NEW YORK -- Steve Francis isn't looking to challenge Jeff Van Gundy's authority or be perceived as a rebel. He also doesn't want to give the impression he's second-guessing his strategy.
Then, again.
"In the five years I've been with the Rockets I think I've earned being the No. 1 option and I want to keep it that way," he stressed to me a couple weeks ago while in New York to participate in The Wheelchair Classic.