College basketball purists will likely complain when Van Gundy’s comments come off as uninformed or too quirky. Instead of bemoaning the World Wide Leader’s decision, though, we’ll take this opportunity to showcase some of his greatest hits and hope the foray into collegiate hoops gives us a few more memorable moments.

Yao Ming had a nice career in the NBA, but didn’t post Hall of Fame numbers. Still, he was a dominant global force that brought the game to millions of new fans. His complicated resume will present an interesting case study in Hall of Fame voting.

Jeff Van Gundy was spitballing some ideas for the Miami Heat’s offseason at the end of last night’s deciding game 6. One suggestion in particular was extremely interesting.

Dwyane Wade got a little bit shuffley during last night’s Game 5, but wasn’t called for it. This tickled Jeff Van Gundy.

ESPN announcer Jeff Van Gundy said referee Ed Malloy was “ruining the end to this game” after Malloy ejected Celtics forward Paul Pierce during today’s Game 1 between the Heat and Celtics.

Former NBA player and current ESPN color commentator Mark Jackson had some strong words for ESPN the Magazine, and, more specifically, their “Player X” feature on Kevin Garnett.

ESPN announcer and former NBA coach Jeff Van Gundy told the Miami Herald on Saturday that the Heat “will break the single-season win record. And I think they have a legit shot at the Lakers’ 33-game [winning] streak, as well.”

Jeff Van Gundy, ever the bald spark plug, added some extra emphasis of his own on a near-fight between Rajon Rondo and Ron Artest during last night’s game 5.

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Jeff Van Gundy is officially out of the running (by choice) for the New Jersey Nets’ (or any) NBA coaching job. Next year will mark the fourth consecutive season out of coaching for Van Gundy, who decided he’d rather keep doing TV. He’s not alone.