Jeff Van Gundy has agreed to affix Ty Lue’s teaching workers with the LA Clippers, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. He spent this season in an advisory position with the Boston Celtics. Van Gundy was an exterior voice in Boston’s continued seek for enchancment and the pursuit of a championship.
ESPN Sources: Jeff Van Gundy — who spent the season as senior guide for the NBA champion Boston Celtics — has agreed on a deal to turn out to be the lead assistant on Ty Lue’s Los Angeles Clippers’ teaching workers. https://t.co/cUPKmRxuzh
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 18, 2024
The Celtics had been rumored to be considering including Van Gundy to their teaching workers. He would have taken the spot that Charles Lee will now vacate as he strikes into his new position as the top coach of the Charlotte Hornets.
“With the Celtics poised to lose high assistant coach Charles Lee after the Finals, so Lee can take over because the Charlotte Hornets’ new head coach, curiosity is already circulating in teaching circles about Boston exploring the prospect of Van Gundy shifting onto the bench as a day-to-day assistant to Joe Mazzulla,” Marc Stein not too long ago reported. “Van Gundy handed on the possibility to affix Kidd’s Dallas workers as an assistant coach final summer season after his TV ouster.”
The Clippers might be getting one of the crucial well-respected basketball minds on the earth. Van Gundy is a former NBA head coach, boasting a 430-318 document throughout spells with the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets. He might be a giant loss to the Celtics general course of.
Boston should now start discovering an appropriate alternative for Lee. Joe Mazzulla might be wanting so as to add to his teaching workers for the second straight summer season. After all, Boston has the posh of being the reigning NBA champions, undoubtedly making them a pretty prospect to each assistant coach on the earth.
Nonetheless, the hunt for a brand new assistant coach must wait some time longer. The Celtics have a championship parade to plan, and a few championship rings to arrange. Nonetheless, it will likely be fascinating to see who Mazzulla targets now that Van Gundy is out of the working.
