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Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 7:38 am
by GreenHat
http://www.nba.com/2013/news/02/03/erik-spoelstra-all-star/Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra will coach the Eastern Conference All-Stars for the 2013 NBA All-Star Game, to be played on Sunday, Feb. 17 (8 p.m. ET), at the Toyota Center in Houston.
The Heat (30-14, .682) clinched the best record in the conference through games played Feb. 3, by virtue of its 100-85 road win against the Toronto Raptors.
Didn't see a thread for this now that its official.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 7:40 am
by LikeABosh
Congratulations, Spo! Lebron earned it
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 9:37 am
by krikor
bravo spo, well deserved.
lebron for all star game mvp...
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 10:54 am
by Heat fan06
Congrats we have coach and 3 all-stars.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 1:44 pm
by TRG
LikeABosh wrote:Congratulations, Spo! Lebron earned it
Yeah great work LeBron.

I wonder how many All Star games Mike Brown coached...
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 1:46 pm
by dolphinatik
Kyrie for MVP i think. But Lebron can easily win it. Just dont know if he goes for it.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 1:50 pm
by Brooklyn718
Better hope Melo doesn't try to steal it with his 3 point barrage he'll let off!
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 2:56 pm
by RexBoyWonder
http://instagram.com/p/VS8KTxEMuW/You've got to give it to Spo, At least he tries.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 3:52 pm
by Mars
Phil's first two seasons coaching Jordan, Pippen, and Grant:
(1) Eastern Conference Finals loss
(1) NBA Finals win
Spo's first two seasons coaching LeBron, Wade, and Bosh:
(1) NBA Finals loss
(1) NBA Finals win

Our boy be on that Feel Jax trajectory...
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 4:11 pm
by TheDon008
Mars wrote:Phil's first two seasons coaching Jordan, Pippen, and Grant:
(1) Eastern Conference Finals loss
(1) NBA Finals win
Spo's first two seasons coaching LeBron, Wade, and Bosh:
(1) NBA Finals loss
(1) NBA Finals win

Our boy be on that Feel Jax trajectory...
Didnt even realize that.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 10:14 pm
by GreenHat
Of course that's ignoring that Pippen and Grant were both only second year players or that the Bulls lost in 7 games to the Bad Boy Pistons instead of the Mavs.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 10:30 pm
by RexBoyWonder
Hearing someone put Spo in the same sentence as Phil just makes me cringe..
Just stop, it's really embarrassing even for homers talk.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Mon Feb 4, 2013 11:15 pm
by SlowPaced
If the league didn't automatically pick the leader's respective coaches and there was no "consecutive years" rule, it should've been Mark Jackson for West and Tom Thibodeau for East, I think.
Gregg Popovich for West is fine though, he deserves every accolade he gets. What a coach.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 3:00 am
by Mars
RexBoyWonder wrote:Hearing someone put Spo in the same sentence as Phil just makes me cringe..
Just stop, it's really embarrassing even for homers talk.
Lighten up, Francis. It was a tongue-in-cheek post. But realistically you need to do your homework and stop acting as if the Phil Jackson who ended his career with 11 rings was the same Phil Jackson who was coaching back in 1990.
Two years into his head coaching career Phil was viewed as nothing more than some journeyman, ex-NBA player that no one gave any credit (especially the media and his coaching peers), who had coached in Puerto Rican league and the CBA, and was fortunate enough to inherit the best player in the game, along with Tex Winter's triangle. Phil grew into his legend over decades winnning. He didn't start that way.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 4:16 am
by ricochet
Congrats Spo...
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 4:17 am
by DefenseWins
PHIL-IPINO JACKSON!
aahhh gets me every time
Grats Spo.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 11:07 am
by TwentyOne920
But the Heat aren't on pace to win 67 games so he's an abject failureCongrats for real though...

Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 1:17 pm
by GreenHat
TwentyOne920 wrote:But the Heat aren't on pace to win 67 games so he's an abject failureCongrats for real though...

Why did you use 67? We aren't even on pace for 57.
Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 3:21 pm
by insfo
GreenHat wrote:TwentyOne920 wrote:But the Heat aren't on pace to win 67 games so he's an abject failureCongrats for real though...

Why did you use 67? We aren't even on pace for 57.
Exhibit A

Re: Spo to Coach the East in Allstar Game
Posted: Tue Feb 5, 2013 9:38 pm
by HIF
GreenHat wrote:TwentyOne920 wrote:But the Heat aren't on pace to win 67 games so he's an abject failureCongrats for real though...

Why did you use 67? We aren't even on pace for 57.
so you made another Spo thread to hate on him.
Did he **** your mom?