Mark Jackson takes shot at former Warriors assistant Darren Erman
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As Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson discussed the D’Angelo Russell saga on ABC’s Rockets-Thunder broadcast Sunday, Jackson took a jab at one of his former assistants.
The ex-Warriors head coach said Russell could still make it in the NBA as an assistant, referencing Darren Erman, who was fired by Golden State in 2014 for secretly videotaping Jackson’s talks.
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