Big Shock: Stan Van Gundy Looks Like Ron Jeremy
Stan Van Gundy
Porn Star Ron Jeremy
Can’t tell the difference? Neither could Shaq. According to a recent article in The New York Post, Shaq repeatedly referred to his former coach as “Ron Jeremy”, and may have had more to do with Van Gundy leaving the Heat than Pat Riley did. Riley took a ton (okay, some) criticism for seeming to run Van Gundy off, but according to the article it was the Diesel who was most to blame for Van Gundy leaving, the Post quotes an unnamed reporter who covers the Heat as saying:
“Shaq often disrespected Stan,” the reporter disclosed. “Sometimes it was done playfully. More likely it was meant contemptuously.”
And it was loud enough so everyone could hear - teammates, the media, courtside fans, anybody within earshot. That season, while on the inactive list, Shaq was making snide and insensitive comments on the bench and during timeouts.
And what got Gundy’s goat the most? The nickname:
The senselessness of trying to coach Shaq was not lost on Van Gundy. What rubbed him the rawest? It may very well have been the nickname. Nobody’s more adept (mocking) at branding people, including himself.
According to the reporter, Shaq would refer to Van Gundy as (porn star) Ron Jeremy, whom he strongly resembles, at least from the neck up.
Does it surprise me if this is true? No. There’s not a person alive that doesn’t think that Van Gundy looks like Jeremy; that’s been a running gag for years. What I like about this article is that the Post never names who the reporter is. I always thought that anonymous sources are such b.s. I mean, I could make up anything and be anonymous about it. I could post that there is a famous Hollywood starlet who cannot sleep at night because she’s too busy dreaming about giving me my next blow job. And when people ask who she is, I can just wink and smile knowingly, while whispering, “she’s anonymous” while walking away to my next conquest; with no one ever to know that it was just an Asian prostitute who slightly resembled Lucy Liu. On second thought, I don’t have a problem with that.
