Nov 1, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on the sidelines against the Philadelphia 76ers during the first quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports
9. Erik Spoelstra, Miami Heat
So the Miami Heat lose LeBron James and they fail to make the playoffs, funny how that works. This is part of the reason why I refuse to recognize David Blatt as being a quality NBA coach. If Spoelstra did not have the two NBA championships, I would probably put him in the same category as Blatt.
But Spoelstra did get Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh and LeBron to play as a team and win games. Also by “play as a team” I mean give the ball to LeBron and occasionally let Chris Bosh shoot a deep three so that he will stop complaining.
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