David Blatt is getting one more parting gift from the Cavaliers: a championship ring.
Blatt was fired at the midpoint of the Cavs' championship season, but the team has ordered a ring for him, too, multiple sources confirmed to the Beacon Journal. He is now the head coach of Darusafaka Dogus in Turkey.
Blatt went 83-40 in parts of two seasons with the Cavs and in 2015 guided them to the NBA Finals, where they lost to the Golden State Warriors in six games. He was replaced by Tyronn Lue after going 30-11 last season. Under Lue, the Cavs became the first team in NBA Finals history to erase a 3-1 deficit and win the championship.
Current coaches and players will receive their rings on Oct. 25, the same night the team raises the city's first championship banner in 52 years.
