After his Cleveland Cavaliers were awarded the No. 1 overall pick for the third time in four years at Tuesday’s NBA draft lottery, you’d think owner Dan Gilbert would be wary of upsetting the basketball gods.
But there Gilbert was on Cleveland’s Mojo In The Morning radio show (95.5 FM, via 6abc.com), questioning whether the Detroit Pistons—who play their home games at the Palace of Auburn Hills—ought to have their city moniker removed.
Enter Stan Van Gundy, Detroit’s newly anointed coach and president of basketball operations, who fired back at Gilbert.
"Dan Gilbert has some selfish interests for saying what he said," Van Gundy told the folks at 105.1 FM in Detroit (via ESPN.com). "I think we know what those are. Finally I think he has enough to worry about with his own team than worrying about us."
As the ESPN story aptly notes, Van Gundy was likely referring to Gilbert’s extensive business interests in and around Detroit, where there’s been something of a growing movement in recent years to move the Pistons back to their namesake city, where the Det ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - NBA
Article written by Jim Cavan
Stan Van Gundy Defends Pistons’ Detroit Name to Cavs Owner Dan Gilbert
May 24th, 2014 by Jim Cavan Leave a reply »
Advertisement