The 2025-26 NBA season has been a disastrous one for the Los Angeles Clippers, who currently sit at 6-20 following a recent home loss to the Memphis Grizzlies. Two weeks ago, the Clippers made headlines when they dismissed point guard Chris Paul from the team unexpectedly during the middle of their road trip.

Los Angeles assistant Jeff Van Gundy allegedly confronted Paul on a plane several days before the point guard’s exit over Paul assuming too much “leeway,” according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. Van Gundy believed Paul had changed a coaching assignment down the stretch of the team’s Nov. 29 home loss to Dallas.

According to NBA insider Chris Haynes, Chris Paul and Los Angeles Clippers assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy had multiple verbal incidents this season. During the Clippers’ loss to the Dallas Mavericks on November 29,

The Los Angeles Clippers had a situation that involved assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy confronting Chris Paul about his actions.

“Paul was stunned, sources said, and tried to plead his case,” Shelburne wrote. “At one point, he brought teammate Brook Lopez into the room as something of a character witness.

Clippers assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy and veteran guard Chris Paul had multiple verbal dust-ups this season, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes. One of those exchanges stemmed from a late-game moment during Los Angeles’ November 29 loss to the Mavericks.

Jeff Van Gundy reportedly is returning to the NBA sidelines. The Los Angeles Clippers are hiring the veteran coach as the lead assistant on Tyronn Lue's staff, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Tuesday. Stream Connecticut News for free, 24/7, wherever ...

Former Houston Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy is returning to coaching for the first time since taking a near two-decade hiatus. As first reported by ESPN, Van Gundy is joining Ty Lue's coaching staff to become his lead assistant with the Los Angeles Clippers.