Erik Spoelstra
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Erik Spoelstra: One of the Best Coaches in the NBA
How Erik Spoelstra Broke Basketball
An Insider's Guide to Erik Spoelstra
In coaching circles, Erik Spoelstra may be considered a star. In public, however, he doesn’t make much of a stir, unless he’s at the ESPYs and Jon Hamm is jokingly mistaking him for musician Bruno Mars. By now, Spoelstra has won two championships, guiding one of the most celebrated teams in…
Erik Spoelstra Is the Best Coach in Basketball
Six years removed from four straight Finals trips, two celebratory visits to the White House, and as much internal and external pressure as any basketball team ever assembled, Erik Spoelstra has yet another opportunity to coach a world champion. The difference between then and now is that…
Erik Spoelstra Lives For These Moments
It’s been a long time coming.” Those were the first words Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said to P.J. Tucker last August, after signing him to a two-year, $15 million contract. “We’ve been trying to get you over here for six or seven years.” Coming off a championship run with the Bucks, Tucker nodded…
Erik Spoelstra's Work Ethic
The Heat began training at La Salle in 1996, when Spoelstra was an entry-level staffer, fetching coaches’ laundry and walking their dogs. His office in Miami Arena was a windowless storage room nicknamed the Dungeon, where he edited video all night, then had cut-ups ready for the team at dawn. La Salle represented a rare…
4 Skills that Erik Spoelstra Used
If you’re a basketball fan, you already know that the Miami Heat recently lost 4-2 against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 2020 NBA Finals. Despite falling short, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was regularly recognized for his journey from obscurity to becoming one of the youngest and most respected coaches in the league…
Coaching While You Are Losing
No panic. When the Miami Heat found themselves down four with half a minute to play in the biggest game of the season, it was nothing they hadn’t seen before. They had been in that position time after time, and time after time they had come up short. No matter. They knew what to do. It’s nice to think of great coaching…
