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Cleveland Cavaliers bring in a Jewish general manager....
New Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman talks during a press conference at the Cavaliers training facility in Independence, Ohio, Wednesday, July 26, 2017. (AP/Phil Long)
The team that brought you Maccabi Tel Aviv’s David Blatt as coach, led by a Jewish owner in Dan Gilbert, now has a Jewish general manager.
Koby Altman, 34, was named GM of the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday after serving as an interim replacement for the past five weeks.
He may need some help from Hashem to keep the Cavs on the championship path, what with one of their top players, Kyrie Irving, reportedly requesting a trade off the LeBron James-powered squad after it was vanquished by the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals last month.
At a news conference with Gilbert alongside, Altman noted the team’s “unprecedented success” over the past three seasons – consecutive appearances in the Finals and a title capping the 2015-16 campaign, the Cleveland Jewish News reported.
http://www.jta.org/2017/07/27/arts-entertainment/cleveland-cavaliers-bring-in-a-jewish-general-manager-didnt-david-blatt-coach-there
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