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Jeff Van Gundy hasn’t been an NBA coach in over a decade, but his return to the sidelines looks more realistic than ever Broadcaster ESPN interviewed the Houston Rockets on Wednesday and the conversations will continue on Thursday, according to Adrian ESPN’s Wojnarowski
Van Gundy coached the New York Knicks from 1996 to 2001, then the Rockets from 2003 to 2007 Van Gundy still lives in Houston, but hasn’t coached in the NBA since His recent resume, aside from broadcasting for ESPN, was limited to national team duties Van Gundy coached the United States team in the qualifying rounds for the FIBA World Cup, leading an unnamed team to gold at FIBA AmeriCup 2017
Van Gundy has been linked with jobs in the past He was a finalist for the New Orleans Pelicans concert in 2015 (which, ironically, could go to his brother Stan Van Gundy in 2020), and appeared in Knicks rumors in the past, but his connection to the Rockets and the City of Houston gives him an edge in this process The only question is how he would fit into the ultra-modern Houston roster
The Rockets moved up to third in 3-point attempts in Van Gundy’s final season, but at just 231 attempts per game they would have been dead last by a mile this season – the Rockets have led the NBA with 453 3-point attempts per game and the league average was 341 Houston’s roster, built around James Harden and without a center, is designed to play a style of basketball that did not exist in Van Gundy’s time as an NBA coach
Coaches can modernize, and Van Gundy hasn’t left the NBA completely since leaving the coaching world.But the Rockets are unique even among modern teams, and if he wants the job, he is going to have to convince their front office that they are able to work with a kind of team that they have no direct experience of leading or even coaching against With former Cleveland Cavaliers coach Ty Lue still in the mix, this could prove to be an uphill battle
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World News – CA – Jeff Van Gundy interviewed with Rockets Wednesday, conversations will continue on Thursday, compared
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