For the past four years, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra’s most important job was in compelling LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to play to their respective superstar potentials.
In other words, getting them to be who they are.
This time around, the challenge couldn’t be more different: helping players like Luol Deng, Josh McRoberts and Danny Granger be better than they’ve been—at least recently.
So which stands to be Spoelstra’s most daunting reclamation project?
Ain’t No Deng
Of the three, Deng arrives with by far the most proven pedigree: a pair of All-Star appearances, one All-NBA Defense second-team nod and a string of successful seasons as a member of the Derrick Rose-led Chicago Bulls.
Facing the prospect of having to spend beaucoup bucks to keep Deng in Chicago, the Bulls chose instead to deal the veteran small forward just 23 games into the 2013-14 regular season.
Landing with Kyrie Irving and the Cleveland Cavaliers, Deng struggled to find a consiste ...
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Article written by Jim Cavan