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Spoelstra more important to those Miami championship teams than anyone

Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:42 pm
Posted by Geauxgurt
Member since Sep 2013
13484 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:42 pm
Is Spoelstra the most disrespected coach in NBA history to help stroke LeBron’s ego and false GOAThood?

Guy has now taken teams to 6 NBA Finals despite injuries the last few years abs one tier 2 superstar in Jimmy.

Narrative was always that LeBron never had even half of a Phil Jackson level-coach and carried Spoelstra to his titles. Most underrated coach of all time perhaps.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Lift every voice and sing
Member since Oct 2011
41042 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:42 pm to
All Lebron all the time
Posted by beauchristopher
Member since Jan 2008
73258 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:46 pm to
I was impressed by his comments after the last loss. He seemed focused and confident. I liked what I saw from him.
Posted by HippieTiger
Boulder, CO
Member since Oct 2015
2195 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:48 pm to
It always comes back to LeGoat one way or another
Posted by Colonel Flagg
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2010
23471 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:48 pm to
The Heat were only hampered because Wade is about the worst complimentary star to pair with James and Bosh.
This post was edited on 5/29/23 at 9:49 pm
Posted by TigerMan327
Elsewhere
Member since Feb 2011
6135 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:49 pm to
He has become an amazing coach for sure. But to say he was at this level when Lebron got there is silly. Carlisle and Pop outcoached him during the heatles tenure.
Posted by SirWinston
Kid Rock sucks
Member since Jul 2014
103627 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:51 pm to
I once worked out on the elliptical machine right next to Spo at the Wisconsin Athletic Club. Cool dude the Heatles were staying at the famous Pfister Hotel in downtown MKE
Posted by Frac the world
The Centennial State
Member since Oct 2014
21328 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:56 pm to
Spoelstra dragged lebrons arse to those titles
Posted by shel311
McKinney, Texas
Member since Aug 2004
112724 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:57 pm to
quote:

Is Spoelstra the most disrespected coach in NBA history to help stroke LeBron’s ego and false GOAThood?
Posted by MrJimBeam
Member since Apr 2009
13039 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 9:59 pm to
PFISTER

I BARELY KNOW HER
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
110292 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:02 pm to
Wait, I thought it was LeGm from those days right just picking a pawn coach he could talk over ? So is LeGM the best GM of all time for finding an unknown like Spoelstra?
This post was edited on 5/29/23 at 10:03 pm
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
34684 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:17 pm to
Ty Lue and even Mike Brown have seen their coaching reputations rehabilitated in recent years. People act like LeBron's coaches were random dudes they found off the street who did absolutely nothing but let LeBron do whatever he wanted.
Posted by Akit1
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Jul 2006
8305 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:20 pm to
I can’t believe he got that team to respond after the Game 6 loss. That’s coaching. Yes - super underrated
Posted by Peter167
Member since Mar 2020
6327 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:21 pm to
He's never won coach of the year. They won like 26 straight back then and he's doing it now with undrafted guys and old heads.

Probably should of won it last year with the 1 seed.

Posted by QJenk
Atl, Ga
Member since Jan 2013
17520 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:23 pm to
Spo is a terrific coach. But let's not overlook this. He had to work to get to this point.

He shite the bed in 2011, and he was easily out coached both final years against Pop.

But he learned, and got a lot better. Credit.
Posted by BowlJackson
Birmingham, AL
Member since Sep 2013
52881 posts
Posted on 5/29/23 at 10:24 pm to
Jimmy GOATler
Posted by GoldenGuy
Member since Oct 2015
12767 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 12:45 am to
DWade and Shaq, then THE first Big 3. Thing at that time was that the East was so dogshit that your son’s 8 year old tee ball coach with that firepower was going to the championship regardless of what they did.

From the last 3-5 years, could not name you a person from the Heat not named Spoelstra to save my soul. Dude may actually have been a major part of not four, not five, not six, but seven.
Posted by SammyTiger
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Feb 2009
79193 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 12:48 am to
went 2-2 in the finals with the loaded heat.
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
45431 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 8:46 am to
quote:

he was easily out coached both final years against Pop.


I'd say there is probably a long list of coaches who have been outcoached by Pop at some point in their coaching career.
Posted by Suntiger
STG or BR or somewhere else
Member since Feb 2007
36022 posts
Posted on 5/30/23 at 12:08 pm to
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