If only NBA executives felt as strongly about Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson as the two feel about each other.
The two are widely respected for the work they have done on the sidelines, but recent attempts to return there have proven fruitless. Both were considered for the Knicks job last year that went to David Fizdale.
That likely means for the foreseeable future they will be ESPN’s lead analysts for the NBA Finals, alongside play-by-play man Mike Breen and sideline reporter Doris Burke.