http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/45976/20070506/van_gundy_retires/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2861976Van Gundy Retires?
6th May, 2007 - 6:26 am
New York Post -
According to the New York Post, Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy is leaving the profession for the foreseeable future, and his decision has nothing to do with last night's Game 7 103-99 playoff elimination home loss to the Jazz.
Post writer Peter Vecsey, citing an impeccable source, says Van Gundy's mind has been made up for weeks, if not months, to distance himself from the stress of the sidelines regardless of whether Houston got bumped early on or took the season to the championship limit.
As evidenced by how the Jazz beat their opponents to countless rebounds and loose balls, Houston is desperate for livelier bodies and a more "athletically inclined" coach.
In fact, Vecsey writes, a source reveals Alexander's emissaries already have spoken to at least one targeted replacement.
根据纽约邮报消息，范甘迪正准备离开教练岗位，他的这个决定与季后赛被淘汰无关。
记者Peter Vecsey(译者注：似乎他的消息准确性很低)，引用内线消息说，范甘迪作出这个决定已经有几周了。不管火箭队被淘汰还是拿到最终冠军，他都想把自己从主教练的压力下解脱出来。
证据是无论爵士队怎样暴抢火箭篮板，火箭队员都好象行尸走肉那样无动于衷，范甘迪似乎也对此没有什么表示。(范甘迪在赛后新闻发布会上对最后那个犯规的解释似乎也证明了这一点)
实际上，有一名消息灵通人士透露亚力山大的代表已经和至少一名未来的替代者进行了会谈。
另：在Peter Vecsey的原文中还有这么一段
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05062007/sports/van_gundy_retires___again_sports_peter_vecsey.htmHis brother, Stan, who quit as Heat last season, only just resurfaced as a candidate for various openings (Bobcats boss Michael Jordan and GM Bernie Bickerstaff interviewed him last week) throughout the NBA. And guess who was slapping five with Jerry Sloan after last night's upset? Assistant coach Scott Layden, the mortally stunned Knicks president when Jeff Van Gundy abandoned the franchise.
大范最近很活跃，四处找活干，山猫小老板MJ和总经理比克斯塔夫己经和他上周进行了会面。火箭被淘汰，爵士队助理教练Scott Layden比一般人更要兴奋，因为在范甘迪从尼克斯辞职的时候，他正是尼克斯总裁。(译者注：Layden 与范甘迪在尼克斯时交恶很深。Layden也是尼克斯超高薪水簿的始作俑者)
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by 华丽阁楼
ESPN报道简译，没什么新料。
Saturday's Game 7 loss to the Jazz was the last for Jeff Van Gundy as the Houston Rockets' coach, according to the New York Post.
New York Post消息，周六第7场输给爵士是JVG在火箭的最后比赛。
Citing an "impeccable source," The Post reported that Van Gundy is leaving NBA coaching for the forseeable future. According to the source, Van Gundy's decision isn't based on the first-round series loss to the Jazz.
据该报引用“可靠消息来源”，JVG将来不久离职，该来源同时说这一决定并非由于第一轮对爵士的失利。
Van Gundy wouldn't discuss his future when asked in the postgame news conference Saturday.
赛后新闻发布会上JVG没有谈及他的未来。
"All that stuff next year is for another time," Van Gundy said. "Tonight is about obviously a hugely disappointing result.
“所有这些下一[屏蔽]情以后再谈，很明显今晚我们对这一结果极度失望。”JVG说。
"Guys had a tremendous regular season and a great group, and we didn't play as well as we would have hoped in the postseason."
“我们在常规赛表现完美，整个球队都很出色，然而我们在季后赛的表现没有达到预期。”
The Rockets have missed the playoffs just once in Van Gundy's four years with the Rockets, but Houston has also failed to make it out of the first round each time.
休斯敦在JVG执教的4年中仅仅1次没有进入季后赛，但是3次季后赛之旅均以首轮出局告终。
Van Gundy is 430-318 as an NBA coach. He has a 44-44 postseason record in guiding the Knicks and the Rockets to the playoffs.
JVG的NBA生涯战绩是430胜318负，带领纽约和休斯敦在季后赛中得到44胜44负。
In 1999, he became the first coach in NBA history to guide an eighth-seeded team to the NBA Finals, where the Knicks lost to the San Antonio Spurs.
99年他成为了NBA史上第一个带领第8名球队进入决赛的教练，最后他的纽约Knicks输给马刺。
His winning percentage of .590 in New York ranks only second to Pat Riley (.680) in Knicks history.
在纽约他的执教胜率是.590，在队史上仅次于Pat Riley的.680。
