Why Erik Spoelstra Is Unlike ANY Other Coach In The NBA | KNICKS vs. HEAT | JJ Redick & Tim Legler
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2023
- In this clip, JJ Redick and Tim Legler breakdown of Game 3 between Jimmy Butler and The Miami Heat vs. Jalen Brunson and The New York Knicks. They also talk about Coach Erik Spoelstra amazing coaching style and execution of zone defense.
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JJ „There’s a lot to unpack“ Redick
Lolololol good one
Add this to Gilbert “people don’t understand ” Arenas
Draymond “Absolutely Incredible” Green
@@ZioComposite quite frankly
Mark with all the respect jackson
Spoelestra is a top tier coach, very skilled in what he does. And very humble about it too
Isn’t snarky or sarcastic like Pop either
Yeah down to earth. straight up. He is special. Riley gave him the power and believed in him.
@@ea11111 Pop is only like that in the media tho.
Pop isn't a good coach lol
Spoelstra has stationed himself in front of a TV with a remote studying every movement, of every game, of every player.. this is what he always does.. the guy lives for these moments to show off what he has put together. He rarely shows his hand in the regular season.. but he puts all cards on the table for the post season.
The adjustments he made against the Bucks were next level masterclassing. It was a lot of Butler brilliance but there was a lot of Spoelstra brilliance in it as well. And there had to be, because the Bucks were the favorites to win and the Heat outside of Butler is not that talented.. just a bunch of scrappy mofos that follow their assignment.
Goes back to his roots as the video coordinator for Portland
Edit: He grew up in Portland and started as the video coordinator for the Heat in 97.
Very well said
I've always said the Heat have two superstars, one is Jimmy, the second is Spoelstra, and that's why they catch so many teams by surprise. Coaches don't prep their players on being out coached.
Even his utilization of players which many threw away is legendary.
He is like an ancient war tactician where the vision and finesse are what winning wars rather than simply fire/man power.
Freaking sharp.
Facts. I really want to see Spo have a legitimately talented roster again, Spo has been carrying teams for years post the big 3 era
I loved this conversation, you can tell these two love ball. There weren’t any “hot takes” or random analysis meant to go viral.
Phil Jackson = Zen Master
Spo = Zone Master
You & Me = Masturbators
Phil overrated
That zone didn't work in 2020 😂😂😂
@Tony Texas took them to the finals tho.
@@HTxGhost24Over preforming and ending up in the NBA finals is not working? You looked at that roster at the beginning of the season and said, yup, that team is a finals contender, it's a lock.
I've been a heat fan for the past 20 years. They have always hit harder than everyone expects. Their culture, the way they produce stars and find a way to work with "outsiders" is what Pat Riley did and what Spoelstra inherited. What an amazing franchise!
What stars besides wade did they produce? Even with wade his first coach wasn’t Riley.
@@thomaschapman6088 well, if by stars you mean top 75 players - you are right. But if we look at the big picture - Bam Adebayo (All-Star), Tylor Herro (6th man), Duncan Robinson (highest 3pt % a couple of seasons back) ...
And as for "outsiders" - this is the first place where Buckets seems to fit in. And this is the current roster!
@@thomaschapman6088 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭😭😭❤️
@@danielangelov91 the Duncan take is kind of trash only because he has been out of the main rotation for a year plus now. You only see him every now and then. I will give you Bam and hero if you count players outside of the top 75. Hopefully Bam can become a top 30 player like people were projecting 2 years ago.
@Thomas Chapman I get your point but the heat never draft in the top 5, hard to draft a "star" if you are always drafting in the 10s and 20s. Also the heat in the 2000s didn't value 1st round picks like they do now.
Spo is the coaching protege of Pat Riley. The direct heir to Pat Riley's coaching. They've spent almost 30 years together.
I'm really amaze how coach Spo manage conflict, inbound plays and after timeout execution.
Love when Legs is on any platform. Hope you can keep having him on. I think he would be a hell of an nba coach
He’s great but he’s too Curry bias. To him Curry’s the greatest thing since basketball’s invention. He’s a shooter so he has that shooter bias which bothers me at times.
@@damerobin4037 hater
@@nicholasting4323 How so.?
He's a great basketball analyst. The IQ is there.
If not a good coach, someone in leadership for basketball operations.
Hands down the very Best nba analysists anywhere. smart, experienced, engaging, entertaining. Keep rolln JJ and Legs. Love your work.
Trusting his deep bench guys when he needs them is the best quality of Spo. Whoever plays, has Spoelstra's trust. He just knows how to unleash the power of mediocre level players.
Technically no nba player is mediocre
@@cm9241 sure. Mediocre considering average NBA level.
@@cm9241 a lot of Heat players were undrafted and developed by their system. UD is the best example, then theres caleb martin, strus, vincent, highsmith and ofcourse Duncan Robinson.
@@cm9241Dillon Brooks would like to volunteer in this great honor.
@@nikagogibedashvili6476 of course he means at the NBA level, they’re all world-class athletes
Whatever happened when Lebron came to Miami was the best thing that could have happened for both guys. Lebron left as one of the highest IQ basketball players that the league has ever seen, and Spo left that relationship as a candidate for one of the best coaches of all time. And neither have stuttered since they left
This is a great take. I think they really learned a lot from one another. Lebron always had a high iq and feel for the game, but man you could tell he became a real student in later Miami years/early Cleveland years. And I think Spo learned a lot in general about managing personalities etc...lebron is my goat, but he ain't easy to coach it seems lol
I’d say Spo and T Lou both got an incredible opportunity to learn the game by coaching that late into the season with LeBron for four straight years. Just the reps makes you better and the ring respect allows you to try any and everything. LeBron did for Spo what Jordan did for the zen master, magic did for Pat, Duncan did for Pop. GREAT coaches who only get better by coaching great players and vice versa.
The way Lebron talks about coach spo says a lot. He has high praise. He is clearly the best coach Lebron ever had
True theirs stuff that a high level player can teach a high level coach that they couldn’t learn on their own
@trips winter I do think that bron should have stayed longer. And when u look at it bron was more relaxed in Miami bcuz he just focused on basketball
Finally getting recognition he deserves. Spoelsrra is one of basketball best coaches and this coming from a Knick fan. Miami is so well prepared and they are just a very tough team to beat.
Spo is an all time great coach.
Absolutely. Anybody that actually knows ball, knows how much of a genius Spo is💯.
I wish more heat fans would recognize this
no way. hes on the level of ty lue.
@@ea11111 I hate seeing Steve Kerr in this conversation. Kerr rode on the coattails of MJ in his playing days and is now riding off of Curry. You’ll see what a fraud he is now that the GSW roster is aging.
@@ea11111 mark Jackson developed that team. Steve Kerr came in at the PERFECT time, Steph was 25 and going into his prime. It was a perfect storm for Kerr. What adjustments has he made in this lakers series besides leaning on his super stars and hoping they come through? When curry is done and Klay is done, we’ll see what he really can do.
Spo’s challenge of the foul against Vincent yesterday was a tell tell, he’s a great coach
Crazy how Spo has no COTY awards and he’s been the best in the league since like 2020
Yup and arguably even earlier, it’s really been between Spo and Pop for the last decade
Only reason he’s not the Olympic head coach (and only the “associate head coach”) is Kerr coming up as part of Pop’s staff
We Heat fans know he's really been the best coach in basketball since LeBron left Miami (perhaps sooner, but its hard to say when you have a team that good). Nobody has been better at squeezing the most out of their roster than Spoelstra
@@kingdeedee yes we do!
@@kingdeedee Spo somehow turned Goran Dragic, Dion Waiters, and Hassan Whiteside into a positive defensive team. that alone is crazy
Erik Spoelstra is a coach who doesn’t mind throwing the clipboard on the floor against the team’s biggest star. 📋 🌟
He also "throws" in adjustments when required 😏
@@Miles_305 youd think mid game adjustment should be norm but some old head be old head
He and lue are by far the most underrated coaches the past few years.
Ok?
@@AphasicMute I think he’s just a coach who gets forgotten to be brought up because he’s not in a tier market. Like Darvin Ham and Tom Tibbedou get way too much coverage because they’re the coach of the lakers and Knicks but Spolestra has 5 finals appearances more than them combined
JJ and Legs I can listen to all day. Intelligent basketball talk only. Well done guys. 👏
Erik Spolestra has always been a very innovative/creative Head Coach especially when it comes to playing lineups, defensive schemes, OTA plays, and utilizing advanced analytics and pace/space orientated offensive sets. Pat Riley as the Head of the Snake 🐍 from the Front Office point of view is an elite basketball mind that the “Heat Culture” is on another level to exception to other dynastic franchises like the Lakers, Celtics, Warriors and Spurs from their early 2000s to mid 2010 eras.
One of the top 10 coaches of all time and crazy to think his never won a coach of the year
Top 5
@@Joelthedon22 after his last 5 years.... How did Mike Brown this year so better than any of Spo's last 3???? He should have gotten it last year
Because he’s not worried about regular season stuff.
The problem with him not winning coach of the year. Is because every year people expect the Heat to be Good. Because Spoe is coaching them. When the King's the Timberwolves and any low tier team. Became good suddenly like 4th seed. The coach of that team became Coach of the Year. The Heat is the Top Seed in the East Last year. And Spoe should won COTY. but because of positive media bias he didn't won that.
coach of the year means nothing, most of them get fired anyway.
The fact that Spoelstra has ZERO coach of the year awards is insane, he has proven he is one of the greatest to ever touch the game.
He had a reputation of being blessed with the Big 3 in the early 2010s, but they’ve been perennial playoff teams who consistently over perform. I didn’t like him during those Big 3 years and thought he was over rated but am willing to admit I was wrong and he deserves all the accolades he gets.
Because his Asian. That's why.
It's because Miami doesn't get much media attention. We don't need individual awards, we want the chip
Coach of The Year award are a cursed, luckily Coach Erik will win every Championship.
@@kulasbukidooohhhhhh so that’s why he looks like that
Legs and JJ talking genuine basketball is so refreshing.
Could listen to these two discuss basketball all day
Erik Spoelstra is great but Pat Riley and Heat management deserve credit too. Think about all the good coaches who don't get backed by management like he does.
Lets go, great clip, JJ!
Pop, spo and steve are the only untouchable coach in the NBA
@@baydawgthat’s who Steve is
I thought they fired Nash? 🤷🏼♂️
i agree with steve clifford, hornets are winning it all next year. dread it, run from it, destiny arrives all the same
@@mattdavid716 steve kerr brother
Popovic
One of the best coaches in the NBA hands down
Informative conversation thanks...
great analysis between these two. Legler has been good for so long.
Spo is by far one of the best coaches at adjustments.
Spoelstra is the master of adjustments and exploiting team weaknesses of the other team. Able to obsere during games too.
Bro, I can't even think of any coach that could make that 2020 Heat roster win with all the way to the finals in such a fashion.
The fact that Pat Riley has been his boss all these years and he hasn’t been fired tells me all you need to know about Spoelstra.
I mean, Riley mentored him the entire way from the film room to head coach. It’s an extremely unique organization
Riley has no loyalty. It says everything.
@@troyduffie3836 you can go take your loyalty and we will see you in the unemployment line
@@troyduffie3836 weird, riley is the rare one GM that i say have loyalty
gave wade farewell tour, keeping spot for haslem despite being nothing more than a cheerleader, not giving up on winslow for 5 years
I know they lost game 2 but every smart fan saw, spo outcouched thibodeau in EVERY SINGLE way, he just had a lineup without his best player while already being down Dipo and Herro, and even losing strus for part of the 3rd quarter. Spo is the best coach in the league im so glad hes FINALLY getting the attnetion for that
He almost always gets his flowers. They always call Spo one of the best coaches in the league.
Knicks have the better more talented roster. However, Spo is tactical and you can see how he uses his players to get most effective results
@@thomaschapman6088 if he got his flowers then he would’ve won coach of the year by now
@@XTRABIG they don’t have a better roster at all lmfao
@@Superbad22 you can’t have your cake and eat it too. Either spo is an excellent coach or the knicks are just worse than the heat. I know it’s the ladder but you’ll probably cope and say in addition to the heat having “better talent” lol
Excellent conversation
This is Spo's greatest coaching work ever.
Big fan of JJ & Leggs . Enjoy their hoop IQ . Keep up the great work fellas
Great conversation.
Hahah yes! Was waiting on this one
defensive masterclass by the heat and spoelstra today
Hope Spo' gets a COY at some point, it's egregious.
I would rather have my job secure like spo than to get COTY and fired next season ,I see that happen so many times in the NBA spo won’t fall for that 😅
We’ll never see these two teams healthy. Tyler Herro, the Heat’s second best scorer, is out. That’s a huge loss for the underdog is this series. Knicks have no excuse to lose this series as things currently stand
i think heat better without hero he can’t defend
@@mortezaijoodpay7465 They are better defensively but they win that game Tuesday with Tyler. He’s the only other player other than Jimmy that can, efficiently and consistently, create his own shot. Plus he’s very underrated rebounder for them which they desperately could use
Not to mention the Knicks were a favorable matchup for him this year. 25.3 a game against them
Sorry but any team losing a 20 ppg scorer is not gonna be a better team. That’s a quarter of their ppg😂, I’m not the biggest fan of the heat but to say their a favorite in this series is ludicrous.
@@ye6973 they don’t win that game with herro they lose it even worse the reason it was close because the other guys stepped up and hit shots until down the stretch but the problem was more defense then offense
one of best basketball 🏀 pods out jj definitely knows the game i can see him either being a coach or GM in the future
Solid take
Erik always had a huge basketball IQ, his dad was a long time NBA executive so he gets it from him, he grew up around the game. I played HS and college ball in Oregon at the same time he did, I watched him play at Jesuit HS and at the University of Portland, even as a freshman at UP he was like a coach on the floor. When he played pro ball in Germany he coached the clubs juniors squad as well as being a player on the senior pro club then was a player and assistant coach on the senior pro club.
i could listen to these two talk for days
This is great basketball talk. Period.
I’m glad spo has spent coaching time in his Filipino community. Hope when he retires in the nba, he gets to coach a Philippine team.
I missed tonight's game. I came home and saw the box score. I thought to myself
"Spo' is Master level"... Then I turn on TH-cam and this vid is first on my feed...
The only coach lebron couldn't get fired
Thank you for your content. I choose to watch run it back Philly over sportscenter after a hard day of work.
spo really needs to be the head coach of team USA. he has the respect of the players and he's maybe the best tactician in the league.
I can see ESPN getting these two there on show.
They are too knowledgeable of basketball and not overly dramatic enough for it lol
As a Heat fan the 6ers have never scared me… and I’m not too worried about JB and JT really, what puts fear in me is Smart, Brogdon and White having performances of 15pts each they’re impossible to beat when those guys have it going
This is true. I don't think the Heat's bench can out score that 3.
@@slnb413 especially without herro and oladipo
@@slnb413 dépend if Duncan lowry and Caleb found their strokes they can for sure
@@rodnejean9880 maybe. But the word is "consistent". Can Lowry and Robinson stay consistent against an elite defenders?
Don’t forget Horford is shooting 45% from three. They’re a dangerous team. One of the main issues would be their size because Miami is a small team. I agree that the sixers are no threat. Heat can beat them in 5-6 games.
Erik Spoelstra coaching the Heatles was Phil-ipino Jackson!!!
Damn bow did your post get such no likes! That’s a great one !!!!
Great coach, he squeezes out the player's best potential
Bro give me these two on ESPN. Need.
See that’s why I love the game of basketball because it’s so many different layers to it. 🏀 ❤
Does anyone know what brand of hoodies Legler & JJ are wearing (the one with dog logo)?
JJ ,, And we could talk about that later “ Reddick
Legs: “Brunson you could say is the guy, but Randle; equally important and particularly because the Heat have not had an answer for him all year…kinda bullies them a little bit.”
Jalen Brunson: 0/5 on 3s in Game 3
Julius Randle: 0/5 on 3s in Game 3
😂
JJ is going to have a long career in the media !
Erik is one of the all time greats. He accomplished something truly spectacular. He coached lebron and survived. Truly incredible.
This aged well 😂
I've always felt the best zone that I've saw was in college. Temple and Coach John Chaney's matchup zone...... it was very effective.
Quin Snyder is another one of those great NBA coaches
Yo, you forgot the /s
What brand is the hoodies that y’all are wearing?
FINALLY GETTING MY MIAMI HEAT SOME RESPECT AROUND HERE 👏 👏..... LFGGGG HEAT 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥....
another 4-1 on the horizon LETS GO HEAT
Spois the best coach in the NBA right now. From a Spurs fan.
What brand are the hoodies they're wearing?
I personally think should make a show together, reddick is going to an analyst for a long time
Anyone know what brand of hoodie they are both wearing?
JJ , jimmy is the best player in this series, the way that he draws two defenders off ball will leave the shooter open, plus im goin with the guy with the mamba mentality
JJ “There’s a lot to unpack” Redick
Well, the Knicks should play D. Rose for 25 mn. He could easily have 15 pt per game with 25 mn. It's a shame they put him on the sidelines, such a great player
Spo is the most underated coach in basketball! Period! He does the most with less!
As well as Spo hides Strus, Robinson and Hero at the bottom of the zones with Martin, Gabe, Butler, Highsmith at the top of the zones with Bam in the middle
Tim nailed it when he said Miami was sleeper before the playoffs started.
How do they not talk about the heat not having TH as a factor and they are still contending
Jordan Clarkson is perfect for Miami
With Coach Spo & Clarkson there, the Heat organization would indeed be the “Filipino pride” in the league.
@@connorpaul8584 yep, but he also fits Heat culture and could fill that Herro/Dipo 6th man role they’ve been missing
@@FupaDoncicClarkson is a sieve defensively though.. you gotta be able to play D and/or space the floor (Robinson) to get on the court
@@dre32pitt D and Robinson should never be in the same sentence unless it’s his first name. He’s been unusable since his contract. Jordan can handle and shoot the 3
@@FupaDoncic that's why I said 'and/or'. Lol
Edit: and likewise for Clarkson, lol.
If this Knicks squad had Spo as their coach, they could easily be an NBA Finals caliber team. Regardless of how it goes for the Knicks the rest of the way, the FO will need to look at other coaching options. Always been firm about Thibs not being the right coach for this squad.
As a Knicks fan I agree with that. I like Thibs but the dude is stubborn as heck most of the time. Would have preferred him more as a defensive assistant coach. Plus Spo was a student of Pat Riley.
@@willn8664 don’t agree at all what has he been stubborn about? He was in coty discussion till brunson got hurt and it was randle vs the world again
@@kingfulness Thibs has a truck ton of flaws with his coaching. His biggest and most noticeable is his inability to make game time adjustments. Something as simple as benching a slumping Randle in the 4th quarter is met with praise since it is so unlike him to do something like that. Thibs is the kind of coach that has his a plan going into a game. If that plan fails, he struggles to make the necessary changes. Not holding his guys accountable falls into that problem.
@@LatinLegacyNY alot like bud
Thibs never beat Spo in a playoff series when he coached Chicago so I think we have the edge in coaching.
JJ “There’s a lot to unpack” Reddick
This dude’s name says it ALL! 🏀 🌭
The Philippines best. We are really proud of Coach Spo.
Olol
@@Siddhartha040107 Olol too
Spo recognising and allowing for players weakness is a pop trait.....and pop=goat
Legs!!! Lookin Orange there homie. Sheeeesh 😂
Tim explained Spolstras genius very eloquently.hood stuff
Hood stuff nah deez kkkracka noggaz need 2go2 church cuh
What are those hoodies these guys both have on?
“It’s gonna be a 7 game series” lol
Nurse loves his zones. Kerr does too
ESPN did him dirty in the Big 3 era. He made those guys the best defense in the league, that should say a lot.
Now even tho in Brooklyn he was balling but now he doing for champion team when points matter and he key offensive player in our line up
How did these guys forget the Warriors’ zone? Lol last year they were changing it up to last year’s championship and still do it this year.
you got the answer already...
JJ "NBA players are amazing" Reddick
He is the most brilliant coach can be such a humble family man Pat Riley made a stupendous choice when he pick him
Lol, they thought, Bam couldn't shut down randle.
HEAT in 5 🔥
He is def one of the greatest coaches out there. I get annoyed when people say Lebron never had a great Coach. BS, Spoelstra was an amazing coach. Look at how many finals he has been to and teams he beat to get there
I wish the Pistons had a HC like this 😩