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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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• Spo takes blame for 'horrendous' TO gaffe in loss
Erik Spoelstra blamed himself for a "horrendous mistake" after calling a timeout the Heat didn't have with 1.1 seconds left in overtime, costing Miami the game....2024
• 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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• Erik Spoelstra pulls a Chris Webber, costs Heat NBA Cup game vs. Pistons with timeout blunder in OT

The Heat coach called a timeout when his team didn't have one...2024
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• Heat HC Erik Spoelstra commits baffling blunder in OT vs. Pistons

Erik Spoelstra is widely considered to be one of the best coaches in NBA history. He did not look the part on Tuesday....2024
• Southeast Notes: Highsmith, Ware, Risacher, Skyhawks, Sarr
The Heat‘s starting lineup of Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo is being outscored by 16.6 points per 100 possessions through seven games this season. With the team struggling in third quarters, coach Erik Spoelstra made the decision to sub in Haywood Highsmith for Jovic to open the second half […]...2024
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• Josh Richardson Nearing Return For Heat

Miami Heat guard Josh Richardson is nearing a return to the court. Richardson is fully recovered from a shoulder injury he suffered last season. Now, the veteran guard has to get over some lingering heel soreness before playing again. "He's making progress," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said when asked about Richardson following Saturday's morning shootaround in Charlotte. "So I'm encouraged by it. I...2024
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
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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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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations

Photo by Brian Babineau/NBAE via Getty Images Joe Mazzulla is the ideal head coach for the Celtics in so many ways. What does it mean to get “out-coached”? This phrase is thrown around as an explainer for all manner of failures, from NBA head coaches declining to call crucial timeouts to allowing their team to choke away a game they had well in hand on a putrid final possession. It’s a tal...2024
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• Erik Spoelstra: Heat Not Blaming Injuries For First-Round Exit

The Miami Heat had a tough road ahead of them when it came to repeating as Eastern Conference champions. For starters, they had to try to do it without star forward Jimmy Butler, sidelined by a knee injury. Secondly, they had to try to do it against the Boston Celtics. And all the Celtics did […] The post Erik Spoelstra: Heat Not Blaming Injuries For First-Round Exit appeared first on Hoops ...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship

Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports Let’s rank the 16 teams in the 2024 NBA Playoffs by their championship chances. The 2024 NBA Playoffs don’t exactly feel wide open. There’s a superpower hanging over both the Western Conference and the Eastern Conference as the playoffs begin, but at this point NBA fans should know anything can happen in the postseason. Last year saw a wild run of upsets with the ...2024
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• Coach Erik Spoelstra about playing without Jimmy Butler: ‘We will do this the hard way’
Bad news arrived at the South Beach camp when Jimmy Butler‘s results came in. Not only is the guard out for what could potentially be their final game of the season against Chicago this Friday, but he is set to miss several weeks due to a right knee injury he suffered in their Play-in contest […] The post Coach Erik Spoelstra about playing without Jimmy Butler: ‘We will do this the har...2024
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• Heat Notes: Lineup Combinations, Jaquez, Highsmith, Jovic
With their season disrupted by injuries, the Heat won’t be able to rely on continuity in the playoffs, but coach Erik Spoelstra thinks they might have something even better, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Miami has used 34 different starting lineups this season — trailing only Memphis and Portland — and Spoelstra believes […]...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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• 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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• Chris Bosh Ruled Out for 2016 Playoffs Due to Blood Clot
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• As Always for LeBron, It's His Teammates, Not the Coach, That Matters Most
2015

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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
2014

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• NBA Preseason Allows Coaches to Show off a Few New Moves of Their Own
2014

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2024
"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."

2023
"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."

• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
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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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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Tyronn Lue, Clippers Have Yet To Make Progress In Extension Talks

Tyronn Lue is set to enter the final season of his current contract with the Los Angeles Clippers in 24-25 if an extension isn't reached this offseason. Both the Los Angeles Lakers and Phoenix Suns had interest in Lue, but it was made clear that the Clippers wouldn't entertain letting him out of his contract. The Clippers would like to extend Lue, but those conversations reportedly haven't progres...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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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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• Steve Kerr Wants To Remain Head Coach Of Warriors Next Season

Steve Kerr is in the final season of his contract with the Golden State Warriors as no extension has been reached. "I want to be back," Kerr told Logan Murdock of The Ringer. "I've made that clear every time I've been asked about it. The only thing I won't talk about is just any detail of contract stuff, but I've been very open. I want to come back. Joe [Lacob has] told me he wants me back, so I t...2024
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• Doc Rivers, Bucks Agree To 3.5-Year, $40M Contract

The Milwaukee Bucks and Doc Rivers agreed to a contract through the 26-27 season worth approximately $40 million. As the current season is half over, Rivers will be paid at an annual rate of over $11 million over 3.5 seasons. The Bucks also owe money to former head coaches Mike Budenholzer and Adrian Griffin. Until Erik Spoelstra signed his extension with the Miami Heat, Monty Williams was the hig...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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• Jalen Rose saw the ghost of Chris Webber after Erik Spoelstra called a timeout he didn’t have
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• Southeast Notes: Highsmith, Ware, Risacher, Skyhawks, Sarr
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
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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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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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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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• Coach Erik Spoelstra about playing without Jimmy Butler: ‘We will do this the hard way’
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• Erik Spoelstra costs Heat game with brutal Chris Webber moment — and Jalen Rose can’t believe it
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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
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• The Linc - “This team has real issues”
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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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• JB Bickerstaff, Erik Spoelstra Share Security Concerns With Sports Betting

Cleveland Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra became the latest NBA personnel to speak out against sports betting. After Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton said he feels like a "prop" because some gamblers complain about his stat-lines, Bickerstaff shared that things have gone further for him and his family. "I have had my own instances with some of the sports ...2024
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• Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife blasts trolls after criticism over the coach’s new lucrative extension in Miami
As soon as it was confirmed that Erik Spoelstra agreed on one of the most lucrative extension deals in NBA history, the Heat coach’s ex-wife Nikki Sapp received a lot of criticism claiming she dropped the news about their divorce before his new deal was confirmed. At the start of the week, the former player […] The post Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife blasts trolls after criticism over...2024
• 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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• 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
2016

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• Michael Beasley to Grizzlies: Latest Contract Details, Analysis and Reaction
2014

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• Gerald Green Fined $25K for 'Menacing Gestures' vs. Wizards
2015

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• Chris Bosh Illness: Updates on Heat Star's Recovery from Blood Clots
2015

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• Where Are All the Black NBA Coaches? Examining a Sudden, Silent Disappearance
2015

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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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• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
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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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• Southeast Notes: Highsmith, Ware, Risacher, Skyhawks, Sarr
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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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• The NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
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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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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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• Heat Notes: Wright, Offseason Decisions, Butler, Draft
The Heat’s season ended in an appropriate way Wednesday night — with another new starting lineup. Injuries have forced coach Erik Spoelstra to juggle his rotations since training camp, and he unveiled his 37th starting unit in Game 5 at Boston, writes Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald. Rookie Jaime Jaquez was unavailable because of […]...2024
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• Every NBA Playoffs team, ranked by chances to win 2024 championship
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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 NBA’s 6 most desperate teams entering 2024-25 season, ranked
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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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• Joe Mazzulla is the perfect weirdo for Celtics’ NBA championship expectations
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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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• Erik Spoelstra made shocking admission after 'humbling' blowout loss to Celtics

Spoelstra's team failed to cause the Celtics =problems. Instead, the Celtics waltzed to a 143-110 win....2024
• 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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