INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- Now that he has coached a LeBron James team that reached the NBA Finals, David Blatt seems to understand that he must take a different approach to playing his bench this season.
A year ago, no one with the Cavs or even the NBA knew what to expect from Blatt.
He was the first head coach in NBA history to come straight from the Euroleague. He was the first head coach who was not an NBA player, an NBA assistant or a college coach before being named the head coach of an NBA franchise.