Hence, the challenge for Spoelstra this season: Keeping the message and the approach fresh. “I look back on it now and I don’t even know how I prepared for my first training camp,” Spoelstra said after the first practice of the season at Florida Atlantic University. Fatherhood has changed the Heat coach already, something that’s proven in any number of ways — including an increased coffee intake. The second-longest current tenured coach in the NBA, behind only San Antonio’s Gregg Popovich, Spoelstra is going into his 11th season as Heat coach. “He’s going to have something to give guys the chills and get guys going.

Source: Philippine Star September 26, 2018 02:53 UTC