Plenty of head coaching jobs have come and gone since Jeff Van Gundy last stalked a sideline in 2007, but none of them offered the chance to coach Anthony Davis.
You can say coaching is in Van Gundy's blood, and you can understand his desire to get back into the action after nearly a decade of describing it on television. But we all know the real reason he's responded to the New Orleans Pelicans' advances is a certain 6'10" superstar with limitless potential.
And we know it because Van Gundy told us so on The Dan Patrick Show, via Marc Stein of ESPN.