(06-05-2023, 08:24 AM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: You say you don't like JVG as an announcer. What if.....
From Stein:
The Mavericks remain interested in former Suns and Knicks coach Jeff Hornacek to potentially join Kidd's staff, league sources say, as I reported here on April 30.
Yet I'm also told that they plan to gauge Jeff Van Gundy’s interest in a potential return to the bench as an aide to Kidd after 15-plus years in broadcasting. The ESPN analyst is, of course, in the midst of working the NBA Finals.
Van Gundy hasn't coached in the NBA since the 2006-07 season with Houston. But the former Knicks and Rockets coach did serve as head coach of USA Basketball's 2017 FIBA AmeriCup team and its 2019 World Cup qualifying team largely featuring players from the G League. Gregg Popovich then made Van Gundy an assistant coach on the team of NBA stars that won the 2020 Tokyo Olympics contested in 2021.
I am not really convinced. Sure he is a name. But, over 15 years without real league coaching experience is a very long time. And in my opinion, coaching USA teams has very little to do with X and Os, it is all about managing superstar personalities, imho.
In general, I am dissapointed how Cuban is building the FO and coaching staff, areas where salary cap doesn't come into consideration. Most ambitious teams show the money and hire what are considered top talents. Mavs hired a nobody GM. I don't see any rising stars in their FO under him. They hired a very average coach (who hired mostly a bunch of inexperienced assistants). Not a good outlook when you have a top5 player.
I said after the Donnie fiasco, how that story ended. The only way to show you are serious is to go after what is undoubtfully a respected name, both at GM and coach position. Mavs did neither. Results are not a surprise.