“Blatt is a man of the times, an emblematic figure of our basketball” – Vatoutine

President CSKA Andrei Vatutin told that the former head coach of the Russian national team David Blat is an emblematic figure of Russian basketball.

Blatt turned 65 on Wednesday. The American led the Russian national basketball team from 2006 to 2012. During this time, Blatt won the European Championship (2007) and Olympic bronze (2012) with the team.

— I have the pleasure of congratulating David thanks to your resource! I did this in person via text during the day. Blatt is an iconic figure of our basketball, and it is not only and not so much about the success of the national team, David is an excellent and decent person, a great professional, he invariably radiated optimism and d ‘energy, was attentive to everyone, and with such an attitude he won the love of all representatives of our team without exception. I remember our meetings with great warmth, I miss them very much, the communication was incredibly useful. Of course, he is a man of his time. Health and long life,” Vatoutine told .

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Source : MatchTV

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