Riley admitted the saga that led to Butler's trade to the Golden State Warriors had a "tremendous impact" on Miami which factored into the team's first finish below .500 since 2019. No matter the ...

1:20 p.m.: Riley said the Heat has to stop being a tax team every year, with consequences particularly punitive in this new ...

“I almost broke down when I got that,” Atkinson said. “Like, to think (Rick) Carlisle voted for me, that (Erik) Spoelstra ...

Maybe it’s the PE teacher in me. Or the coaches I’ve met and played for in my sporting life. Or possibly even the ...

"It was never just about basketball for Pop. He values family — your kids, your wife — and that helps with the buy-in, the trust." Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, one of Popovich's assistants on the ...

But in the moments after the final horn, as Miami coach Erik Spoelstra embraced his staff, Popovich joined the hug with a ...

“We deserve the criticism, we deserve the embarrassment,” said coach Erik Spoelstra, the first from the team to speak Wednesday. “Those last two games are not what our organization is about.

But where was the anger from Erik Spoelstra in his post-game news conference about this disgusting performance? How can you establish a “culture” when the head coach tolerates not even trying?

The Heat’s 2024–25 season reads like a fever dream: Jimmy Butler was traded midseason Pat Riley continued to call the shots, even as everything crumbled Erik Spoelstra suffered the longest ...

Erik Spoelstra said respectfully it’s not like Heat would have been the top seed if that didn’t happen. -via Twitter @flasportsbuzz / April 30, 2025 Tim Reynolds: Erik Spoelstra on Jimmy ...

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra admits the Jimmy Butler saga was a dark cloud that hovered above the organization for much of the season. "It certainly had an impact," Spoelstra said during ...