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10 Reasons Why the Cleveland Cavaliers are Championship Favorites in 2015-16

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D.J. Siddiqi

8. Another Year for David Blatt

Head Coach David Blatt will be entering his second season as an NBA head coach, and he admitted last year was more difficult that he initially thought it was going to be:

“When I came to the NBA I was under the impression that this was going to be a breeze. I’ve been coaching for 23 years at the highest level in Europe. I coached in the national-team environment, coached professional teams, coached Euroleague teams and I thought I thought I knew basketball and I thought I knew how to coach. Which, in my mind, I did.

But I realized that when I came over here it was a very, very different game with a whole new set of problems and a whole slew of things to deal with inside and outside of the game.”

Following an NBA Finals appearance in his first season as head coach and the growing pains that came with coaching three All-Stars on one team, Blatt will be better prepared in his second season on the job.


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D.J. Siddiqi

D.J. Siddiqi is a staff writer for Cavaliers Nation. He has followed the NBA passionately since the 90's and has taken a keen interest in following LeBron James' career since he was drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2003 draft. Once a critic of LeBron, DJ has grown to admire James as he has evolved from 18-year-old phenom to a four-time MVP and two-time NBA Champion. He looks forward to bringing his knowledge of the game to Cavaliers Nation.

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