Erik Spoelstra Is The Key To The Miami Heat's Franchise 

Gilbert needs to learn more about the Big 3 era in Miami. One of the big points of contention was that the team was practicing too often and too hard throughout the regular season. Lebron and the older players didn't wanna overwork themselves, but Spo had the stamp from Pat. Lebron really tried to get Spo fired, but Pat wasn't having it. TLDR: Heat Culture is more than conditioning. It's holding your team to the highest standard regardless of the talent level. Always compete, no matter who you have on the team.

The problem with Gil is he doesn’t want credit going to the Heat because it’s shows how much Lebron going to Miami helped his career. Heat lifer here Spo and, that coaching staff unlocked a level in Lebron that was and never will be seen again…Some say say his all time peak was the Heat years on both sides of the ball. Great organization doing things the right way at all times. Playing for each other and not for self was something Lebron had to learn to be a champion. Heat culture for you bruh we hear every year making noise with or without Lebron! I will be in Philly as always 2/14 with the wife representing as always Let’s Go Heat!

Underrated coach. Pat Riley pulls his strings to a degree but Spoe is able to work with any roster he’s given. They squeeze out games short handed all the time.

Couldn't think of a worse group of players to try to attempt to explain what heat culture is

Pat made the conference finals within 2 yrs coaching the heat with Zo and Tim hardaway in 1997 against the bulls 🤣 Gil get that hate out your heart OG

Why does Gil not give Heat Culture any damn credit HELLLLOO they don’t have world beating talent and they are balling every single year. That’s more than talent clearly bro!

3 Conference Finals and a Championship coaching the Miami Heat is a pretty good resume from Pat Riley if you ask me 🤷🏿‍♂️

Spoelstra at Miami gives you 'grandmaster of the temple' vibes😂 the one dude you've never seen fight but everyone knows he'd woop they ass😂

I swear this guy is such a hater... the heat never wanted you bro we understand it hurts

Riley is better at making teams than coaching them because he doesn't have the patience to push these young guys with all their flaws and sloppiness to peak form like Spo, that's Spo's unique talent that no other coach in NBA history does as well as him. Riley is still a championship level coach but Spo is like a coaching diety the way he turns bums into playoff performers and I say that with thanks as a Heat fan because that shit has repeatedly bailed us out of looking very goofy.

Before I even clicked the video I knew Gil was bout to hate on the Heat. 9 seconds in and he confirmed it 😅

Didn't Heat win a Championship in 2006 with Pat Riley as coach?

Spo is the only coach Lebron couldn't get fired during and after he left Spo is the Goat

When Pat came to Miami he put together a formable team,, Zo, Hardaway, Brown, Dan Majerle etc. . The New York Knicks with players like Patrick Ewing, John Starks, Charles Oakley, and Anthony Mason etc. were the Heat's kryptonite. A Knicks team that largely consisted of Riley's former players and philosophy of play. When the Heat made it to the Eastern Conference finals they met Michael Jordan and the Bulls who also beat the Heat once in the playoffs before. Bottom line the Heat did not loose to chumps. Jordan's Bulls also reigned supreme for a number of those years. No matter who played against the Bulls during that time, outside Jordan's brief retirement, they lost. Pat saw the East as a half court, slug it out, physical conference and coached and/or put together the Knicks and Heat squads with this in mind, considering his personell. The Lakers style of play Riley thought best typified the West. Riley put his imprint on all three squads and was able to change his ideas, depending on what he thought worked best and the players available.

Nah those Pat coached heat teams were very competitive in the 90s same with the Knicks. In 97 man won coach of the year with the Heat. Those Knicks teams lead by Pat were a top contender in the east. Now Spolelstra is taking the heat to a next level one of the best coaches ever.

This is fire 🔥Gil went off

Started with Pat then passed to Spo his apprentice. Miami and Lakers are my favourite teams. Spo is smart af, invented small ball, and makes a team full of “nobodys” exceed expectations.

The Lakers in the 80s barely ran any offense besides posting Kareem, Worthy, or Magic with a cross screen, but they had crazy talent and scored most of their points off fastbreaks.

Bunch of heat haters on this pod, the only time you will ever praise anything to do with the heat.

Spo is the heart of Heat culture

Shaq said personally that he wouldn’t have come there if it wasn’t for pat , secondly SPO coaches like Pat he’s been there since day one. Also the difference between the Knick and the heat was that Pat was not GM and head coach. In Miami he has all the power. From that position he realized that he’s a better GM than coach. Riley assembled all three of Mia’s attempts of a super team. He also started the start culture there. He stop focusing on building team fully through the draft and focused on selling Miami and winning to big stars. Remember before pat Miami had only made the playoffs twice in their entire history

Heat Nation all day!!

"ran upstairs" is crazy lol XD

What is Gil’s beef with the Heat? Does anyone know what this comes from?

Spo deserves most of the credit.

Gotta give credit to both. Pat might be getting the players but Spo got them playing tough every game 🤷🏾‍♂️

Rashad: woowwww

3:47 gils funny😂

Let’s goooooo!

I'm curious what's the daily relationship between Pat and Spo when Spo was still assistant coach or even when he's still a video coordinator. For sure there were hundreds of persuasion and presentations Spo did to earn Pat's respect.

Pat Rileys style Heat Culture.

Also does Gilbert have an issue with Steve Kerr because Steve definitely didn’t build that team

first minute i heard Gil talking and i knew why he didnt get a ring on his basketball career on NBA.

fyi.. its not a Pat vs Spo Thing, only fools think that .... .. its all heat Culture Pat is the godfather of it all.... Spo is the new modern generation of the culture. with a new school way of coaching. that brings the best out of players...no matter if its Hof's, all-star's, or un drafted players. .....Ps.. that hate ya have for the heat is crazy. lmfoa

I thought a coach adjusting his style due to his personnel was a sign of good coaching? Like why would Pat coach the 88 Lakers the same as the 94 Knicks?

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I've always said that I see Spo as kind of a mix of Riley & Coach Pop

Gill sounds like that guy that likes to knock down stuff he's never been a part of. That guy that likes to take people's flowers away. You know kind of like a sore loser. And he loves talking s*** about heat culture. It's really simple. It's about the spirit of perseverance, accountability, discipline, integrity, about work ethic, about not complaining or blaming, about team basketball. The funny thing is is those are all principles grown men should live by but it is a fact and many can attest to it that Miami definitely has their own culture. Many have admitted they would not have been able to play there. Many have said hell no I don't want to play there over that exact reason. So why does Gil always do this when it comes to Miami Heat culture? When we have a lot of different pros that agree. Because he is the hot take NBA King. That's why.

Either way they are both great their job 😂. Pats puts together great teams, and spo coaches 7 undrafted players like no one else can.

Saw... Leader Adebayo. Work Around. GReeek Giannis!!! Adebayo's own Domination!!

Stop hating

Gil cmon. Riley won four with Magic and out of his prime Kareem and one with DWade, went to the Finals a total of nine times in 23 years. Spo won two with PEAK LeBron James, went to the Finals four times in 15 years. Riley more than doubled him in eight more years (no third All-Star either! Turned third year D Wade into a SUPERSTAR who people thought was better than LeBron and you!) Love the show but it's no contest

Man ! when did the heat reject Gil 😂

Interviewer:I heard pat said last year was yo fault .....but wasn't you in the film room last year Me:nawwlll I wasn't ciaching last year but them checks nice keep an coming yea it was my fault everything was

Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Doc Rivers they all said the LeBron James that played against in Miami. It’s not the same LeBron they played in Cleveland It is the Heat culture.

Yeah Gil, "what do you know?" Only if u had this wisdom while u was in the league

and for my last comment.....how do you go from spo's contract to dis crediting what he does, what pat Riley has done and what heat culture is... lol when none of the guys talking about it had any type of success in the nbs.. ya are the least qualified to talk. but that what happens when they give anyone a platform.

I feel the same way about Steve Kerr, I think he’s a good coach but he gets all the praise for a team that was already built when he got there, Marc Jackson built that team and that offense and Steve just inherited it and now that Klay not who he used to be and dray not who he used to be you hear these rumors of distrust for Steve Kerr

Gil you might be a hater but you speaking facts 😂

So Pat is the producer and Spoelstra the artist.

He was only going against Michael Jordan in those days…lol

Instead of Stars and Stripes, its Stars and Slaves lmaoo

Gil just mad we didn’t want him when he was washed and had to go to Orlando. Culture has been around before Spo (and I love Spo but no need to shit on Riley)

He’s confusing culture with winning. It’s not the same.

Lol who’s wing was spo under 🤔 who picked Spo 🤔 I love Spo and what he’s doing but don’t shit on pat. Gil speaks so confident about his information as if he played for Miami let alone pat

Not gone lie spo got whooped on by pop in 2014 and stole his whole sauce

Heat culture is more like of body or physical conditioning and they prioritize defense it’s not really a style of play that’s what GIL don’t get

These guys are fucking haters. Arenas won zero rings and competed for zero titles. The team has a culture of hard work and getting the most out of its players. They wouldn’t even look in his direction. The fucking idea is foreign to him. This dude had incredible talent and blew it all away and won’t even make the easiest HOF in sports

That was Lakers 3... AD. LEbron. 2 giants and a Runner.. WB.. Jazz.. THT between 2 or 4 giants... Knicks... 2 Giants and a Runner Brunsen!!

Heat say.... They Lebron Stoppers!!! Last Season!!

Riley also took over after the Lakers had lost in the first round to the Rockets. Don't let Gil misled you. For someone who played in the NBA, it's shocking how much he doesn't know or he gets paid to say stupid things and lie

Heat would've won too in 05 if wade didn't get hurt. That was under van gundy when they finished first

And he gave him all this money after his divorce was finalized! Riley the goat!

Steve nash couldn't coach kd, kyrie and Harden. Just because you have a superstar team doesn't mean it's any easier to coach

Pat Riley let spo develop and grow into the coach he is today. He could have easily fired him during the big 3 era when the players (lebron) wanted him gone but he stood firm. Make no mistake about it Pat Riley still is at the top of that heat culture

I don’t understand why Gil keep challenging this when literally every player that played in Miami says its heat culture 🤷🏾‍♂️😂

That’s how Brad Stevens is with Celtics. Udoka was a better coach tho. I guess they had to get that dirt.

Hey. Gil ain’t never lied.

How did “how much Spo deserves this pay “ turn into Heat culture hate and how many times Pat lost ? I think the Heat did something to Gil in his career cause he really gets upset when they mentioned lol

Sound like Gil bothered because Pat or the Heat didn’t fuck with him

Whenever pat leaves spo going upstairs

Gilbert once again butt hurt he wanted to play for Miami BUT Riley wasnt having that BULLSHIT! People forget Gilbert is from Florida not Cali context

some of Gil’s comments sometimes just come from an ignorant place lol dawg you was a baller but you the type of player that woulda never made it in our So called “culture”… say what u want about us down here but that culture is real, it’s different, we don’t accept mediocre and win or loose just play hard and gritty and u know when u place us regardless of the lineup out there u in for a fight. Nobody gets more from a roster regardless of talent then spo and the hierarchy of our organization is run like a mob literally and that structure is rare in todays nba or sports franchises in general.

A guy that never won in the playoffs is asking what heat culture is

So NOW we giving spo his flowers? He wasn't a great coach when lebron was there, but now we consider him as such after years of him coaching below average teams to the playoffs

Heat culture appears to be an organisation that is in complete lockstep. GM/President to coach to ball boy. They keep things completely in house, they may internally disagee, but its a united front. Btw, im a dubs fan.

Gilbert you averaged 20.3 points against us for your whole career watch your tone😂you know VERY well what heat culture is my good friend!

Look at Coach Spo now. He's given a contract extension for 8 years 120M dollars. What do you say about that? 🤣🤣🤣 Heat Culture is about discipline and determination. 🤣 Gilbert Arenas does not have that discipline and determination a type of player. Never won a championship in his intire life. How tragic!

Also Pat has said SPO is the best coach and better than him. Pat consider himself the best GM ever

Heat Culture is Pat Riley

You my Guy Gil however you are full of $$^%% on this issue .

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Gilbert such a hater dawg😂

Gil sounds to bitter here. He definitely wouldn’t have lasted on the Heat.

I did that... i. write to espn nba... to help Lakers.... still Dominant!! Guess. Imma Analysts. And help team.

Lol what's Gilbert's playoff record

Spo had LeBron given to him on a silver plate

Gilbert wants to have a hot take SOOOOOOO bad

Gil Bayless. Dude be all over the place🤷

Gill sounds like a straight hater on this one.. and completely wrong. All the GMs in the league, all the coaches in the league and 99% of the players in the league say spo the best coach in the league but Gil emotional not trying to agree lol.. And of course Spo is better than Riley Pat will say that himself. Spo is one of the 15 best coaches of all time. You can tell Gil played against the Heat when he was in Washington and he is not trying to hear that and also Brandon Jennings when he was with the bucks and they were going up against the heats Big 3 them boys is anti Miami lol it's coming out of their pores and I'm not even a heat fan.

What happened to “what heat culture”

What is this guy saying?

Yeeah!! James Won... inseason tournament!! 18th Championship!! And Got team Paiid!!!

Gil sound stupid lots of coaches get good teams and dont win give the man his props

Wasn't you the one who is known for the guns and gambling in the locker room?

Why do these boys sound so salty ?

Simple, Spo leaves the culture leaves

Podcast is cool but I feel like gil just says shit for shock value most of the time

At this point Gil famous for the stupidity he displays ....

Gil a hater😂