Former Knicks and Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy, a logical candidate, declined to comment.

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"He's still the same player, " said former Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy, who serves as an ESPN analyst.

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The Nets have eliminated potential candidates Stan and Jeff Van Gundy as well.

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Mike Breen will be the voice of The Finals on ABC, joined by analysts Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy and reporter Doris Burke.

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Specifically, he was asked what it was like having Jeff Van Gundy on the team, but it turned out the questioner was off by a year.

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Also on the staff for one year with Jordan under Wenzel was unknown Jeff Van Gundy, who would, of course, go on to coach the New York Knicks before turning to broadcasting.

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Unlike in baseball, left handedness doesn't receive much attention in the NBA. "Other than scouting reports, it doesn't received much attention, " said Jeff Van Gundy, former head coach of the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets.

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"I would say the losers in many ways are the fans because you don't know what product you're going to get for a significant amount of money, " said Jeff Van Gundy, an ESPN commentator and former NBA coach who took the New York Knicks to the Finals during the lockout-shortened 1999 season.

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