The Boston Celtics made a touch by means of dealing for Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday over the offseason, however that wasn’t the top in their notable acquisitions. The staff is hiring Jeff Van Gundy as a senior guide forward of the 2023-24 season, in accordance to MassLive.com.
Van Gundy will paintings in basketball operations with the Celtics and their G League associate, the Maine Redclaws. He’ll sign up for a workforce 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 good fortune with the Houston Rockets and New York Knicks sooner 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 avid gamers for too lengthy, although. Van Gundy was once the pinnacle trainer of Team USA right through the 2017 FIBA Americup Tournament and has been an assistant in some capability for different world competitions since then. He labored with Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown right through the 2019 FIBA World Cup. Now he will get to go back to a front-office atmosphere to lend a hand one of the crucial promising groups in basketball.