Erik Spoelstra: incompetent, lucky ... One of the Best Coaches in NBA History

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You’ve likely heard the Erik Spoelstra story: he started in a windowless Miami Heat video room and worked so hard he eventually became head coach. He was the first Asian American coach in any of the four major US sports. He won back-to-back rings with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh and made two finals appearances without superstars. He’s elite, officially one of the 15 all time greatest coaches in NBA History.
But hang on, let’s go back to that “back-to-back rings with superstars” bit because that wasn’t always a feather in his cap. I mean, I’m sure he liked it, but coaching superstars can put you in a tight spot. You’re either incompetent, or lucky. Or, in Erik Spoelstra's case, both.
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@dub88acc 7 месяцев назад

You forgot the 41-41 season in 2016 they were 11-40... instead of tanking they went 30-11... missed playoffs by 1 win no all stars. Just Goran Dragic and friends. That was birth of elite Spo

@davidriedy5977 7 месяцев назад

that was maybe my favorite Heat team. Too bad they didn't get into the playoffs. If there was a play in tournament at that time I bet they get in

@Atfiswatching 7 месяцев назад

Well said.

@TeezyfolKKz 7 месяцев назад

@@davidriedy5977I hate the play-in man. Really cheapens the season.

@davidriedy5977 7 месяцев назад

@@TeezyfolKKz I get both sides of it tbh. On one hand if my team was the 9th or 10th seed and had a chance to get in due to the play in, I would be happy. Although granted you were probably the 9th or 10th seed for a reason and will probably get blown out in the first round by one of the better teams in the league. Upsets don't tend to happen much in the NBA, especially in a 7 game series. Not like the NFL or March Madness where all it takes is 1 game

@jacobesnard 7 месяцев назад

@@TeezyfolKKzyes and no. It makes getting those first six seeds that much more important, and allows a spontaneity amongst the 7-10 spots

@TheAmazingallan 7 месяцев назад

16-17 was the big turning point year for Spo and that basically gets brushed over here for some reason. He took a team composed of nothing but scrap parts after Wade left and Bosh got hurt from an 11-30 first half to a 30-11 second half that almost put them in the playoffs. Dion Waiters, James Johnson, Justise Winslow, Hassan Whiteside, Wayne Ellington, & Josh McRoberts were for a brief stretch the most feared team in the conference. THAT was when people really turned on Spo being a great coach, not the Butler years. I get it's easier to make the point when talking about finals appearances but it's just sloppy to ignore that stretch between greatness. Because he was one of the only reasons the team was even competent and why his reputation is as good as it today.

@davidmartinez52420 7 месяцев назад

As I stated in my own comment, I believe that a big part of the reason he was overlooked and/or underrated up until a couple years ago was because he's part of LeBron's story and how the people that tell it tend not to give others proper credit but are not shy to give them unjust blame. The narrative "LeBron has never played for a quality head coach" was pervasive for over a decade, and that's including the 4 years in Miami. Every time you would tell a hardcore LeBron fan that Spo is a great coach, the most frequent rebuttal they'd have is "Where are his rings without LeBron?" as if rings are the only thing that makes a great head coach great. Funny that rings are a perfectly fine measure for coaches who don't step foot on the court but not for the players that actually do.

@mico5536 7 месяцев назад

@@davidmartinez52420 but can I say he's just decent in Miami and he just improved as they were rebuilding. Nobody gave Kerr credit either, people were memeing that "he has to coach now" when Durant left, curry and Klay got injured but he stepped up without them. Having great players will overshadow a coach unless your Phil jackson

@davidmartinez52420 7 месяцев назад

@@mico5536 Spo has been more than decent for a long time, people are just too hung up on regular season record and rings. The Heat have consistently outperformed expectations and he has a lot to do with that. Kerr has had detractors from the very beginning and still does now, but the majority opinion is that he's a great coach. The opinions about Phil tend to vary depending on who you ask. Some have said for years that he got by off the back of Jordan & Pippen then Shaq & Kobe, but now others(LeBron fans mostly) try to give him most of the credit for the Bulls' success just to spite Jordan. Going back to Spo and LeBron, I get what you're saying about coaches being overshadowed by great players but the way Spo gets disrespected by the vast majority of LeBron fans is beyond just being overshadowed. Many will literally tell you Spo was and is not that good of a coach who just got carried by LeBron. The need to stick to the "never had a good head coach" narrative is way too strong for them to ever give Spo any credit.

@DomClancy 7 месяцев назад

Eh i totally agree but in terms of narrative construction for a short form video it makes sense she skipped over it given how it doesn't jive with the greater arcs

@TheAmazingallan 7 месяцев назад

sure but then you're just not telling the full story. I'd rather things be actually accurate rather than filling into some sentimental storytelling box. These prism videos should be more interesting than just peak -- valley -- peak again @@DomClancy

@MrSpeed-lt8gr 7 месяцев назад

Riley gave Erik a new contract AFTER his divorce was finalized. That's about as loyal as Pat can get.

@raceit502 7 месяцев назад

Imagine your boss helping you get double your annual pay. Pat is the GOAT team president.

@Dizzelsoul3542 7 месяцев назад

@@raceit502imagined losing the passion to upgrade the team , hiring waived and undrafted talents and twice succumbed to more superior teams Imagined losing the passion to capture the crown and had only their eyes for one particular whale which is not a player but their annointed one who loves to death a smallball which sometimes backfired on him and made him EXPOSEDTRA!

@Dizzelsoul3542 7 месяцев назад

@@christopherterrell2016 There were two sides of the story ( Pre Bubble and present Miami Heat) Choice is yours of course bro

@kenw2225 7 месяцев назад

Worst take I've ever read. Why? Cause it's terrible English, structure, and babble. Add to that, whatever you're trying to communicate is wrong and not the reality of spolestra as a coach. I think there are 4th grade writing classes for free on RU-vid. Also, there's videos on RU-vid to prove your flawed take is wrong. Good luck in 5th grade.

@ninjavires 7 месяцев назад

@@Dizzelsoul3542Please stop schizo posting 😭😭. Do you really think if it was up to Spo he wouldn’t have gotten a whale like Dame? He doesn’t have final say in how much money the Heat can take on over the tax or what assets to give up in a trade…

@dafttassia1960 7 месяцев назад

Last year's finals was two teams with coaches who've been with their teams 8 and 14 years respectively. That's what happens when you give a coach time and respect.

@rafikz77 7 месяцев назад

yep

@GroundHOG-2010 7 месяцев назад

I still think it's great that Michael Malone has gotten as long of a leash as he did with Denver after his short stint with the Kings, even with the losing seasons early on.

@flelite3994 6 месяцев назад

Erik Spoelstra is an overrated bum he brings down talented teams repeatedly I'm starting to think he's Pat Riley's secret lover can't stand the guy

@Fash0da 7 месяцев назад

The best coach in the NBA, the frame of HEAT culture, the man who took an 8th seed to the Finals. So happy he’s my team’s coach. Never want anyone else.

@raceit502 7 месяцев назад

It feels so secure as a Miami fan to have such a great coach like Spo. Pat Reilly being in management is also super dope. GO HEAT! 🔥

@raceit502 7 месяцев назад

It feels so secure as a Miami fan to have such a great coach like Spo. Pat Reilly being in management is also super dope. GO HEAT! 🔥

@whatwelearned 7 месяцев назад

Your team? Oh wow the owner of the Heat watches SB

@_roko_ 7 месяцев назад

@@whatwelearnedweird thing to get pedantic over

@Fash0da 7 месяцев назад

@@whatwelearned cry more

@FinzTalkzTV 7 месяцев назад

As a heat fan, I am so happy we have kept spo for all of these years. He is the best coach in the nba today bar none. It’s funny that he got more respect making and losing 2 finals in the butler era then anything he ever did in the big 3 era, but the media has never been accused of being knowledgeable about the ins and outs of basketball. There is no other coach I would rather have for Miami then coach Spo.

@qman66 5 месяцев назад

Pop better

@bulldog3_42 7 месяцев назад

I hope everyone recognizes that when he started playing Bosh at the 5 even if it was for obvious reasons like putting his best 5 out there. That was truly the turning point for modern nba lineups.

@BobbyDick22785 7 месяцев назад

Spoelstra deserves the Enshrinement Doc Rivers never deserved. One is atrociously underrated while the other is atrociously overrated

@tobznoobs 7 месяцев назад

the overrated coach who keeps getting hired somehow.

@joshualuna9186 7 месяцев назад

Spoelstra never became famous for blowing 3-1 or 3-2 leads

@nicolasm.3708 7 месяцев назад

This is what you get when LeBron is on your team. His fans will do anything to rise LBJ and if everyone else needs to be thrown under the bus in order to elevated they’ll do it.

@NmberOneNetsFan 7 месяцев назад

How is he still getting coaching positions? This man is not a good coach

@DYoon007 7 месяцев назад

Agreed

@whatwelearned 7 месяцев назад

No way would I ever have thought he'd still be coaching given that he had to survive so many big egos. Top work

@davidblack1639 7 месяцев назад

Speaking for heat fans we are forever blessed we found our coach within the building

@RandomRay1 7 месяцев назад

Erick Spolstra is the epitome of heat culture, from working as a video coordinator to working his way up as HC assistant to now being one of the best coaches of all time even when some in the heat fanbase wanted to get rid of him back the early 2010's.

@nocturne311 7 месяцев назад

Jimmy Butler has been a superstar in Miami. He's just a two-way superstar who saves his best performances for the postseason, so he doesn't average 30 a game during the regular season. He hasn't been quite the player that LeBron was from 2012-2014 or that Wade was from 2005-2010, but Butler was on that level nonethless from 2020-2023. All credit to Spo, but it should be obvious that Butler was a superstar, if he still isn't, based on his performances in the 2020 Finals, 2022 East Finals and the 2023 East First Round. Sure, Jimmy was spent by the Finals last season, but that's because he was really banged up and put the Heat on his back to get them there in the first place. Show the man some respect, SB. - Celtics fan

@spicy_xinger 7 месяцев назад

ya hes the kind of superstart that actually saves his best for the playoffs unlike some

@sebastianjin9817 7 месяцев назад

Exactly. He put up Magic Johnson type numbers in the finals while guarding Lebron, broke record after record in 2022, and then averaged 38 ppg against the best defense in the league a year later. SB was offbase here

@aitlin 7 месяцев назад

In 2020 he wasnt a superstar "yet". Thats why Spo gets some credit from that run. Of course since then, Butler is their new face, but even when they made in as the 8th seed, Butler wasn't exactly playing great the whole playoffs. Yes, he did carry them in the 1st round, and he did amazing job from time to time when trash talking Grant Williams, but he wasn't all that superior outside of those big performances... so the team and Spo included, have to get some respect.

@sulwhale3171 7 месяцев назад

@@aitlinyeah I would say 2022 and 2023 he might have been a super star but in 2020 he wasn’t a super star he wasn’t even getting 20 points in some of the playoff He did go insane when Miami got hurt but every all star can do that

@sulwhale3171 7 месяцев назад

@@aitlinokay not every but half of them can atleast but him winning games was what made it better still I would say it was 2022 and 2023

@davidmartinez52420 7 месяцев назад

Forgot to mention that a major contributing factor for the Heat missing the playoffs for the first year without LeBron was the 20 games Wade missed and the 44 games Bosh missed. They only missed the playoffs by one game, too. They consistently outperformed expectations, which is the mark of good coaching. The biggest detriment to Spo's career is being in LeBron's shadow which has a way of undervaluing people in ways rarely seen for other players to promote a perpetual underdog narrative about LeBron and how he basically has always had to do it by himself. For example: Spo gets criticized for needing the big 3 to win titles and he didn't really do anything, meanwhile Phil Jackson gets the opposite and he's given more credit for those 6 rings than Jordan does by many people. Tons of us have been saying for years that Spo is a great coach, and I'm glad he's finally getting the recognition he deserves.

@TeezyfolKKz 7 месяцев назад

Spo was never in Bron’s shadow. The film clearly shows Spo never blinked, while Bron was carried in 2013 & clearly quit in 2014. Spo rallied the troops in spite of Bron’s diva behavior. Bron wanted Spo gone, the fact that it didn’t happens means Spo was the tree, LeBron was the shadow. Spo’s success destroys the notion that Bron has never had an all-time coach. He has…he didn’t want him.

@davidmartinez52420 7 месяцев назад

@@TeezyfolKKz I should've said narrative shadow. Spo's coaching ability has been getting disrespected for years by most of LeBron's fans and members of the media that shill for him because of the "LeBron has never had a quality head coach" narrative. Any and every time myself and others would defend Spo as a coach, the hordes of LeBron fans would be quick to fight against that by totally disparaging his coaching ability and pointing to his "lack of success" without LeBron. That last part you said, "Spo's success destroys the notion that LeBron has never had an all time head coach", has only finally started to be recognized just the last couple years. From the time LeBron left Miami until 2020(maybe even after that), Spo wasn't getting anywhere near the credit and respect he deserved.

@joeasuncion2891 7 месяцев назад

@@TeezyfolKKz Tbf coaches can get better. Ty lue with Bron was a Bron merchant but now he actually coaches. Mike Brown was always known as an ass coach, but now he's one of the better coaches for the Kings. I don't think Spo was as good of a coach as he is now, but he was still definitely a good coach back then. And saying Bron was carried in 2013 is horrendous cope and just wrong. And he didn't quit in 2014, it's just his running mate was playing on one knee basically. And it wasn't only LeBron, the story goes that Bron, Wade, and Bosh all went to Pat Riley and asked if he ever wanted to coach again, but then Pat told them that they're sticking with Spo through and through. It's obvious you hate Bron but at least TRY and be objective.

@TeezyfolKKz 7 месяцев назад

@@joeasuncion2891 when i say quit in 2014, I mean the finals. He never once’s attempted to attack Kawhi. He laid down and got his numbers when the game ended way beyond reach. I don’t think not liking or hating someone means you can’t be objective about them.

@puthandlehere 7 месяцев назад

@@joeasuncion2891 To be fair, Ty Lue being a Bron merchant and an excellent play-offs tactitian is true at the same time ever since. Nonetheless, recognizing a coach's positive impact is way harder when he's coaching superstars, especially GOAT candidates like LeBron.

@altern4795 7 месяцев назад

Lot of stuff could have been mentioned, like the 10-31 to 31-10 turnaround in 2016, the Heat’s still being a 3rd seed in 2015 immediately after Bron’s exit, what the rosters looked like post Bron exit or the Heat’s ability to recover without ever intentionally tanking or a pick higher than #10

@anthonyjudeaggabao2302 7 месяцев назад

Every Filipino basketball fan knows Spo. Like the 1st NBA coach they remember. Everyone was wildin when they found out Spo had Filipino roots. Almost during the whole of LeBron's stay in Miami there was a news segment on Spo especially during the playoffs. fun times

@rosschalmers4068 7 месяцев назад

Reminds me of Mikel Arteta at Arsenal. Young, zero-experience manager endorsed by greats of the game appointed at one of England’s biggest clubs. Has constant calls for his head when the team stumbles to consecutive 8th place finishes in the league, but when he crafts a genuinely elite, title challenging young team, it’s still difficult for the football community to shake that inexperienced, incompetent image of him they’ve built up in their heads.

@kibitz2327 7 месяцев назад

Talking about Spo and not about 30-11 run to end 2016 is crazy. He coached a team of Dragic, Waiters, and Whiteside 1 game out of the playoffs.

@ChrisChanSajelan 7 месяцев назад

They got to the playoffs in 2016 where they were 1 win shy of facing LeBron in the ECF. I think you meant 2015

@kibitz2327 7 месяцев назад

@@ChrisChanSajelan No that team had Wade, Johnson, and Deng. Next year was definitely more impressive.

@redrumreverse964 7 месяцев назад

I was today years old when I got to know Eric Spoelstra was Asian American

@fiiiftyfour 7 месяцев назад

we love clara morris ❤

@David-iv6je 7 месяцев назад

Great job as always, Clara and Secret Base!

@macnsteez3938 7 месяцев назад

The thing that's made me always know how good a coach he is, is how the heat role players step up in the playoffs. In the Heatles era it was Mike Miller, Mario Chalmers, Shane Battier, while in the Jimmy Buckets era its been Max Strus, Caleb Martin, Duncan Robinson, K Love.. when the superstars get swarmed or have a bad night in the playoffs, it's those guys who need to step up, and the Heat guys consistently turn into all star-level players. Which only happens when you're extremely well coached imo. Spo is a legend

@AirRusher1992 7 месяцев назад

Who could've thought that a former video coordinator would turned out to be one of best head coach in NBA history. He may not be associated to the so called "Pinoy Pride" in his old root in the Philippines but what he accomplished as a coach is something that his fellow Filipino countrymen should be proud of.

@David-iv6je 7 месяцев назад

This used to be a more common narrative in the US: start in the mail room and end up in the executive suite. Nowadays the C-suite is occupied almost exclusively by people who started out wealthy.

@narumifujishima7504 7 месяцев назад

Oh c'mon... during the Big 3 era, Filipinoes are doing that Pinoy Pride stuff. I know because I hated it.

@ichirosuzuki2252 5 месяцев назад

@@narumifujishima7504 It also kind of annoyed me as a Jazz fan seeing so much of that stuff for Jordan Clarkson, but I guess there's nothing wrong with supporting one's own. They just go a bit overboard, IMO, lol

@stug3719 5 месяцев назад

I like the sort-of calm, relaxing voice this person has. Reminds me of my late grandmother. Great job telling us this story!

@babyforestwhitaker7114 7 месяцев назад

I wish they had playlists arranged in narrators. I love how she narrates these videos

@Ballaholic17 5 месяцев назад

That my coach, I've never entertained any Spo slander. He's the best

@politicfrog 7 месяцев назад

Being a young coach and have to coach those superstars is not easy, have to fight the egos of the team, the media, the cricisim. There were so much outside noise on that year. Its the hardest job for a young coach you can imagined. But Spo manage to beat those challenges he actually answers the press well despite the attack on him. Spo learn from his experiences every year thats how coaches should do but most NBA teams fire their coaches right away after a failed season. Also big credit to Riley for giving Spo a chance and believing on hin despite the noise on Spos coaching job. He stick and trust his system. Look at Steve Nash for example he had Harden, Yrving and Durant for the Nets the most combined susperstar offensively in pts averaging 90 pts per game. Yet they havent find success in the playoffs let alone not making to the conference finals. Spo has become a great coach every years hes been the most dangerous coach right now esp in the playoffs.

@markieffmorris9263 7 месяцев назад

I love Clara’s videos so much - great insights tinged with dry wit and good humor.

@skill14 7 месяцев назад

Lebron, Wade, and Bosh went to Riley’s office after they started the season 9-8 demanding Spoelstra be fired. Riley said 1) GTFO of my office. 2) it’s not the coach it’s you. Figure it out

@jkbuckeye1 7 месяцев назад

Good work, Clara and team! I guess I had lost touch w/ the NBA enough that I didn’t even realize Spoelstra was now seen as an elite coach. But this is a cool story, and I’m happy it’s turned out well for him!

@jimjuly6074 7 месяцев назад

It seems like one of the biggest defining traits of “legendary status” in sports is to succeed with multiple cores. It’s one thing to have success with a certain group, when the group changes and you still succeed, that’s when you become a true legend.

@somregularguy 7 месяцев назад

Idc what anyone says, Erik Spoelstra is one of the greatest coaches ever, while curry gets all the praise for changing the game, people who watched basketball back then knew it was being pushed to that point by players and coaches far before Curry became a superstar, Spoelstra being one of them, by further legitimizing the small ball lineups with LeBron at the PF and Bosh as the Center and pushing him to the 3 point line and being one of the first teams to win like that

@NoNameWillBeGiven-ii5hu 4 месяца назад

Be quiet trolll

@mauricioponce1853 7 месяцев назад

Blessed to have seen spo’s tenure as a Miami fan, he brought a lot of pride back to Miami

@Yeagerallday 7 месяцев назад

When you've got a squad of future HoFers like that, personality management becomes just as much a priority as the on-court product. Think he handled that with class. Never lost faith in the guy

@mitomidou 7 месяцев назад

Huge fan of this coach. There's a very good reason Miami is hanging on to him. Give him pieces and he'll make something work.

@slavyslav 7 месяцев назад

Been waiting on this video. Heat culture is so underrated

@august6281 Месяц назад

James and Wade were MAD DISRESPECTFUL to Spo while still not being All Time Greats in 2010.

@TheBINIBALL 7 месяцев назад

This one hit so different because I remember almost every single moment of this when it was happening in live time

@satisfyingwalks4010 7 месяцев назад

I wish this incorporated more of his in game tactics and adjustments in big games than just espn clickbait narratives compilation on him.

@David-iv6je 7 месяцев назад

Be fair: ESPN would have had some hysterical commentary and amped up the conflicts to 11. There are plenty of Xs and Os sites, and this isn't one of them. It's a narrative arc, not shifts in tactics.

@181cameron 7 месяцев назад

I might be wrong, but the whole "The Prism" series is about how the player/coach/exec was viewed by the media.

@NN-ge2wf 7 месяцев назад

@181cameron Yeah the prism series is essentially a look at how the featured individual is 'viewed'. So by it's very nature it's going to mostly feature media quotes and hyperbole from sports writers, or in this case, an angry fan site.

@TomDanz 7 месяцев назад

3:25 iconic

@181cameron 7 месяцев назад

The image with Clara's commentary was/is/will forever be art.

@kingflumph5968 7 месяцев назад

It's wild to me how all these fans and media voices react to the normal, completely expected fluctuation of a given sports team's record. If a team is winning one year, the coach is great and will always be great. If they're losing the next year, the coach is bad and has always been bad, until they start winning again. Great video as always, secret base! I love your stuff!

@Bork19 2 месяца назад

Pat Riley did the one thing Phil Jackson couldn’t do when he went into management; he knew there was multiple ways to do things and gave spo space and time to figure it out whereas Phil demanded that fisher and Hornacek run the triangle and do things exactly how he did them.

@daylightrambler 7 месяцев назад

A star player bumping a coach? That sounds familiar...

@santiproductions9318 7 месяцев назад

INTRODUCING DOC RIVERS!

@Eye_Of_RaRa 6 месяцев назад

This one is elite no pun intended. I often criticize spo for a lot of things myself throughout the yrs, but nobody is better suited for coaching than him. We all make mistakes and if he leads us to a sinking ship, then gdi we're sinking with him in miami. He is iconic and definitely the destined future godfather himself. He's a competitor and wants to win, and u can't for anything else besides that from ur coach. He obsesses abt winning, the players he looks for obsess abt winning, I obsess to see us win, and the fanbase all obsesses. Nobody wants to lose and gotta respect somebody who will do everything and anything at all costs to not let it happen. Coach spo>>>

@withalittlehelpfrom3 7 месяцев назад

As a Popovich guy, I was always hating on Spo, even if Pop himself always respected the guy. Only after the 2020 finals did I realize just how brilliant he was. I should’ve figured that out from the 2009 season, but still: better late than never

@David-iv6je 7 месяцев назад

It's an eternal debate: is the coach great because of his players or great in spite of his players? Few escape it. Larry Brown is an exception by getting the Pistons to the title without a true star. But now Spo has done it as well. So, regarding Pop, he only did it with the best payer of his generation, Tim Duncan. And that's BS. As in so many things, Shaq is dead wrong, usually because he is trying to make his gigantic insecure ass feel better about himself. Coaches matter. A lot.

@withalittlehelpfrom3 7 месяцев назад

@@David-iv6je so much this! I recently saw someone hold up the 2004 Pistons as the reason Pop actually isn’t that great because Larry Brown was able to win without a top 5 player. Turns out Ben Wallace made the 2nd All NBA Team that season! So even that team had a top 10 player that season, and then said team got beaten by Pop himself. Coaching matters, always.

@TeezyfolKKz 7 месяцев назад

The Heat definitely showed up in 2020, but the Lakers sweep the Heat that year if Bron doesn’t go hunting for the FMVP. The Heat lost too much to injury.

@illWillienumber31 6 месяцев назад

Butler is definitely a superstar. Don't disrespect my guy like that.

@ichirosuzuki2252 5 месяцев назад

Nah. He turns on the jets in the playoffs, but so does Jamal Murray, and you wouldn't call him a superstar

@alexcasterr 4 месяца назад

When teams win eevrything flows, when teams losses, everything seems harsher,

@Icecreamking1900 6 месяцев назад

Love my guy Coach Spo

@YaBoyyJohnNBA 7 месяцев назад

I'm so lucky to have Erik Spoelstra coaching my team, he's an absolute legend man 🔥

@M-Cherian 7 месяцев назад

Love Riley. Riley is a genius and Spolestra is brilliant!

@josephdegroot3946 7 месяцев назад

I’m kinda in love with you Clara. You’re killing it!

@noelbate505 7 месяцев назад

This might sound crazy but I truly believe that once this man retires he will be considered the greatest coach, at least top 3 this man is special

@politicfrog 7 месяцев назад

He is still young and plenty of coaching years left so he is on the pace to become the greatest of all time. If he manage to get 5 more rings and become the most coaching wins of all time. Right now he is almost top 10 in wins below the age of 60.

@strangebirdfilms 7 месяцев назад

Clara is the low key gem of Secret Base.

@johnmccool5716 7 месяцев назад

Clara killed this one. Hitting that stride. I predict at least seven championships

@footballacademiedecoteplag6348 Месяц назад

Well presented

@poindextertunes 7 месяцев назад

Anything from Clara is an immediate thumbs up 👍🏻🤙

@EmersonFlemingEmRock13 7 месяцев назад

This is exactly why Adrian Griffin shouldn’t have been fired. Just because your team doesn’t love your coach doesn’t make them bad. In fact, from experience, sometimes contention with a coach can actually bring a team closer together.

@1.0xY.m0r0n 7 месяцев назад

The fact Doc Rivers is on the "15 greatest" list tells me everything I need to know about it...

@KeepingItReal721 7 месяцев назад

Best coach in basketball. As long as he wants to coach he will have a place with the Heat. He can coach into his 70s if he wants we’re never letting him go.

@BeardedMavsFan 7 месяцев назад

love these videos!

@peldoria 7 месяцев назад

Pat stole Stan's title

@SamsCinema 7 месяцев назад

A Clara Morris F bomb???!?!?

@montam26 7 месяцев назад

As a Filipino American i ❤❤❤ this vid

@theophilusjones6024 7 месяцев назад

We love u Clara, but U gotta take this video down and talk about that 16-17 season, I can speak for all Heat fans and alot of basketball fans when I say that, that is when he started to get ALOT of our respect and we loved him from then. Also, that 2015 season we were plagued bad by injuries to Wade and Bosh pretty much the whole year

@gkuhn100able 7 месяцев назад

Amazing how once Lebron left the Heat Spo was quickly recognized as a genius and the Heat actually began to implement an actually offense that relied on ball movement and teamwork. Just a coincidence I'm sure.

@Awchshonear 7 месяцев назад

commenting for the algorithm, this video was phenomenal.

@MrReese 7 месяцев назад

A bit of a short and shallow one, but a very interesting and inspiring story nonetheless. That guy really endured and showed that he is the real deal.

@MetalGod999 7 месяцев назад

Erik Spoelstra is - without a doubt - one of the NBA’s greatest ever coaches. What makes Coach Spo a great coach is his ability to inspire his players to be the best players they can be, and also to buy into a tough-minded culture where grit, toughness and determination are always the most important things. And you don’t have to be a superstar to be one of Erik Spoelstra’s guys. Prove yourself to him, and he’ll always have your back. And he’ll help you become a winner. End of story.

@matt0993 7 месяцев назад

Pat gave chances to Erik and it paid off. When a legendary coach doin a legendary succession move adding to his basketball legacy.

@kenney7189 7 месяцев назад

can you bring back the worst series please. it was one of your best

@jdcsteelers498 7 месяцев назад

Ngl, myself and every heat fan I knew at one time all agreed that he had to go in order for them to come back post lebron. Yeah they’ve done fine

@aidanross1659 7 месяцев назад

Love these

@campbellcovalt102 7 месяцев назад

Very good video. Lots of great NBA guys like Spo get so much media hate! Shouts out to Spo and Russ Westbrook from OKC

@mikebevibevi 7 месяцев назад

Nothing new but Bron has always shown he's the smartest b-ball head in the room and his coach is always first one to get blame. He has always been the player coach .

@packohub1145 7 месяцев назад

Yeah but bron is not a playing coach he's dumb

@GreenEnvy. 7 месяцев назад

steroid user Lebron is not the smartest in the room. HIs steroid using ass wanted spo fired.

@lilblue007 7 месяцев назад

man.. after Lebron left that team was so bad.. i remember Luo Deng being a out of his prime best addition and Jermaine Oneal.. oh my...

@EpicGamerist 7 месяцев назад

He's the best coach in the NBA rn. Popovich is also another good contender

@DonKey496 7 месяцев назад

Coach Pop needs a protege badly. I know a lot if coaches rn learned under him, but they need someone that can take on SA in the future.

@nocturne3677 7 месяцев назад

i believe one of the problems of modern basketball is the short leash of the coaches. Mike Budenholzer coached the bucks to a championship and was fired after falling to the 8th seeded heat in 5 games while his superstar was hurt. there are few things a coach can do without ending up on the chopping block and sustained success is one of the only options a coach has to gain enough time in order to build a winning culture. sustained success is INCREDIBLY difficult to achieve and is almost always precedented by bumpy road for the coach while the team and the staff adjust to each other. one of the reasons why the spurs were so successful was because Pop appointed himself, while being a good coach, the same counts for the spurs. only a coach trusted by the front office with all their heart can become a great coach.

@marjunraposon9829 7 месяцев назад

Great breakdown. On top of coach Spo's eliteness, what I gathered here is THANK GOODNESS we are not listening to Chris Broussard anymore in the year of 2024. That clown has proven time and time again that he doesn't know anything, and he has also been proven to CONJURE IMAGINARY SOURCES and peddle fake news.

@32ekoc 7 месяцев назад

When it comes to putting any coach on the bench with a team like that. My first thought is, "Doc Rivers would still find a way to lose." Not losing with multiple superstars tells me that you're not incompetent.

@cavemanyogi150 7 месяцев назад

Man this dude getting called one of the coaching goats just because Wade was there and that's where lebron decided to jump ship to

@mintruth 7 месяцев назад

Jimmy Butler IS a SUPERSTAR...AND quite FRANKLY after WHAT he DID in the FINALS and the CONTINUATION of his GROWTH this YEAR so is BAM ADEBAYO!!! STOP the DISRESPECT!!! Spoe is the BEST Coach IN the L, BUT he has 2 SUPERSTARS!!!

@stevebryan5069 7 месяцев назад

underrated genius

@josedanseco9112 7 месяцев назад

This is all history 🥱

@shakaomni 7 месяцев назад

I like how everyone tries to act like LeBron left and the Heat were terrible because of it. LeBron left, Ray Allen retired, D Wade got hurt, Chris Bosh got blood clots, most of the team from the previous year was either injured or had left the team and they had a bad season. The very next year, they were back in the playoffs and unfortunately lost in the divisional round due to Bosh's blood clots returning.