What happened with Spoelstra? Did LeBron try to fire Erik Spoelstra?

Erik Spoelstra is an American professional basketball coach for the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Spoelstra played his collegiate basketball for Portland Pilots.

After graduating with a degree in communications, he spends two seasons (1993–1995) in Basketball Bundesliga’s second division as a player–assistant coach for TuS Herten.

He was then offered a job at Miami Heat as an intern video coordinator and was promoted to assistant coach/video coordinator two years later.

In 2008, Spoelstra became the head coach of the Miami Heat at the age of 37.

What happened with Spoelstra?

Erik Spoelstra earned his 600th win as the Heat’s head coach on April 28, 2021, and also became the sixth head coach in NBA history to win 600 games with one team.

Did LeBron try to fire Erik Spoelstra?

Erik Spoelstra was tasked with leading a team that featured LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in 2010.

At the time, the Heat had three of the top 10 players in the league. But they started 9-8 and the team president Pat Riley said James had plans of firing Spoelstra.