David Blatt

He's had some interesting coaches throughout his career and maybe some coaches that he hasn't always fully respected there, but I think there's a lot of respect that he's got for Nurse and I absolutely think this will be a good fit.

It was funny, I was thinking of David Blatt, and then you mentioned him not respecting certain coaches, and that's one of the blokes that...

Yeah, I think the crux of it is that he's hand-picked in some ways, isn't he? He's a guy that LeBron was comfortable with, as you've all said, and so that's more than half the battle, I think.

Yeah, I think this team's going to have a lot of egos on it.

What does your timeline maybe look like when it comes to like finalizing a World Cup roster? When would you want that potentially? Like, okay, like is that before you even get to next summer?

I heard that from David Blatt actually about four or five years ago, our coach consultant.

And that's one thing I really took with Germany.

I think we spent too much time picking the team.

The way I envision it is more like a John Elway offense where he's running bootlegs and more passes.

That's why David Blatt was here and

Kingsbury isn't.

That's

Mm-hmm

... of coach firings leading to championships, but it was more, like, Dwayne Casey won 60 games but was disappointing in the playoffs every year, and David Blatt fired during the season.

Like, it, it doesn't...

Tom Thibodeau was so central to the way this version of the Knicks was built.

Yeah.

They are David.

They are going against Goliath, and they are fighting like hell.

Nate Rob was at the, at the center of so much-

... and the Cavs in the second round.

Yep.

With David Blatt phantom timeout.

Come on, ref.

Yeah.

And I think that the Bengals are so talented offensively, it's like, it's like David Blatt being the head coach for-

Uh-huh

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