This season has been much better than expected for the Los Angeles Clippers.

The team has performed at a high level, and their stars have looked like the version of themselves that everyone has been missing.

There have been some changes for the team and they have all been beneficial.

Speaking with Yahoo Sports, Norman Powell talked about the addition of assistant coach Jeff Van Gundy.

Powell knows the impact Van Gundy has had and is proud to work with him.

“He’s changed the identity of our team,” Clippers wing Norm Powell said of Van Gundy.

This is Van Gundy’s first year as an assistant coach for the Clippers, but he has been a part of the NBA for a very long time.

He got his start as an assistant for the New York Knicks before taking on the head coach position in 1995-96.

After seven seasons with the Knicks, he moved on to the Houston Rockets for four seasons but hasn’t been a coach since 2007.

He has instead pursued a television career, becoming one of the most respected and reliable commentators in the world of sports.

With his return to coaching, Van Gundy has joined a team that has a lot of potential but has consistently come up short.

Expectations were quite low for the Clippers at the start of this season.

There were worries about how the team would look without Paul George and concerns about Kawhi Leonard’s health.

The team has done just fine without George, and Leonard hasn’t been this healthy in years.

And the Clippers are now in the playoffs and competing very well against the Denver Nuggets.

Van Gundy has brought his years of experience and dedication to pushing his players and has quickly become one of the most important people in the Clippers organization.

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