David Blatt
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David Blatt is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to a EuroLeague title and coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| David Blatt canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8705706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: David Blatt Context triple: [David Blatt, birthName, David Blatt]
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David Blatt
David Blatt, better known by his stage name Jay Black, was an American singer famed as the powerful lead vocalist of the 1960s rock group Jay and the Americans.
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Len Kaminski
Len Kaminski is an American comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1990s, particularly on Iron Man-related titles and other superhero series.
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Frank Vogel
Frank Vogel is an American professional basketball coach best known for leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2020 NBA championship and serving as head coach for multiple NBA franchises.
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Jon Spoelstra
Jon Spoelstra is an American sports marketing executive and author known for his innovative and influential work in NBA team marketing and management.
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Stan Van Gundy
Stan Van Gundy is an American basketball coach best known for his head coaching stints with several NBA teams, including the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, and New Orleans Pelicans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: David Blatt Target entity description: David Blatt is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to a EuroLeague title and coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA.
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A.
David Blatt
David Blatt, better known by his stage name Jay Black, was an American singer famed as the powerful lead vocalist of the 1960s rock group Jay and the Americans.
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B.
Len Kaminski
Len Kaminski is an American comic book writer best known for his work at Marvel Comics in the 1990s, particularly on Iron Man-related titles and other superhero series.
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C.
Frank Vogel
Frank Vogel is an American professional basketball coach best known for leading the Los Angeles Lakers to the 2020 NBA championship and serving as head coach for multiple NBA franchises.
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D.
Jon Spoelstra
Jon Spoelstra is an American sports marketing executive and author known for his innovative and influential work in NBA team marketing and management.
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E.
Stan Van Gundy
Stan Van Gundy is an American basketball coach best known for his head coaching stints with several NBA teams, including the Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, Detroit Pistons, and New Orleans Pelicans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball coach
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former basketball player ⓘ human ⓘ |
| announcementOfMSDiagnosis | 2019 ⓘ |
| coachedTeam |
Aris Thessaloniki
NERFINISHED
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Benetton Treviso NERFINISHED ⓘ Cleveland Cavaliers NERFINISHED ⓘ Darüşşafaka NERFINISHED ⓘ Dynamo Saint Petersburg NERFINISHED ⓘ Efes Pilsen NERFINISHED ⓘ Maccabi Tel Aviv NERFINISHED ⓘ Olympiacos Piraeus NERFINISHED ⓘ Russia men's national basketball team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Israel
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1959-05-22 ⓘ |
| diagnosedWith | multiple sclerosis ⓘ |
| draftStatus | undrafted in NBA ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Princeton University ⓘ |
| endTimeOfCoachingClevelandCavaliers | 2016 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Jewish American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Blatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | David NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagesSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ Russian ⓘ |
| leagueCoachedIn |
EuroLeague
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NBA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | Princeton Tigers men's basketball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | David Blatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
EuroBasket 2007 gold medal with Russia as head coach
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EuroLeague champion as head coach with Maccabi Tel Aviv ⓘ NBA Finals appearance with Cleveland Cavaliers in 2015 ⓘ Olympic bronze medal at London 2012 with Russia as head coach ⓘ |
| notableWork | leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to the 2013–14 EuroLeague title ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
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basketball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Framingham, Massachusetts, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedFor |
Hapoel Galil Elyon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hapoel Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ Maccabi Haifa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| playedInLeague | Israeli Basketball Premier League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | point guard ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| residence | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| spouse | Kinneret Blatt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeOfCoachingClevelandCavaliers | 2014 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: David Blatt Description of subject: David Blatt is an American-Israeli professional basketball coach and former player best known for leading Maccabi Tel Aviv to a EuroLeague title and coaching the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Russia men's national basketball team