ESPN reports that the New York Post says Jeff Van Gundy will be leaving the Rockets (the story isn’t on the NY Post’s Web site yet). If it’s true, it doesn’t surprise me. JVG tends to burn himself out with how much time and effort he puts into coaching.

This could also be a graceful way for him to avoid that uncomfortable conversation with Rockets owner Leslie Alexander about his future. And as we have seen before, when it starts getting uncomfortable for Van Gundy, he has no qualms in walking away. I don’t hold that against him. He has put in 4 long years in Houston. I actually think he wanted to quit a couple of seasons ago, but didn’t want to tarnish his reputation further after being labeled a “quitter” when he left the Knicks.

UPDATE (12:25PM CENTRAL TIME): Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle is on it. He just wrote this story after speaking to Van Gundy and Alexander that the reports are false.

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