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Jeff Van Gundy says teams often don’t realize how valuable a player or coach can be until they lose them. He believes the best players should unite and inspire teammates, because a system alone can’t win games. He enjoys watching creative moves like Manu Ginobili’s full‑court bounce pass, even if it drives coaches crazy.

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Christmas Day is a big day for NBA basketball.

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Kobe Bryant is a terrific offensive rebounder.

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You don't know a player until you coach him.

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The NBA is a crazy place.

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Systems are overrated; players are underrated.

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I never lost the desire to coach.

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Losing has an unbelievably negative impact on me.

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I had a great job with the Knicks.

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When you get a draft pick right, you should be given full credit.

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It can get good quickly in this league, and it can get bad quickly.

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Are you playing for your teammates and coaches? That's how it should be.

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I don't know about any others, but coaching basketball is the only thing I can do.

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Your best players have to unite and inspire the group... otherwise, they'll divide the group

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If Kyle Korver blocks your shot there should be a penalty box you should go to!

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You need your best players to play their best when their best is needed

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There's always been conflict, inherent conflict between players and coaches.

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Whenever you are coaching, you are trying to get the most balanced team that you can: balance between defense, offense, and rebounding.

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There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character - it's hard to find those…

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There are certain aspects that I miss of coaching. But you can't just pick out the good parts. You've got to be…

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The best player's responsibility is to unite and inspire your teammates to play up to their full maximum ability, and that never…

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Every team has leadership. The leadership is the best players. But there's positive leadership, and there's negative leadership.

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I have known Marbury since he was in seventh grade, and I have always felt he is a hell of an NBA…

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I frankly think the NBA All-Star game has run its course, the whole dunk contest... The game - if those guys actually…

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There are a lot of young teams that all they are is young. That doesn't mean they have a chance to be…

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Among the hardest-working players I've ever been associated, Yao stands at the very top of the list. Beyond that, though, here's what…

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I think there are much bigger differences between players in this league than between coaches. There is a big gap between LeBron…

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People talk about Kobe's 81-point game, the second-highest scoring game in NBA history. I saw the game. I don't care if it…

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When Jordan was averaging over 30 and shooting over 50 percent, he was doing it with less shooting on the floor for…

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Everyone wants to focus on what Ben Simmons can't do, which is shoot and try to rush him into being a range…

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Manu Ginobili - I like to watch him. I would pay to watch him play the game. He will try things that…

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I think fans oftentimes get an inferior product on back-to-back games, and I think that has to be the number one thing…

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Providence had a graduate assistant job opening. They asked me if I wanted to apply, and I applied. That break right there…

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I miss coaching - certain elements of coaching.

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I don't like comparing people or teams.

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It is a player's league until you lose.

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Detroit Pistons basketball slogan: When the going gets tough, we fire the coach.

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Often, organizations don't know how good they have it with a player or coach.

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If your best offensive players go down, all you can do is hang on.

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The best teams play for each other, not with each other

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I want to control everything that goes into winning or losing.

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Often, organizations don't know how good they have it with a player or coach.

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You start comparing people, and ultimately, somebody feels diminished.

I miss coaching - certain elements of coaching.

To be successful in anything, you have to have a passion for it, and that leads to being enthusiastic and demanding. I didn't have…

If your best offensive players go down, all you can do is hang on.

The beauty of growing up in a coaching family, particularly one that isn't at the very highest level, is that you get to be…

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Manu Ginobili - I like to watch him. I would pay to watch him play the game. He will try things that will drive…

Shooting percentage is just as much about decision making as it is about technique

When you know better and you don't do better, you're no better

In one era, it's hard enough to compare people. But comparing people of different eras... that's next to impossible.

Systems are overrated; players are underrated.

Just concentrate on what you're supposed to do

I love listening to Coach Belichick's press conferences: even though they may not be what the media wants, they're great coaching, teaching tools.