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Spo the reason Bron stays?

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:06 am
by Rock Hardy
Being one of the few on here who recognizes Spo's talent (trill recognize trill), I thought I had to post this Woj article:

Erik Spoelstra gives LeBron James best reason yet to stay in Miami

MIAMI – Three years ago, LeBron James and Erik Spoelstra were perfect strangers thrust into a most uneasy and unsteady partnership. For all the insecurities of the young superstar, the coach was unwavering and unrelenting in his beliefs: Spoelstra would coach James hard, coach him with the most unflattering of truths.

Spoelstra never wanted to be James' buddy, and dared every day to push him past his comfort and into a different dimension. At the most critical stage of LeBron James' career, Spoelstra was the best thing that ever happened to him.

Spoelstra made one of the most courageous stands in modern coaching history in those first few weeks with James: When the Heat were struggling to stay over .500, the superstar resisting discipline and everyone else pining for Pat Riley to come back downstairs, Spoelstra showed a willingness to go down with his principles.

On an opening night Tuesday when the Heat were honored with a championship ring ceremony on the shores of Biscayne Bay, it is a testament to Spoelstra's culture that James is relentlessly chasing a third straight championship, leaving the free-agent frenzy to everyone else.

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On the eve of training camp, Spoelstra signed a four-year contract extension. The message was unmistakable: If James wants the stability that comes with continuity and trust, with elite ownership, executives and a coach, there's no reason for him to leave Miami.

"They're more intertwined than they've ever been," says a league source closely connected to James and Spoelstra. "LeBron knows he plays for one of the elite coaches in the game, and that maybe wasn't the case when he got there."

From defense, to moving his offensive game into far more efficient spots on the floor, to the sharpening of his leadership and composure, James' game has grown and his belief has blossomed with Spoelstra. Everyone wants to give Mike Krzyzewski credit for James with Team USA, to credit Riley as the Heat's godfather, and somehow Spoelstra gets treated as some kind of accidental tourist on the way to back-to-back titles and James' basketball immortality.


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I CALLED IT!

Re: Bucher: "I'd take Rose over LeBron"

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:02 pm
by KingDavid
I don't look too into anything until he decides what he's going to do and makes it public. All signs can be pointing towards him staying but he can end up leaving anyway. Just enjoy him while we have him. If he stays for the long haul, fantastic. If not, thanks for all that you've done, good luck with the rest of your career, I can finally and comfortably, afford lower bowl heat tickets again lmao

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Re: Spo the reason Bron stays?

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:31 pm
by Hydroponic3385
I love how the article gives credit to Coach K and Spo for Lebron, and none to Brown. Lebron came into the league a poor defender (as expected at that age), and Brown helped him become elite. Brown's teams are always top tier defensively.

Re: Spo the reason Bron stays?

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:35 pm
by Grumpy Heat Fan
Our future Pat Riley.

When he retires from coaching, then he goes into GM and President role like Riley has now, and the cycle repeats itself. The Heat remain an elite organization throughout.

Good times. I am still not convinced of his mind for coaching, but he will get the reputation for being elite, all time great simply due to coaching an all time great team, which serves our purposes as heat fans anyway, as we get respect and players to play for us due to an established championship coach

Re: Spo the reason Bron stays?

Posted: Fri Nov 1, 2013 1:26 am
by DefenseWins
All these commercials he has been belting out has him as a Heat player. It would be strange for him to suddenly change teams, it's not good for his brand imo. He said he wanted to retire somewhere warm. This dude looks happy riding his bike out into the Miami sun, and he has the ocean (or a bay?) in his back yard. He's living in paradise.

If we 3peat, he is staying for sure.

If not, it's hard to say. It really is. The only other option I can see for him is LA if they clear a bunch of cap space, but he will be in the shadow of Kobe (who has a bigger legacy than Wade) and all those LA greats. From a legendary status stand point, it'd be better for him to stay in Miami.

But right now they have to concentrate on that 3peat. I know LBJ will miss Ray and Shane when they retire though, which is this season. That might be a factor, those types of players are very hard to come by. Then Wade and Bosh are still question marks too, mostly Bosh. We don't know if he will go to another team to be the #1 option on a contending team. He likes the weather down here too and expressed he wanted to retire as a Heat player. Wade wants to retire a Heat player too.

Man July 2014 will be rocky... just enjoy the moment right now.

Also LeBron had a good relationship with Mike Brown but left him, so I don't read too much into this. LeBron still gets to do whatever the hell he wants out there, which is something Spo lets him do (along with Wade).