A year ago at this time, David Blatt was basking in the glow of his first Euroleague Title, won as the coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. And when he was hired a month later as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, it was done on the strength of his resume of 17 international titles over a 21 year career. But as Vince Cellini tells us, despite all of Blatt's success overseas, his basketball education was uniquely American, giving him the tools to tackle his latest championship quest. About the NBA: The NBA is the premier professional basketball league in the United States and Canada. The league is truly global, with games and programming in 215 countries and territories in 47 languages, as well as NBA rosters at the start of the 2014-15 season featuring a record 101 international players from 37 countries and territories. For the 2014-15 season, each of the league's 30 teams will play 82 regular-season games, followed by a postseason for those that qualify. The NBA consi... ( More) | 
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