NBA Senior Vice President Stu Jackson has chosen longtime friend and ex-Knicks coach Jeff Van Gundy to perform the only workout to be performed by Chinese prospect Yao Ming in Chicago tomorrow, the New York Times are reporting.

"Jeff is a first-rate coach, and he should be perfect for this," said Terry Lyons, NBA vice president of international public relations. "His role will be to provide instruction. It will be a typical workout that draft prospects have for a team.?

Ming, expected to be chosen either first or second in the upcoming NBA draft, is expected to be watched by at least 22 teams with all 29 being invited.  This is said to be Ming?s only workout for teams before the draft.  He is expected to go one-on-one with another 7 foot NBA prospect who, according to Greg Logan from Newsday, thus far has been unconfirmed.