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The Tao of Spo: Erik Spoelstra’s compassion, competitiveness and confrontations - The Athletic

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To be coached by Spoelstra is to be moved emotionally. He inspires, angers, challenges and touches. And it works.

The Tao of Spo: Erik Spoelstra’s compassion, competitiveness and confrontations - The Athletic The Tao of Spo: Erik Spoelstra’s compassion, competitiveness and confrontations By Jason Quick April 7, 2023 Updated Dec. 23, 2025 Share article 141 Editor’s Note: This story is included in The Athletic’s Best of 2023. View the full list . MIAMI — Eight years ago, on an ordinary off day, Erik Spoelstra changed the career of Josh Richardson. A rookie guard on the Miami Heat , Richardson was hardly playing, so on off days he would regularly head to the gym to get up shots. Only on this day, midway thro

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