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JEFF VAN GUNDY  

Coach Jeff Van Gundy led the rockets to the playoffs this season again, but game7 in which they lost was for sure the last time he coached/will coach the Rockets.

Mark Jackson scoffed at yet another one of Jeff Van Gundy's suggestions for improving the quality of the NBA.

The 2007-08 Houston Rockets may some key acquisitions to help out McGrady and Ming in the offseason and could challenge the Spurs and Mavericks for Western Conference supremacy this year!

McGrady might be able to promise a first round victory this year.

A look at the 2007-08 NBA Season for the Houston Rockets.

With a projection of good health and team gelling, expect the Rockets to leave the stratosphere and enter the galaxy of the NBA elite.

The Rockets have made some acquisitions that may have them on the right path to NBA success.

Putting the sun and the summer behind us, it's time to look at the upcoming NBA season. Where does every franchise stand? It's time to take in-depth looks at why every team has reasons for optimism heading into the '07-'08 season.

The 2007-2008 NBA Basketball Season is just around the corner. The teams are already back at training camp, and it is just a matter of time before preseason games are wrapping up and people are dunking, shooting and traveling all over the basketball court.

Chicago Tribune NBA columnist Sam Smith stopped by the NBA Vine to discuss the latest happenings in pro basketball

The Dallas Mavericks fired coach Avery Johnson in what might be one of many off-season decisions after the league's highest payroll produced a 2nd consecutive first-round knockout from the playoffs.

This is merely a way for people to contribute to a good cause.

From Pistons legend to sub-par head coach.

There are a few teams out there that would surprise you if I told you they were amongst the top-10 defensive teams in the NBA.

So is Billy Donovan the former Florida Gator coach? Current Magic coach? Current Gator coach? Former Magic coach?

This is an article about a potential trade of Mike James for Emeka Okafor and how it will help both teams reach the playoffs.

Well here we are here in the Western Conference where there are probably 8 to 10 teams that have the talent to compete for the title, but I am limiting this article to the top 6.

Due to the length of the NBA season, a team can give all appearances of being a very good team during the regular season, if it has a couple of stars and the team, as a whole, are willing to work on the defensive end of the court.

Recently, another writer and women's basketball fan challenged me to elucidate ways to improve women's basketball. The following are four ways to enact change at the college level, which remains the most visible level of women's basketball.

Once again, it's time for my annual column ranking the NBA's head coaches, which, believe me, is perennially one of the toughest columns I write.

John Wooden treated all players fairly, not equally, as he stated in his book They Call Me Coach. Each player is different, he believed, and treating Bill Walton the same as Henry Bibby was unfair to both players, as each was different.

The Southwest Division may be the best division in the entire NBA. This division featured 4 playoff teams and the NBA champions last season. This is how things should shake out in the Southwest this season.

However, if coaches teach players to make decisions in life, why do they not allow players to make decisions in games? The Phoenix Suns are a revelation in the NBA this season because Mike D'Antoni allows his players to play.

Okay, I admit it; when Duke's Shavlik Randolph and Arizona's Chris Rodgers enter the NBA Draft early, something is amiss. However, does the NBA need an age limit just because these college students suffer from delusion and make poor life choices?

Since I just finished writing my annual column ranking the NBA's head coaches, I figured now was as good a time as any to take a sneak peek at the coaches that are already on the hot seat before the 2006-07 season get underway.

There was no more extreme case of the injury bug than what happened in Houston. Now Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming are healthy, and with extra pieces, they could make a significant improvement.

NBA teams that don't make the playoffs get a better chance of drafting good college players. Is this fair to the fans?

Greetings one and all, I am back to proudly pick the round by round circus that is the NBA playoffs. This is a marathon lasting until mid-June, so plently of time for me to be TOTALLY WRONG!!!

The New York Knicks extended the contract of head coach Isiah Thomas on Monday. This comes nine months after the Knicks warned him that the team needed to show "evident progress" if he was to keep his job.

You know the old saying that everything is bigger in Texas. Well it's true in the NBA. Texas teams are dominating thanks to their big man.

Looking at Houston Rockets' center, Yao Ming's recent domination, I have come to a simple conclusion recently - it's about time.

The Houston Rockets are a professional basketball team that plays in the National Basketball Association. The Rockets play in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference.