Bam Adebayo might have become the only member of the Miami Heat to return home with a second gold medal, but coach Erik Spoelstra is a gold-medal winning coach.
The Team USA assistant is returning as a gold medal-winning coach as The Avengers defeated France in the final 98-87. Steph Curry led the way with 24 points.Spoelstra, who won two NBA titles with the Heat, was among the assistants to Steve Kerr. He might not get a medal around his neck, but he is an Olympic champion.last week.
Spoelstra took on his first USA Basketball coaching responsibility as head coach of the 2021 USA Select Team, which trained with the 2020 U.S. Olympic team that won gold in Tokyo. Adebayo was also part of that team. After the semifinal win over Serbia where the United States made a furious 17-point comeback, Spoelstra said he expected the team to fight back,
“That’s why we’re in this business,” Spoelstra said during a televised halftime interview when the Americans were trailing by 11. “We love when the games feel like this.” Scott Salomon is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI. He can be reached at [email protected] Salomon joined FanNation on Sports Illustrated in April 2024 covering breaking news and analysis for the Miami Dolphins channel. In June he joined Inside the Heat and Back in the Day NBA. Scott is based in South Florida and has been covering the local and national sports scene for 35 years.
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