Adrian Wojnarowski: Denver is hiring Charles Klask as an assistant coach on Michael Malone’s staff, league sources tell ESPN. Klask was most recently on Stan Van Gundy’s staff with Pistons.
Stan Van Gundy Rumors
Howard was the three-time Defensive Player of the Year, one of the league’s brightest superstars and among the most dominant centers in NBA history when he played for Van Gundy and the Magic. Since then, though, he has become an afterthought — an NBA vagabond who just joined his fifth team (the Washington Wizards) since forcing his way out of Orlando. “It’s crazy; it really is,” Van Gundy said during his weekly appearance on my Open Mike radio show on FM 96.9 and AM 740. “… And it’s not been a lot of fun to watch because this is a guy who was the best center in the game for a long time. He’s still very good, but it doesn’t seem that he’s been highly appreciated.”
“The problem is — and not just for Dwight — it’s been a tough adjustment for them [big men.] What everybody wants right now in a center is a guy who runs, defends, defends pick-and-rolls, protects the rim, rebounds and, on offense, is a pick-and-roll guy and a lob threat. Well, that’s Dwight Howard. There’s probably nobody who’s ever been better than him [at those skills.] “The problem is these guys all want more. They want it go go back to the days where you would throw them the ball in the low post and then they get to play their game. I understand that. You’re a great player and you want to be able to show what you can do, but the game has changed. It’s been a tough adjustment for centers. I don’t think the game has passed them by because those guys are still really effective. They just have had trouble adjusting to and enjoying the role people want them to play.”
Marcin Gortat: Stan Van Gundy! My man! Very sad to see a great coach stepping down.He change culture in every team he coached.Things I will never forget.. True leader,incredible mind,long shoot arounds and knee pads during practices :)))love it 😂😂😂😂 and this one play “thumb down spread”👌!
Marcin Gortat: Stan Van Gundy! My man! Very sad to see a great coach stepping down.He change culture in every team he coached.Things I will never forget.. True leader,incredible mind,long shoot arounds and knee pads during practices :)))love it 😂😂😂😂 and this one play “thumb down spread”👌!
Stan Van Gundy considering retirement?
In an interview with the Real Talk Basketball with Rex Walters podcast published Friday, Van Gundy said he was still hoping to coach again but that no opportunities are presenting themselves. “If I could get a job [for next season], I had planned to coach. Now, I really don’t know,” Van Gundy said. “I’m really lost right now. I don’t have an idea. My wife wants me to retire.”
If he doesn’t coach, Van Gundy said he is considering media opportunities or teaching at the college level. “I want to do something, but if I’m not coaching, I don’t want to work too hard,” Van Gundy said. “If I’m going to be grinding, then I want to coach. If I’m not going to be coaching, I want to be semi-retired, at least. I really don’t know.”
