Erik Spoelstra’s Years of Commitment Pay Off
Spoelstra was mentored by the great Pat Riley. He spent years in the system under Riley learning intricate details and slowly being groomed as a head coach. Spoelstra was an assistant coach for the 2006 NBA champion Miami Heat team under Pat Riley led by Dwayne Wade and Shaquille O’ Neal. Two years later, Spoelstra took over for his mentor and immediately led the Heat back to the playoffs. In 2010, the Miami Heat hit the jackpot in free agency and landed Lebron James and Chris Bosh to go with mainstay Dwayne Wade. Coaching this super trio comes with an enormous amount of pressure. Spoelstra faced an almost certain lose-lose situation in terms of how he would be perceived as a coach. If the Miami Heat won they were supposed to. If they lost, maybe it was because of coaching. Could Coach Spoelstra manage these superstar egos? Well, Spoelstra has embraced these challenges and produced. The Miami Heat have been in the NBA Finals the last two seasons and won the NBA championship in 2012. Spoelstra is on top of the NBA world and has earned his spot by remaining loyal to the organization that gave him a chance and working his way up the coaching latter.
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