The jump in talent David Blatt gets to work with coming over from Maccabi Tel Aviv to the Cleveland Cavaliers is significant.

Blatt was asked to name the best player he ever coached overseas and responded with five names: Anthony Parker, Andrei Kirilenko, Nikola Vujcic, Sarunas Jasikevicius and Andrea Bargnani.

Blatt said all of those players, plus LeBron James, have a “willingness to take responsibility and a sense of purpose in everything they did on and off the court.”