With the future of Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy up in the air, the window of opportunity for his team to make the playoffs becomes smaller and smaller by the day.
According to an article written by James L. Edwards III of The Athletic, Van Gundy opened up following Friday night's 99-83 victory over the Chicago Bulls about his job security going forward and what he is focused on.
“I absolutely have no worries about (my job) whatsoever,” Van Gundy said. “What I worry about, and what keeps me up at night, is the fact that we lost 10 of 12 coming into tonight. That bugs the crap out of me. That drives me nuts. What decision Tom's going to make at the end of the year, that doesn't worry me even a little bit.”
Detroit is still five full games back of the Milwaukee Bucks for the No. 8 and final seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Despite the Pistons' recent slide, Van Gundy said that he and team owner Tom Gores are on the same page and that Gores has confidence in him.
“This business is about winning games, and we haven't been doing enough of that,” coach Van Gundy said. “I know how this works. Tom's been fantastic. He couldn't be better as an NBA owner. The way he wants to go about things is perfect. We're in 100 percent agreement on how things should be handled.”
Van Gundy and his Pistons squad face an extremely tough test when they head west for a grueling six-game road trip beginning with Tuesday night's matchup against the Utah Jazz.
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