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US-Israeli basketball coach David Blatt to light Independence Day torch
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Then-Olympiacos' US head coach forward David Blatt looks on during the Euroleague basketball match between LDLC ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne and Olympiakos Basket Balle in Villeurbanne, central-eastern France on October 4, 2019. (ROMAIN LAFABREGUE / AFP / File)
David Blatt, the US-Israeli basketball coach and former player, has been selected to light a torch at the official state Independence Day ceremony next week.
Blatt played for many years in Israel’s Super League, then went on to serve as head coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv and Israel’s national team, before moving on to a storied international coaching career, including several stints coaching in the NBA.
In 2019, Blatt announced that he had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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