David Blatt is well-spoken, Princeton-educated, and one of the world's most accomplished basketball coaches.
He also made far too many excuses.
His ability to blame losses or poor periods of play on injuries, faulty preparation or a variety of other reasons became very common, and reflected on the spirit of the Cleveland Cavaliers locker room. In the end, however, Blatt became the biggest excuse of all.
"I remember last year telling somebody on the team, ‘I love David Blatt. But if we’re in a close game, he can’t help us,’ ” former Cavalier Brendan Haywood said, via Steve Aschburner of NBA.