NBA fans are so sad that Jeff Van Gundy was reportedly part of ESPN layoffs

Reports of more ESPN layoffs apparently include one beloved name for NBA fans.

Jeff Van Gundy, the former NBA coach who had become the leading voice for the NBA on ESPN alongside Mike Breen and Mark Jackson, was let go, according to a report from the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand.

JVG had been at the network for 16 years after a career that included coaching the New York Knicks for seven seasons and the Houston Rockets for four more through 2007.

NBA fans were crestfallen at the report that Van Gundy would no longer be heard on ESPN’s NBA broadcasts anymore: