Rockets Are Ready for Van Gundy
The Houston Rockets will introduce their new coach today at their new arena. It won’t be a surprise.
Jeff Van Gundy will join team owner Leslie Alexander and General Manager Carroll Dawson at a news conference near the Rockets’ new downtown home, which is under construction.
Van Gundy told Dawson on Monday he was ready to succeed Rudy Tomjanovich as coach, pending his agent completing contract negotiations.
On Tuesday, Dawson was getting ready to sign assistant coaches and preparing for the NBA draft.
“We had a lot of competition for this guy,” Dawson said. “Everybody who had an opening was trying to get him, so we feel very fortunate.”
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The Detroit Pistons will keep the 25th overall pick in the NBA draft after reaching an agreement with the Sacramento Kings.
Detroit owed the Kings a future first-round pick, and Sacramento owed the Pistons a future No. 1 pick. Both teams decided to call it even.
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