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Van Gundy: ‘We’re really messed up as a team’
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All posts by Basketball InsidersUpdated10 hours ago on April 19, 2024
The Detroit Pistons’ coach (Stan Van Gundy), wearied by a ninth consecutive loss Tuesday, 106-96 to the Los Angeles Lakers, tore into his team as one that is “messed up” mentally, “awful” offensively, and wracked with “dilemmas” — he used that word five times — that led them to play better in preseason than regular season.
“We’re really messed up right now, I mean we’re really messed up as a team,” Van Gundy said. “Lot of dilemmas. Lot of guys feeling pressure or whatever. But we’re really not right mentally right now. That’s what we talked about. That’s got to change before anything else does.”
“We don’t have enough talent to overcome lack of effort,” Van Gundy said. “And again, I don’t think it’s laziness. I think there’s too much (stuff) up here (in their heads), and I don’t know how we get it out.”
