Jeff Van Gundy is never one without an opinion. He recently gave his recollections of his former player, Yao Ming, who recently retired, and Van Gundy thinks Yao is a Hall of Famer. It’s certainly debatable.
Van Gundy was the second of Yao Ming’s three NBA coaches, and for all ?he has or will accomplish, Van Gundy will be asked about the unique, iconic center he coached for four seasons with the Rockets.
Van Gundy had his ?answer, for a question not yet asked, ready.
“No. 1 to me, he’s a Hall of Famer,” Van Gundy said. “Idon’t care if you put him in as player, as a contributor or put him in with his own heading. This guy definitely gets in for the greatness as a player when healthy or what he did as ambassador.”
He then added a thought he would repeat often.
“People forget,” Van Gundy said, “just how good he was.”
