant coach. No confirmation from US based media that I can find as of yet.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>After retiring from basketball he became assistant manager for Hapoel Galil Elyon, coaching them for the 1993/94 season. Next, he became at Pini Gershon's assistant in the 1994/95 season. In the following year he won the title "Coach of the Year" (1996) and in 1997 he continued coaching at Hapoel Galil Elyon whilst also becoming assistant coach of the Israeli National team.Blatt returned to coach under Galil Elyon and remained assistant manager of the Israeli National team for the next 2 year (1997-1999).For the 1999/2000 season, he moved to Maccabi Tel Aviv and once again served as assistant manager to Pini Gershon. During this season his team took part in the Israeli League and Cup (won both) and also in the Euroleague where Maccabi finished in 2nd place.In the years between 2000-2004 he continued as assistant coach under Pini Gershon and actively recruited foreign players such as Anthony Parker (in 2000) and Maceo Baston to the team. During those 4 years, Maccabi won 1 Euroleague title, reached the Euroleague Final Four (2001/2002 season), and reached the final stage of the Adriatic League. Maccabi won the SuproLeague title in 2001, which was held in Paris. Blatt was still working as assistant coach of the Israeli National team in 2002 when he won the title of "Coach of the Year" for the second time.In 2004 he moved to Russia and signed as head coach with Dynamo St. Petersburg. During this year he won the FIBA Euro cup championship with Dynamo and also the title of "Coach of the Year in Russia" (2004/2005 season).During the 2005/2006 season he was signed by Pallacanestro Treviso from Italy, and subsequently led them to the Italian Championship through a 3-1 victory in the final series of the Italian playoffs. In the same year he was also appointed head coach of the Russian National team.</div>
Hopefully this guy can help this team out, I know absolutely nothing about him except what is in quotes above. He looks to have a nice resume. Also, like somebody on RealGM said, maybe we are looking into bringing in an international player in this draft. Marc Gasol at 32? Petteri Koponen? Ante Tomic?
I have a feeling, if we pick him up, there will be an international player on the team before the season starts. I hope he can find us that international Greg Oden.
Ainge shot this down: http://celtics.bostonherald.com/celtics/vi...ticleid=1005243 <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>There have been a number of reports linking David Blatt to a potential job in the C?s organization, but Ainge held up a stop sign on such talk.</div>
