After the New Orleans Pelicans decided against hiring Jeff Van Gundy earlier this summer it would not have been a surprise for Van Gundy to make some public comments denying a heavy interest in the job. After all with his great job at ESPN and the ability to keep some leverage by pretending he didn’t want to get back into coaching it would have been a good ploy for Van Gundy to employ.
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Instead Van Gundy stayed mostly silent on the matter, choosing to acknowledge the interview and continue doing his job calling the NBA playoffs.