Is there any chance The Heat could lure Phil Jackson to coach thoese egos?

maybe if they don't win it next year and phil gets the itch again

I was thinking about that this morning. If he would come back for any coaching job, it would be with the Heat.

He loves coaching the top players in the game.

Any other coach would've won this finals with that Heat team. Yea I said it.

Isn't Pat Riley the most likely person to step in if Spolestra can't coach this amazing team?

And LeBron needs to play like he wants to win. Did you see how hesitant he played in the first half? Passed up wide open shots, he just didn't want the responsibility to fall on him when it mattered.

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Isn't Pat Riley the most likely person to step in if Spolestra can't coach this amazing team?

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This. He's already with the organization so he would simply add it to his duties.

yeah now that i think about the riley factor, i doubt he'd hire phil

riley is also a hyper competitive douche, and there's no way his ego would allow him to admit his failures

if spolestra wins, riley gets to puff his chest that his guy led them there

Phil is only coming back for one job, the Knicks, and that's only if he gets his health issues resolved. The Bill Simmons article on Phil was pretty eye opening about a lot of Phil's struggles w/ his legs and hips.

Riles is the obvious contender to replace Spoelstra, especially considering he did this exact thing before the 2006 season when he replaced Stan Van.