Who Does Stan Van Gundy Think He Is?

For the second time this month, Stan Van Gundy is sticking his fat nose where it doesn’t belong.

By Jason M. Williams

The Ron Jeremy look-a-like has continued to inflate his status as a bully behind the mic by publicly calling out major NBA figureheads twice in the past four weeks.  First he ripped Shaquille O’Neal for flopping, and now he’s sinking his teeth into the Knicks for their supposedly poor handling of his current Orlando Magic assistant coach and former Knick legend, Patrick Ewing.

Ewing was honored by the Knicks this week with a Legends Award, given to only seven elite players from the past of their storied franchise.Rather than congratulating his assistant that deserves every ounce of credit for Dwight Howard’s ascension, the tubby Van Gundy instead called out the New York Knicks organization and its handling of Ewing, claiming, “The organization to me sort of pretends to appreciate him and like him.”

Who does Stan Van Gundy think he is?  As far as New York is concerned, he’s the fat slob brother of former Knick coach Jeff Van Gundy.  So what gives him the right to publicly question the organization’s feelings for their iconic big man?

What’s even more perplexing is the fact these verbal attacks just keep coming from a guy that even a dedicated NBA fan would identify as Ron Jeremy nine times out of 10 in a street lineup.

At the beginning of March, Van Gundy publicly denounced Shaq for ‘flopping’ in a contest that saw the big man try to draw a charging violation on Howard, saying “I was shocked, seriously shocked, and very disappointed because he knows what it’s like. Let’s stand up and play like men, and I think our guy did that tonight.”

All of a sudden, Stan the Man has the unyielding confidence of a porn star, and seems unwilling to relent his bashing of any of the game’s greatest names.  Perhaps there is a little more Ron Jeremy in the pudgy Magic coach than we originally thought.  We’ll know for sure when he starts badmouthing LeBron for being too soft in the paint.