<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Bill Parcells suggested Jeff Van Gundy go see David Stern. Not to apologize or plead his case, but simply to sit down and chat. "To clear the air," Van Gundy said Monday. A few days before the start of training camp, Van Gundy asked for an appointment with the guy who fined him $100,000 and threatened to throw him out of the NBA last spring. Stern invited him to New York. They had breakfast at a diner in Connecticut. "I don't want to be seen as someone unappreciative of all the NBA has done for me," Van Gundy said. "I'm an employee of the NBA. He's the commissioner. I've benefited from the NBA probably more than anyone." He declines to reveal details of the conversation. He apparently wanted nothing more than a dialogue and some bit of understanding. They'd barely known one another before that morning. They'd sparred back and forth in the media over the years. Stern once suspended Patrick Ewing during the playoffs. Van Gundy fired back. Then last spring, Van Gundy accused NBA officials of targeting Yao Ming during a playoff series with Dallas. Although he never said it, his comments hinted at some darker conspiracy against his Rockets.</div> Source
It's a commendable move on the part of both men to sit down and clear the air...I'm glad Van Gundy wants to make it clear how appreciative he is of the opportunity to coach in the league, and hopefully the two men have an understanding as to who and what the other stands for...
I don't think something like that would come up at a breakfast where JVG is trying to apologize indirectly.
