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Head Coach Tournament: Jeff Van Gundy v. Ettore Messina

by: Mason Ginsberg

We all know that Jeff Van Gundy is excellent on the defensive end; that’s not where the main question about his candidacy lies. If anything, it revolves around the fact that he hasn’t been a head coach since 2006, and the game has changed considerably since then. As a response to that reasonable concern, I provide to you the video above, which was recorded during the 2014 NBA Finals.

Within the first 30 seconds of describing his offensive strategy, Van Gundy hits on two key areas, one of which is especially important in relation to his historical coaching style.