Simply be trustworthy, that’s all Pelicans coach Stan Van Gundy is asking.

Everyone knows why the NBA is taking part in this season: Cash. Everybody was on the identical web page — homeowners, gamers, coaches, referees, league employees, even media members — the NBA is a enterprise and the league needed to adapt to maintain the money movement going. Similar to practically each different enterprise in America prior to now 12 months. Van Gundy simply needs the league to personal that, he stated on The Intersection podcast with Jason Web page.

“The one factor I’ll criticize the league workplace and different individuals who say… ‘Security is our No. 1 concern.” No, no. It’s your quantity two concern,” Stan Van Gundy stated. “Your primary concern is making a living, and your quantity two concern is whereas we’re making the cash let’s hold everybody as secure as we will. Let’s simply be trustworthy about that.”

Van Gundy’s honesty extends as to whether the All-Star Recreation ought to have been performed final weekend.

“The straightforward reply is it might have been rather a lot safer to not play, however right here’s the factor: It in all probability would have been rather a lot safer to not play this season. Proper?” Van Gundy stated. “The underside line is we’re taking part in this, all of us… for a similar cause: cash. And the All-Star Recreation is simply an extension of that. It’s more cash in everyone’s pockets.

“So I feel it’s disingenuous to say that we’re all so involved about security that the sport shouldn’t be performed, we’re not that involved about security or we wouldn’t be doing what we’re doing now.”

Van Gundy by no means holds again and talks about social media, politics, and naturally, some hoops with Web page on the podcast. It’s price trying out.

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