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Lakers Nation > Blog > Lakers News > Lakers Rumors: L.A. Expected To Interview Former Cavaliers Coach David Blatt
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Lakers Rumors: L.A. Expected To Interview Former Cavaliers Coach David Blatt

Corey Hansford
Published: 04/28/2016
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The coaching search is beginning to heat up for the Los Angeles Lakers as the team has already been granted permission to speak with two leading candidates in Warriors assistant Luke Walton and Spurs assistant Ettore Messina.

While those two are the early front-runners plenty of other names, have been floating around as well, and one of the more interesting is former Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt.

According to ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Lakers plan to interview the former Cavs coach:

Sources say the Lakers also plan to interview former Cleveland Cavaliers coach David Blatt and have strong interest in UConn coach Kevin Ollie.

Blatt is an interesting candidate, despite his perceived shortcomings in Cleveland, he did compile an 83-40 record and led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals despite injury issues to stars Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving.

Like Messina, Blatt had a ton of success coaching overseas before coming to the NBA. He was originally chosen by the Cavaliers to help bring their young team together, but the return of LeBron James completely changed those plans.

At this time, it seems as if Blatt is still behind Walton and Messina on the Lakers coaching list and, as Stein pointed out, the team also has interest in UConn’s Kevin Ollie though Ollie has said it would take something special to get him to leave his alma mater.

It could still be some time before the Lakers ultimately announce their decision so plenty of other names could be mentioned as the Laker explore who will take over the team in the post-Kobe Bryant era.

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ByCorey Hansford
Corey Hansford is the Senior Editor for Lakers Nation, as well as a contributor for Dodger Blue, Rams News Wire, and Raiders News Wire. He is a passionate follower of the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas Cowboys, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chelsea FC, and the UFC. He can usually be seen arguing the merits of Kobe Bryant or cursing the decisions of Jerry Jones. He is also a former producer and associate producer for Sirius XM Sports Radio on both the Fantasy Sports Channel and College Sports Nation. Proud graduate of Long Beach Poly High School and The Real HU, Howard University, with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. Follow him on all social media outlets at @TheeCoreyH.
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