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• Heat Notes: Butler, Spoelstra, Rivas, Buyout Market, Wiggins, Rotation
The Heat won half of their first 50 games this season. Considering the extended Jimmy Butler drama, coach Erik Spoelstra is relieved that the team’s spirit didn’t crumble before Butler was dealt to Golden State. “It was six, eight weeks of not having full clarity,” Spoelstra said, per Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. “But […]...2025
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• Super Bowl 59: Heat's Erik Spoelstra wants Pat Riley to throw 'big ass party' if Chiefs pull off three-peat

Riley has the term 'three-peat' trademarked, so he's in line for a big payday if Kansas City beats the Eagles...2025
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• Heat Rumors: Wiggins, Butler, Anderson, Tax
After declining to comment on the Jimmy Butler situation in recent weeks, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra addressed the subject on Friday after the team’s four-team deal sending the star forward to Golden State had officially been processed, per Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald. Spoelstra admitted that he doesn’t “completely understand” how the relationship […]...2025
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• Heat's Erik Spoelstra addresses Jimmy Butler trade: 'There's been a lot that everybody's had to go through'

Spoelstra added that the pieces they got back will give Miami 'a boost'...2025
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• Heat Notes: Butler, Herro, Ware, Jovic, Robinson
Six-time All-Star Heat forward Jimmy Butler has been suspended for the third time this season by his own team. With this latest suspension, he’s gone indefinitely. With the NBA trade deadline less than two weeks away, however, he may be seeing on-court action soon enough — for someone else. Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra opted […]...2025
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• Spoelstra to Heat on Butler's ban: 'Get over it'
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra delivered a message to his team in the wake of another suspension for star forward Jimmy Butler, who will miss the upcoming two-game road trip in Milwaukee and Brooklyn as punishment for missing a team flight....2025
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• Spoelstra to Heat on Butler's ban: 'Get over it'
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain

Photo by Megan Briggs/Getty Images The veteran NBA star finds comfort wearing the black hat. It started, as it almost always does, with a tweet by Adrian “Woj” Wojnarowski, the former ESPN sports reporter. It was in the middle of October, in the afternoon, after Jimmy Butler’s infamous practice session, where he took the bench players on his then-team, the Minnesota Timberwolves, and beat ...2025
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• Jimmy Butler To Start On Friday In Heat Return

5:25pm: Head coach Erik Spoelstra has confirmed that Butler will start vs. Denver, tweets Ira Winderman of The South Florida Sun Sentinel. 5:10pm: Having finished serving his team-imposed seven-game suspension, Jimmy Butler will make his return on Friday when the Heat host the Nuggets in Miami, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes, who reports (via […]...2025
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images These are the NBA teams facing the most pressure this season. Not every team can realistically dream about winning the NBA championship entering the new season, but some organizations are feeling more pressure than others. A year ago, the Boston Celtics went ‘all-in’ after a string of playoff failures by acquiring Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis. The...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”

Photo by Tim Nwachukwu/Getty Images Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 9/19/24. Let’s get to the Philadelphia Eagles links ... Forget the Loss - Iggles BlitzIf Saquon Barkley catches that pass, the Eagles are 2-0. Since he dropped the pass and the Eagles lost, the focus seems to be on the result of the game more than anything. What if the Eagles run the ball on third down? What if Nick...2024
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• Heat Notes: Butler, Bryant, Rozier, Herro
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was disappointed with the league’s decision to suspend Jimmy Butler one game for the altercation between his club and the Pelicans on Friday, according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. Nikola Jovic was also assessed a one-game suspension and Thomas Bryant received a three-game penalty. The Heat will be in […]...2024
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• Rozier, Richardson slated for MRIs after Heat loss

Terry Rozier and Josh Richardson suffered injuries Sunday afternoon, as the Heat dropped a 110-106 decision to the Boston Celtics at Kaseya Center, and both players will have MRI exams Monday, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra said after the loss....2024
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• Heat Notes: Road Trip, LeBron, Highsmith, Smith
The Heat were missing four rotation players in their 121-104 loss to the Clippers on Monday, including Jimmy Butler, who is dealing with right foot irritation. Miami now faces the Lakers on Wednesday and the Suns on Friday to close out the five-game road swing. Coach Erik Spoelstra said the club can’t use injuries as […]...2024
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• Tyler Herro injury update: Heat guard not yet cleared to play in NBA Finals Game 4, Erik Spoelstra says

Herro has taken some contact, but he has not completed the team's return-to-play protocol...2023
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images Erik Spoestra can’t lose. If you forced me to define what I think makes a good coach in this modern league, my answer would be “Rigid flexibility”. It’s a paradox that demands being able to hold two things in your head at the same time, to understand two conflicting ideas can be true. If you’re too dogmatic, you live and die by the same double-edged s...2023
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• ‘Playoff Jimmy’ wills Heat to another upset as Miami beats Celtics in Game 1 of Eastern Conference Finals
Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images Plus: Jayson Tatum falls apart late in Celtics’ second-straight game 1 loss I guess the Miami Heat fan I met in a tattoo parlor hours before the game tipped didn’t end up needing the prayers or moments of silence he was asking for, because what an absolute clinic put on by Erik Spoelstra, Jimmy Butler, and the entire Heat in their 123-116 ...2023
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• As Always for LeBron, It's His Teammates, Not the Coach, That Matters Most
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• Chris Bosh Turned Down Houston Rockets to Avoid More Big 3 Pressure
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• The Can-Do Kid: Becky Hammon's Incredible Journey from Rapid City to the NBA
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• NBA Preseason Allows Coaches to Show off a Few New Moves of Their Own
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"Super Bowl 59: Heat's Erik Spoelstra wants Pat Riley to throw 'big ass party' if Chiefs pull off three-peat"

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"After Erik Spoelstra signed a contract extension with Miami that made him the highest paid NBA coach ever, some internet trolls decided to attack his ex-wife, Nikki Sapp, about it."

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"Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra has called for an outdoor NBA game to be played in front of 100,000 people."

2022
"Williams beat out Taylor Jenkins and Erik Spoelstra for the award"

2021
"Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra is thrilled with how the fallback game plan has been going with Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro out of the picture."

2020
"There may be no better example of what good coaching can do for a team than when the Miami Heat toppled the Milwaukee Bucks in this strange […] The post Erik Spoelstra is easily the best coach left in the NBA Playoffs appeared first on ClutchPoints."

2019
"Erik Spoelstra isn't worried about Butler's shooting woes: He has a 'playoff-ready game'"

2018
"NEW YORK -- The Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra and the Portland Trail Blazers' Terry Stotts today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in January."

2017
"Mike D'Antoni, Erik Spoelstra named co-recipients of NBCA Coach of the Year Award"

2016
"Even while James hasn't been at the forefront of the NBA scene, there has been an expectation that his work behind the scenes would transform Irving and Love into Dwayne Wade and Chris Bosh, with Blatt evolving the way inexperienced Erik Spoelstra did as James' coach in Miami."

2015
""Good enough that Erik Spoelstra admitted that he'd erred by keeping Whiteside on the bench so long, after taking him out late in the third quarter due to some fatigue."

2014
"Although it is unlikely that using Beasley more in the NBA Finals against the San Antonio Spurs would have significantly altered Miami's losing fate, Suns announcer Eddie Johnson scolded the Heat and head coach Erik Spoelstra for parking Beasley on the bench: Beasley dressed for just one Finals game and ended up playing 17 minutes in Game 5."

• Heat Notes: Butler, Herro, Ware, Jovic, Robinson
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain
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• Pat Riley and the Heat fired back at the latest Jimmy Butler trade rumors

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Pat Riley is trying to quiet the distractions around Jimmy Butler’s status, and put out a statement saying the Heat will not trade their disgruntled star before the Feb. 6 NBA trade deadline. In an NBA Christmas tradition unlike any other, Wednesday saw ESPN’s Shams Charania kick off the league’s annual holiday showcase by reporting that Jimmy Butler wa...2024
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why

Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra, and Doc Rivers are just a few of the NBA coaches struck by how a star-studded Celtics squad has embraced selfless basketball. BOSTON — Just how unselfish are the Boston Celtics? The standard numbers don’t pop out. The Celtics average 26 assists per game — good for 14th in the NBA. And only the Clippers have...2024
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• The Jazz calling a timeout to wipe away their own potential game-winner is incredible tanking

Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images The Jazz are firmly in the middle of a rebuild, but it’s safe to say even they (probably) didn’t mean to tank this blatantly in their Sunday night loss to the Lakers. Under normal circumstances, the Utah Jazz (4-16 overall) losing a game would not be headline news. But it was the way they lost against the Lakers on Saturday night to secure that 16th defe...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images JP Acosta dives into the NFL’s biggest trends, including the Saints’ record-breaking offense, a Packers coaching masterclass, and the Patriots’ new position-less defensive star. Welcome back to Establish the Fun, where football is fun and I’m here establishing that harder than a Big Ten football game in November. It’s Week 3, and some early trends are popp...2024
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• Warriors, coach Steve Kerr agree to 2-year contract extension: Sources
With less than a half-season remaining on his current coaching contract, Steve Kerr has finally agreed to a contract extension with the Warriors. The terms: Two years, $35 million, as team sources confirmed late Friday night. ESPN was first to report the deal. Kerr is in his 10th season coaching the Warriors, having won four titles. He’s the third longest-tenured coach in the NBA, trailing o...2024
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• Terry Rozier trade grades for Heat, Hornets after deal for first round draft pick

Photo by Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images Let’s grade the deal sending Terry Rozier to the Miami Heat. The Miami Heat are trying to make another deep push in the NBA Playoffs after a stunning run to the NBA Finals as a No. 8 seed last season. A key reinforcement is coming to Miami to add scoring punch and three-point shooting, and it should have the Heat dreaming big again. The Heat acquired T...2024
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• Jalen Rose saw the ghost of Chris Webber after Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn’t have

Erik Spoelstra pulled a Chris Webber in Heat loss, and Jalen Rose looked like he saw a ghost. The Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons played a thriller to open up NBA Cup play on Wednesday night. Detroit led by 10 points with under four minutes left, but Tyler Herro hit three straight three-pointers to close the fourth quarter and help force overtime. In OT, Herro put the Heat up with a leaning bucket ...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star
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• Four takeaways from Heat’s Play-In win vs. Bulls to set up Celtics matchup: How Miami’s defense made the difference
By Eric Koreen, Darnell Mayberry and Lauren Merola The Miami Heat pummeled the Chicago Bulls, 112-91, in their Play-In tournament finale to eliminate Chicago from postseason contention and secure a matchup against the top-seeded Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Heat entered the fourth quarter with a 22-point lead and never relinquished it thanks in part to ...2024
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• Heat Notes: Herro, Starting Five, Defense, Love, Bryant, More
While Thursday’s loss to the Sixers was a disappointing one, the Heat had a good day on Friday, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, as Tyler Herro returned following a 20-game absence and scored 17 points in a convincing, much-needed victory over Houston. “It’s just great to have him back,” Erik Spoelstra said of […]...2024
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• Heat Notes: Mills, Herro, Love, Schedule, Martin
Patty Mills‘ debut with the Heat Friday night looked familiar to coach Erik Spoelstra, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Mills provided the jolt of instant offense that Miami was looking for, coming off the bench to score 13 points in 16 minutes while shooting 5-of-7 from the field and 3-of-4 from beyond the […]...2024
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• Terry Rozier trade grades for Heat, Hornets after deal for first round draft pick
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• Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra believes in Mike McDaniel and the Dolphins process

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Being coach of the Miami Heat since 2008, Erik Spoelstra knows a thing or two about the process. The Detroit Lions snapped a 32-year streak by holding off the Los Angeles Rams 24-23 during Super Wild Card Weekend and as a result, the Miami Dolphins now hold the crown for the longest stretch without a playoff win. Erik Spoelstra on Mike...2024
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain
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• Pat Riley and the Heat fired back at the latest Jimmy Butler trade rumors
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• The Jazz calling a timeout to wipe away their own potential game-winner is incredible tanking
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• Erik Spoelstra costs Heat game with brutal Chris Webber moment — and Jalen Rose can’t believe it

Erik Spoelstra made a series of mistakes in a matter of seconds that proved costly for the Heat in their overtime loss to the Pistons. The boneheaded moments saw the Heat blow a two-point lead with just under two seconds left in overtime and then an even bigger error came on the part of Spoelstra,......2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Erik Spoelstra’s Ex-Wife Fires Back at Internet Trolls Over Contract Taunts
After Erik Spoelstra signed a contract extension with Miami that made him the highest paid NBA coach ever, some internet trolls decided to attack his ex-wife, Nikki Sapp, about it. Spoelstra’s new contract will be worth $120 million over eight years, meaning he’s about to get paid 77 percent more than the entire league. Coach […] The post Erik Spoelstra’s Ex-Wife Fires Back...2024
• Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, wife Nikki Spoelstra getting divorced

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his wife, Nikki Spoelstra, have finalized their divorce....2023
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• Erik Spoelstra Addresses Returning to Philippines With Team USA
Erik Spoelstra takes pride in his Filipino roots and to be back in the Philippines with Team USA is a dream come true for the Miami Heat coach. Spoelstra is a first-generation Filipino-American as his mother, Elisa, is from Laguna – which is situated in the mountains two hours south of Manila. The Team USA […] The post Erik Spoelstra Addresses Returning to Philippines With Team USA app...2023
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• Hassan Whiteside Has Gone from Novelty to Necessity for Miami Heat
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• Humbled by the Warriors Yet Again, LeBron James on Verge of Becoming Irrelevant
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• Miami Heat Minority Owner Claims LeBron James Wanted Erik Spoelstra Fired
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• Michael Beasley to Grizzlies: Latest Contract Details, Analysis and Reaction
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• Gerald Green Fined $25K for 'Menacing Gestures' vs. Wizards
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• Chris Bosh Illness: Updates on Heat Star's Recovery from Blood Clots
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• Where Are All the Black NBA Coaches? Examining a Sudden, Silent Disappearance
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• Like It or Not, LeBron Is Going to Make His Voice Heard, and Why Shouldn't He?
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Miami Heat's Latest Collapse Leaves Team on the Brink of a Merciful End
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• Cavaliers, Like Heat Before Them, Are Learning What Life in the Bubble Is Like
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• Heat Notes: Highsmith, Butler, Adebayo, Jaquez, Herro
Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra made a significant change to his starting lineup Tuesday night, using rookie big man Kel’el Ware alongside Bam Adebayo in a double-big frontcourt. That meant Haywood Highsmith came off the bench after starting 32 of the previous 33 games he had played, and he saw just four minutes of action […]...2025
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain
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• Pat Riley and the Heat fired back at the latest Jimmy Butler trade rumors
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• Opponents deem Celtics one of the “most unselfish teams” in sports — here’s why
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• Heat Notes: Starting Lineup, Herro, Van Gundy, Smith
The Heat’s projected opening-night starting lineup of Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo looked good against New Orleans during limited playing time on Sunday. Coach Erik Spoelstra was encouraged by what he saw, according to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald. “The group has gone at it with the right […]...2024
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• Heat’s Erik Spoelstra: Jimmy Butler Needs Me To Push Him To Higher Levels

The Heat made a surprising run to the NBA Finals two years ago. Last season, they were bounced by the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. So you can say that in each of the past two seasons, it took the eventual NBA champions to eliminate Miami. Last year, they had to go […] The post Heat’s Erik Spoelstra: Jimmy Butler Needs Me To Push Him To Higher Levels appeared first on Hoo...2024
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star
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• Four takeaways from Heat’s Play-In win vs. Bulls to set up Celtics matchup: How Miami’s defense made the difference
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• Jimmy Butler is back to being the villain
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• Pat Riley and the Heat fired back at the latest Jimmy Butler trade rumors
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• Jalen Rose saw the ghost of Chris Webber after Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn’t have
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Establish the Fun: The Saints’ shocking offense, Matt LaFleur channels Erik Spoelstra, and the Patriots’ emerging star
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• East Notes: Heat, Bam Adebayo, Pistons, Hawks

Heat Forward/center Bam Adebayo came through when his team needed him most, burying a 3-pointer at the buzzer to top the Pistons for a 104-101 road win on Sunday. “Sometimes there’s karma in this game,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “Bam was just outstanding for us, especially defensively, with all the things he was doing […] The post East Notes: Heat, Bam Adebayo, Pistons, Hawks app...2024
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• Bruce Brown’s big bet on himself is about to pay off after NBA Finals
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Bruce Brown went from feeling like no team believed in him to one of the top free agents on the market after the Nuggets’ championship run. As Bruce Brown Jr. did multiple dribble moves, stepped back and shot a three-pointer, Nikola Jokic threw his hands in the air in confusion; a reaction that likely many Denver Nuggets fans watching also...2023
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• Erik Spoelstra is the Heat’s biggest cheat code in NBA Finals
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• Heat's Jimmy Butler explains how he exploited Bucks' game plan on buzzer-beating lob play (and before that)

Before the 'incredible play,' Butler told Miami coach Erik Spoelstra that he'd make it...2023
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