Former Cavaliers head coach David Blatt joins Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman to discuss his coaching career, including his time in Europe and in Cleveland coaching LeBron James and Kyrie Irving.

1:25: Goodman & Blatt on growing up in Framingham 5:23: On his involvement with Czech Republic basketball 9:05: On traveling the world as a basketball coach 16:00: Did you ever not feel safe throughout your time in Israel?18:20: Bob's Israel story/Blatt's popularity in Israel compared to the U.S. 20:01: Who is the greatest European basketball player of all time?22:31: What we missed in Drazan Petrovic 25:05: On landing the Cleveland Cavaliers coaching job/meeting LeBron James 29:09: What makes LeBron most-effective, special and unique 31:52: What Tristan Thompson meant to Blatt & the Cavaliers 36:55: What was it like to coach Kyrie Irving?

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