Within two weeks, two head coaches in the playoff chase out West were let go: Memphis’ Taylor Jenkins and Denver’s Michael Malone, occurring Tuesday. While Jenkins’ dismissal was still shocking, the writing was more on the wall for him than Malone, who is less than two calendar years removed from helping lead the Denver Nuggets […]
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For the first time since Erik Spoelstra took over as head coach in 2008-09, the Miami Heat are in the midst of an eight-game losing streak. They also dropped to 10 games below .500 for the first time since 2016-17 and have only continued to rise in the lottery ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft.
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While both have played six minutes apiece, the Miami Heat have yet to give their rookies–Kel’el Ware and Pelle Larsson–serious run through three games to begin the 2024-25 regular season. While that was to be expected, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra offered encouraging updates regarding their two 2024 draftees’ development ahead of Wednesday’s game against
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Even though he’s never won Coach of the Year, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra continues to be one of the most respected coaches in basketball. Once again, he dominated the majority of coaching questions asked in this year’s annual NBA preseason general manager survey, which posed 50 different questions to general managers leaguewide about
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra just concluded his first Olympic run as an assistant coach under head coach Steve Kerr with Team USA, who earned their fifth-straight Gold Saturday with a 98-87 win over France. It came on the heels of a disappointing 2023 FIBA World Cup, where USA didn’t medal as a result
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The Miami Heat, less than 48 hours removed from getting eliminated in five games to the Boston Celtics, conducted exit interviews Friday afternoon. For the second consecutive season, the Heat, who finished 46-36 in the regular season, ended up in the play-in game and ultimately landed as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference.
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Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has won the Eastern Conference’s Coach of the Month award for February, the league announced Monday. It marks Spoelstra’s 10th career Coach of the Month award and his first since December of the 2021-22 season. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr and Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra
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