[Andrew Lopez] Stan Van Gundy told the Stupodity that he and the Pelicans weren’t on the same page as a reason for his exit. He also made one thing clear: Zion nor Brandon Ingram was the reason for his exit. “Zion is no coach killer.”

The extended quote from the article: "I know this, regardless of what happened in that regard, Zion's no coach killer. He's a guy who is gonna help you win a lot of games. He plays the game the right way. One of the things I'll miss is the opportunity to continue to coach him. He's so unique in the way that he plays the game and the things that he can do, it really gets your mind spinning as a coach and you have a lot of possibilities in what you can do with him. That was fun to explore. I'm happy with what we did with Zion. I think we helped him. How anyone else felt about that would be up to them."

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