NEW YORK — Jeff Van Gundy has taken another walk to the hot dog stand.
I have learned the former Knicks coach, who quit 19 games (10-9) into the 2001-02 season, again is leaving the profession for the foreseeable future and, no, his decision has nothing to do with Saturday night's Game 7, 103-99, playoff elimination home loss to the Jazz.
According to an impeccable source, Van Gundy's mind has been made up for weeks, if not months, to distance himself from the stress of the sidelines regardless of whether Houston got bumped early on or took the season to the championship limit.