Where Spoelstra succeeded, Blatt and Lue failedhome/Sports/Sports Columns/Where Spoelstra succeeded, Blatt and Lue failedDid you know that the now Los Angeles Lakers’ spiritual leader LeBron James, right in his very first year in Miami, wanted the Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra fired? Spo, by that time and up to this present time, has been the Heat’s head coach since April 2008 as Riley’s handpicked successor. What happened to Spoelstra at Miami, happened too, to David Blatt and Tyrone Lue at Cleveland. He’s a man that was born to coach.”Spoelstra became the first ever Fil-Am NBA head coach. He is also the grandson of Watson Spoelstra, a long-time sportswriter for The Detroit NewsOn July 22, 2016, Spoelstra married former Miami Heat cheerleader, Nikki Sapp.

Source: Manila Times February 02, 2019 17:15 UTC