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Kings planning on talking to David Blatt and Ettore Messina about their coaching position

The Kings coaching search is continuing to add names to bring for formal interviews and yesterday the Sacramento Bee's Jason Jones reported that the Kings will be bringing in former Cavaliers coach David Blatt for an interview this week. Blatt was fired from the Cavaliers after a 30-11 start following a run to the NBA finals in his first year as coach last year. There have been multiple rumors that Blatt was let go because he had lost the respect of his players with the way he treated his stars, particularly LeBron James.

Before Blatt came to Cleveland to coach the Cavaliers, he was one of the most successful coaches in Europe, primarily in Israel but also with stints in Russia (where he coached the national team) and Italy.