Marty Blake Nba. Dubbed the godfather of scouting, blake was an nba fixture for more than 50 years, getting his start as the gm of the milwaukee hawks in 1954 before later serving 35 years as the league's head. In 1988, he led the former yugoslavia to a silver medal at the seoul olympics.
Blake, the godfather of nba scouting, died sunday in suburban atlanta. Marty began his lifetime of service to basketball at a. Blake's mind wandered to 1970 when, as the general manager of the atlanta hawks, he selected the first two foreign players in nba draft history.