The Boston Celtics made a touch by means of dealing for Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday over the offseason, however that wasn’t the tip in their notable acquisitions. The staff has employed Jeff Van Gundy as a senior consultant forward of the 2023-24 season.
Van Gundy will paintings in basketball operations with the Celtics and their G League associate, the Maine Redclaws. He’ll sign up for a body of workers that introduced in former Philadelphia 76ers assistant Sam Cassell and previous Milwaukee Bucks assistant Charles Green over the offseason. Boston is development an skilled staff round second-year head trainer Joe Mazzula following his run to the 2023 Eastern Conference finals.
Van Gundy loved a variety of training luck with the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks earlier than transitioning to a broadcasting function with ESPN for 16 years. However, he discovered himself out of a role following summer time layoffs in June.Â
He hasn’t been clear of the gamers for too lengthy, although. Van Gundy was once the top trainer of Team USA all the way through the 2017 FIBA Americup Tournament and has been an assistant in some capability for different global competitions since then. He labored with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown all the way through the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Now he’s going to get to go back to a front-office surroundings to assist one of the promising groups in basketball.