jeff van gundy gettin paid (off topic)

by JJBG on Oct 14, 2008 1:57 AM PDT

to change the subject from depressing monta ellis news.

jeff van gundy just signed a five year deal with ESPN to remain a color commentator with mike breen and mark jackson.

http://www.nba.com/2008/news/10/13/espn.announcements/

i didn't think i would, but i actually like jeff van gundy as a color commentator. he does, i think, a better job of explaining somewhat complicated defensive sets to the average viewer, and he makes mike breen look like less of an idiot. plus, i like him way better as a broadcaster than i did when he was a coach.

so how do you feel about van gundy being the voice of sunday ABC basketball for years to come?

Poll

where would you prefer to see/hear van gundy?

in the booth with breen and jackson

54 votes

back on the sidelines as a coach

18 votes

getting kicked around by mourning and grandmama again

38 votes

110 votes | Poll has closed

This FanPost is a submission from a member of the mighty Golden State of Mind community. While we're all here to throw up that W, these words do not necessarily reflect the views of the GSoM Crew. Still, chances are the preceding post is Unstoppable Baby!

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I'm feeling a little verklempt

I’ll give you a topic…
¿risa hacia fuera de gatos ruidosos o de gatos aburridos malos?

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The bases were drunk, and I painted the black with my best yakker. But blue squeezed me, and I went full. I came back with my heater, but the stick flares one the other way and the chalk flies for two bases. Three earnies! Next thing I know, skipper hooks me and I'm sipping suds with the clubby.

by Mike Hawk on Oct 14, 2008 3:35 AM PDT reply actions

Definitely in the booth

He’s energetic, he gets into the game, and it’s fun to listen to him get fired up about things, like the “verbal flop”, calling Steve Nash “ambifootus”, or telling the Warriors and the Suns to play each other right through the all star game.

And I think Mike Breen is actually very good on play by play. I consider him second only to Marv Albert in terms of listenability and matching the flow of the game.

But in other news, Magic Johnson defected from TNT and will be joining ESPN?!? Why?

by IQofaWarrior on Oct 14, 2008 5:43 AM PDT reply actions

dunno about magic

yeah, point taken about breen. he is good at play by play, and certainly an improvement from al michaels. those were dark days.

still though, give me bob “luke” costas and collins anyday.

by JJBG on Oct 14, 2008 6:53 PM PDT up reply actions

You win the dumbest topic of the year award.

Who the hell wakes up one morning wondering about Jeff Van Gundy? Did you bang your head?

by smearthebeard on Oct 14, 2008 7:09 AM PDT reply actions

Easy to criticize when you have not written a fanpost before. Get over yourself.

Eveland rocks! Eveland rocks! Somewhere Drew Carey just smiled.

by miggyk2 on Oct 14, 2008 1:05 PM PDT up reply actions

I've tried to create 3

But evidently they got deleted because they should have been fanshots…which is ok with me but alsoi why I am wondering why this thread still exists?

by Mike Hawk on Oct 14, 2008 1:32 PM PDT up reply actions

pretty diverse poll results

so i wasn’t the only one thinking about JVG this morning.

by JJBG on Oct 14, 2008 6:51 PM PDT up reply actions

so i wasn’t the only one thinking about JVG

Whatever gets you off , I prefer beyonce myself.

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I live my life in the Walmart
Cholesterol chasin me

by Skeptic con Urquell on Oct 14, 2008 9:14 PM PDT up reply actions

some relevance to GSW

is that JVG is one less veteran coach in the mix when we have to go looking … which is just around the corner

not promoting this per se, but curious when the “who’d be our next coach” posts start appearing regularly on GSOM (same with GM)

by hardcore on Oct 14, 2008 1:37 PM PDT reply actions

Kieth Smart

of course…lol he’s the man!

we gon' make 'em run, make 'em follow the lead
nelly on the side lines with tricks up his sleeve
in the bay, we go hard cause we playin' for passion
you know who it is, aint no need for askin'

by thecity_8 on Oct 14, 2008 2:27 PM PDT up reply actions