Blatt, ninety-seven, did not just chuckle at the NBA stage. After the end of January in Cleveland, Cavaliers, who as a newcomer to the final of the competition last year, took part in a series of interviews with him this year.

His services were considered in the New York Knicks and the Los Angeles Lakers . Also in Houston Rockets, Indiana Pacers and Sacramento Kings. Unsuccessfully.

Blatt spoke diplomatically in an interview with USA Today: “I have been interviewing a couple of candidates, I sincerely hoped to make a deal. But somehow it didn’t work out. This is life, I look ahead of myself. ”

Although the American, the NBA did not fit him.Perhaps she had not accepted him – as a kind of outsider – among herself. “At the NBA, you better be tuned to the same wave with your best player,” Blatt said, and LeBron James’s ghost appears above his head. “If it doesn’t happen, you’re heading into trouble.”

In Cleveland, it wasn’t even between Blatt and James, though the successes were. Tyronna Luea, a former Lakers or Atlanta Hawks, has taken the superstar LeBron much more warmly.

His name was related to FC Barcelona, ​​where he could meet the Czech quarterback Tomas Satoransky. The game was back to Maccabi.

But Blatt is heading to Turkey.Darüssafaka Dogus was looking for a more coaching name than Oktay Mahmuti after this year’s Turkish Cup final, league semi-finals and participation in Euroleague’s eighth final. (And for the unfinished contract, Cleveland still has 3.3 million.)

It wasn’t the last mention of money in this text. Because Darüssafaka Dogus is just about them. Dogus holding belongs to the richest Turk Ferit Sahenko and he fell in love with basketball.

First, Sahenk was helped by Fenerbahce, and now his goal is to send Darüssafak to the top European positions. Two years ago it was a move to the Turkish League, a year ago a sponsorship deal with Euroleague, while buying a wild card for his club. New hall in November.

This year?The Euroleague will reduce the number of participants from 24 to 16, but Darüssafaka Dogus has once again received a wild card. Even though the three other clubs in Istanbul – Fenerbahce, Anadolu Efes and Galatasaray – are still in the competition, now it is rumored that Darüssafaky’s leadership will receive € 30 million for next season. This is the amount that only CSKA Moscow’s budget will push (officially 37 million).

Last year’s Fenerbahce had a budget of 28 million last year, only 25 million this year. When trainer Željko Obradovič recently signed an extension of the contract, it was with a rumor that more should be built on young (ie cheaper) players. And Galatasaray?This year it worked with six million and has to go even further for the next season. Gordon in the top ten and Emira Preldžič with Marcus Slaughter in the fifth). For comparison, Fenerbahce has eight in the Top 50.