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Michael Beasley has a bit of a bone to pick with the team that drafted him. In an interview with the New York Post’s Marc Berman that ran Thursday, the veteran forward took shots at the Miami Heat and his ex-coach Erik Spoelstra. “I feel …
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is still having a tough time wrapping his mind around the image of Dwyane Wade in a Cleveland Cavaliers uniform. On Monday, one day before the Heat played the Cleveland Cavaliers for the first time this season, …
Erik Spoelstra doesn’t think it’s too coincidental that the NBA is seeing more injuries to start the year right as they shortened the length of the preseason. Speaking before Saturday’s game against the Indiana Pacers, the Miami …
Head coaches are probably the most criminally underappreciated component of the NBA experience. Fail to make the playoffs and half your fanbase will be calling for you to be burned at the stake — guilty until proven innocent in the kangaroo …
Stan Van Gundy can’t help but tip his hat to his fellow Eastern Conference head coaching counterpart. Speaking with reporters on Friday, Van Gundy, who formerly served as head coach of the Miami Heat, had high praise for current Heat head coach …
Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside was benched for a notable portion of the team’s lopsided 114-84 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, and head coach Erik Spoelstra bluntly explained why afterwards. “If he does not dominate …
Now that he’s in Chicago, Dwyane Wade appears to be committing himself more to the three-point shot than he ever did in his 13 years in Miami, and his old coach is taking notice. After Wade hit four of six attempts from deep in the Bulls’ …
The last thing the Miami Heat need while locked in a 2-2 series tie with the Toronto Raptors is tension among teammates. Good thing Erik Spoelstra says there isn’t any. After the Heat escaped with an overtime win in Game 4 Monday night, Brian …
Not terribly surprisingly, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was not pleased to learn that Frank Vogel was out in Indiana. Larry Bird announced Thursday that Vogel would not return as Pacers coach, and Spoelstra was rather alarmed to find out that he and …
In the wake of David Blatt’s firing, many have wondered whether LeBron James is a “coach killer.” The latest tidbit from Miami Heat minority owner Ranaan Katz would certainly suggest that he is. Katz, former Blatt assistant Alon …
Erik Spoelstra is the latest NBA coach to sound off about the Cleveland Cavaliers’ decision to fire David Blatt. Spoelstra, who coached LeBron James on the Miami Heat for four seasons, winning two titles, called the Blatt firing “very …
Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra revealed on Wednesday that he recently got engaged to longtime girlfriend Nikki Sapp. Spoelstra and Sapp, a former Heat dancer, have been dating for more than two years. Spoelstra dropped the big news just before …
One of the reasons LeBron James said he wanted to announce his decision to return to Cleveland with a Sports Illustrated essay was to avoid the media speculating that he and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra did not get along. LeBron said that is …
The Miami Heat players made a conscious effort to get Chris Bosh involved early on in Game 4 of their Eastern Conference finals game with the Indiana Pacers on Monday night, and it paid off. Bosh was 7-of-12, made 3-of-5 3-pointers and went 8-for-10 …
The Miami Heat hosted the Brooklyn Nets in game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinals series on Wednesday with a chance to end the Nets’ season. As is customary, Erik Spoelstra made himself available to the media for questions prior to the …
Erik Spoelstra has a new girlfriend, and Miami Heat fans will be happy to hear that he is sticking with the Heat family even in his personal life. Spoelstra likes his team so much that he decided to date one of its former dancers, 24-year-old Nikki …
