Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy took to Time Magazine to call athletes kneeling during the National Anthem "patriots." He also recently talked about some regrets he had from the reaction of Donald Trump's Election Night triumph.

We also preview the Oklahoma City Thunder matchup from Friday night, including host Matt Schoch's thoughts on Russell Westbrook and his "MVP season" from a year ago.

Here's the NBA.com article about Leuer and his famous father in law and Mitch Albom's Q&A with Van Gundy from the Sunday Free Press.

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