Stan Van Gundy: Jontay Porter isn’t good enough to fix games
"I don't mean to demean the guy, but he can't affect the outcome of games."
"I don't mean to demean the guy, but he can't affect the outcome of games."
It's a good question.
"That it is a hard life."
Everyone from Mike Breen to Jason Bennetti to Bill Raftery offered glowing praise of Eagle in a new profile at The Ringer ahead of Eagle's first Final Four call.
"So, Kevin, you've gotta text me on the 25th to remind me."
"Let's play basketball. That's what we're all here to see today!"
"He's an embarrassment to an iconic political family ... who all just want us to ignore this guy. This is a joke."
"Someone needs to get Stan Van Gundy a hot tea with lemon and honey. How is he gonna make it 3 more hours?"
At least one change is reportedly happening to the 2023 NCAA Tournament broadcaster lineup.
"That may seem arrogant, but when you're spittin' you're spittin'"
"If we were gonna play a game of two-on-two, what would Shaq say? BARBECUE CHICKEN!"
"Turner gave me a defined role, I knew what I was going to do. ESPN, I was just up in the air, I was just sort of bouncing around."
Van Gundy worked for ESPN during the 2018-19 NBA season and then Turner during this past season.
The layoffs of Denton and others led to Van Gundy commenting "These layoffs just couldn’t be avoided. The DeVos family that owns the Magic only has a net worth of about $5 BILLION. They just couldn’t afford to continue to pay all of their employees."
According to Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, Van Gundy may even wind up calling some top games for Turner.
Van Gundy is out after four years at the helm of the Pistons, who improved on his watch, but not enough.
Are the Pistons putting Stan Van Gundy on notice?
“I'm not meeting with their announcing crew before the game, I'm not doing the in-game interview. I’m not going to participate in the thing.”