Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Real Madrid in the Euroleague Final Four in a huge upset.

David Blatt has long been mentioned as one of the best head coaches in the world not in the NBA.

"They were outgunned at every position except coach. Blatt belongs in the NBA," said one executive.

Blatt was born in Boston and played collegiate basketball at Princeton. Blatt played professionally in Israel for more than a decade and has been a head coach at various stops since 1993 with his Maccabi tenure beginning in 2010.