Jeff Van Gundy Rips Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins: “You Know Nothing About Basketball”

All, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, Video Stephen Douglas May 25th. 2012, 11:54am

Earlier this week the Orlando Magic fired coach Stan Van Gundy. Thursday, Jeff Van Gundy went on Stephen A. Smith’s radio show to talk about the Magic unceremoniously dumping his brother. (Audio above) What transpired was a fairly epic rant about how bad Magic CEO Alex Martins is at his job and how little he knows about basketball.

Some choice quotes from JVG’s rant about Martins:

Listen, all you have done in your 25 years in the business is release press releases and run the business side. You don’t know if a ball is blown up or stuffed.

Just say, ‘I have no knowledge about basketball.’”

He doesn’t know one thing about basketball, so please hold off your comments on my brother’s expertise since you know nothing about basketball.”

Van Gundy also said what we are all thinking – that Dwight Howard is the one calling the shots. [740 The Game]

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43 Responses to “Jeff Van Gundy Rips Orlando Magic CEO Alex Martins: “You Know Nothing About Basketball””

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VladimirCrouton Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 11:59 AM
Nobody messes with The Van Gundys! They’re like rock stars.
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José Pippen Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:01 PM
Well I’m sure he was being 100% objective and he has no personal reason at all to rip the Magic organization. His point might be valid, but coming from him it doesn’t matter.
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GloriousMullet Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:03 PM
JVG KEEPS IT REAL
/WU TANG
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squawkbox Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:05 PM
You don’t know if a ball is blown up or stuffed
Will use.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:06 PM
that’s a really hideous photo of Michelle Beadle at the top of the page. damn.
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ms621 Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:07 PM
that’s a really hideous photo of Michelle Beadle at the top of the page. damn.
Indeed. It looks like her face is melting.
Even though it’s not that post, I’ll say it anyway: Wendy Nix > Beadle.
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angry Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:08 PM
that’s a really hideous photo of Michelle Beadle at the top of the page. damn.
TBL, posting terrible photos of hot chicks since 2007.
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GloriousMullet Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:09 PM
TBL, posting terrible photos of hot chicks since 2007.
Hell, he put a dude in the Roundup pic a few days ago
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
This is awesome.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:10 PM
Indeed. It looks like her face is melting.
no wonder why she hates erin andrews, it’s ugly on pretty hate.
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Jim Harbaugh Scramble Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:11 PM
Hell, he put a dude in the Roundup pic a few days ago
Best Roundup. Evar.
/Coop
//obligatory
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Babar 2.0 Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:11 PM
SVG fires shots at Shaq…How will Shaq respond in this feud? Post later.
/TBL
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:11 PM
why should martins know anything about hoops? he’s a ceo
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:12 PM
svg, tell me how my ass taste
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:14 PM
“This is awesome.”
Not really.
David Maraniss’ forthcoming biography of Barack Obama tells tales of a young dope-smoking president-to-be who was always quick to bogart that joint:
Barry also had a knack for interceptions. When a joint was making the rounds, he often elbowed his way in, out of turn, shouted “Intercepted!,” and took an extra hit. No one seemed to mind.
As Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell notes, the president is still “intercepting” the nation’s drug supply.
Stories like these about a young adult are actually kind of funny, even humanizing — like something straight out of a stoner comedy. But when you realize it’s about President Obama, it becomes a little less humurous.
Less humorous because President Obama has repeatedly laughed off and dismissed serious discussion about drug policy, like in that 2009 virtual town hall where the president mocked online voters for picking a question about marijuana legalization.
Less humorous because the president shuts down medical marijuana dispensaries with a frequency that would make Richard Nixon stand up and cheer. He presides over a DOJ, IRS, and DEA that have threatened, audited, and shut down legal pot sellers in California, Colorado, Montana, and Washington. All this despite once promising to respect state laws regarding medical marijuana.
More http://www.mediaite.com/online/why-wont-president-obama-support-our-right-to-choom-a-doobie-like-he-did/
The good news is that an increasing majority of Americans are starting to push back. Rasmussen polls show that a healthy 56 percent of likely voters think pot should be treated like booze rather than a Schedule I drug.
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:16 PM
But when you realize it’s about President Obama, it becomes a little less humurous.
Our previous presidents have most likely done far worse things in their youth.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
just found this book, seems interesting
“Freedom’s Forge” How American Business Produced Victory in WWII
how far we’ve fallen.
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TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:18 PM
Every time I notice Nathan Wind posting it’s always longer than anything any of the writers here put together that day.
Take it easy, fella.
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TimmyTheEnchanter Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:19 PM
Also, Jeff Van Gundy is awesome.
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Get you some, Richt. I hope he crosses over to the darkside and does more of this shit.
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squawkbox Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Per Steiner Sports:
Authentic Yankee Stadium Seat Back >>
Lou Holtz Notre Dame Replica Mini Helmet with Case ==
Dual Signed Bill Buckner & Mookie Wilson MLB Baseball with Case
That’s all I got.
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squawkbox Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Oh yeah, and by the way, I’m wearing jeans, a polo and my shirt is not tucked in.
So I’ve got that going for me, which is nice.
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:26 PM
“Our previous presidents have most likely done far worse things in their youth.”
Perhaps, but that’s irrelevant. Obama is given a pass as a “cool guy” based in part on his admitted youthful drug use and his prior promises to respect state laws for medicinal weed. Yet he’s ramped up enforcement of federal weed law.
Penn Teller had a good rant about this on YouTube. Obama is a fucking hypocrite of the highest order. If he’d have been in prison for the things he did the way he oversees the imprisonment of differently situated people today, he’d never have been President.
Fuck Obama.
/waves hight to the NSA!
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gfunk supreme Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Penn Teller
lol. It was a pretty good rant though.
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HuskerDawg Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
Perhaps, but that’s irrelevant.
I disagree, but I’m totally with you on his bull shit stance on weed.
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scripty Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:32 PM
that’s a really hideous photo of Michelle Beadle at the top of the page. damn.
/Indeed. It looks like her face is melting.
His only other choices were this or this.
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HtownHacker Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:33 PM
Is there a statute of limitations on food left in an office freezer/refrigerator?
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squawkbox Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
Our previous presidents have most likely done far worse things in their youth.
Political fight! (see this mornings roundup)
I love the use of the assumptive broad brush – I must use it more often.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:34 PM
[Gravatar image]
Is there a statute of limitations on food left in an office freezer/refrigerator?
to eat or throw out?
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HtownHacker Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
to eat or throw out?
To eat. I always bring lunch but forgot. Don’t feel like driving and there’s some frozen pizza that’s probably been in there a year. I think I’ll grab it.
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scripty Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
to eat or throw out?
one business week. Either.
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reggie_dunlap Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:39 PM
Get your facts straight, Nathan. It is Penn Gillette. Teller is head bobbing in agreement.
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Ty_Webb Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:44 PM
To eat. I always bring lunch but forgot. Don’t feel like driving and there’s some frozen pizza that’s probably been in there a year. I think I’ll grab it.
you don’t work with Mole do you?
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HtownHacker Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:46 PM
you don’t work with Mole do you?
LOL. And no jokes about me preferring his type of pizza, ok?
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:47 PM
To eat. I always bring lunch but forgot. Don’t feel like driving and there’s some frozen pizza that’s probably been in there a year. I think I’ll grab it.
microwaves are a cure-all
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Ty_Webb Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:48 PM
LOL. And no jokes about me preferring his type of pizza, ok?
never, never
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
LOL. And no jokes about me preferring his type of pizza, ok?
Spermbank Hut
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jthussler Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:50 PM
Shots fired!
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Nathan Wind Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:55 PM
“Political fight! ”
It’s cute to see politics discussed between those who identify as “conservative” or “Republican” and those who identify as “liberal” and “Democrats” – as if there is any real material difference between the two parties. It’s all a bullshit parlor game with the two parties combatting over power, not ideas.
Fuck all of them and vote Gary Johnson or GTFO. Term limits for Congressmen and Senators or it’s never going to change.
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kaiserwilhelmreems Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
To eat. I always bring lunch but forgot. Don’t feel like driving and there’s some frozen pizza that’s probably been in there a year. I think I’ll grab it.
take whatever you want, and if someone catches you, make a scene and threaten to go to HR for harassment.
then post a comment about it on TBL.
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SenyorMadre Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
It’s all a bullshit parlor game with the two parties combatting over power, not ideas.
Fuck all of them and vote Gary Johnson or GTFO. Term limits for Congressmen and Senators or it’s never going to change.
agree with this. the system is responsible for most of what we complain about
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bk Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Is there a statute of limitations on food left in an office freezer/refrigerator?
If its there over a weekend, or 3 days I toss it to make room. We only have 2 dorm fridges for like 50-75 people so if you leave it I'll toss it. I don't see why eating would be different.
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countolaf Says:
May 25th, 2012 at 3:04 PM
This JVG is better than the one on TV that says things that sound like they would come out of the mouth of Alex Martins.