"Despite being considered one of the league's most brilliant minds, Erik Spoelstra has never won the NBA's Coach of the Year award. This won't be the case if you ask the folks over at the Worldwide Leader. A panel of ESPN insiders projected the Heat to win fewer than 40 games. Equally notable, the same group did not have any Miami representatives finishing in the top five for one of the major awards. That includes the Coach of the Year category."
"Voters tend to gravitate towards three kinds of candidates for this honor: Coaches taking the reins of a good team they turn into an even better one; entrenched names whose squads take a leap after acquiring marquee talent and/or getting a ton of internal development; and those captaining a roster that obliterates preseason expectations. Spoelstra and the Heat fall firmly into that last bucket."
Erik Spoelstra has never won the NBA Coach of the Year award despite widespread recognition as one of the league's best coaches. ESPN insiders forecast the Heat to win fewer than 40 games and placed no Miami figures in top-five award projections, including Coach of the Year. Miami's only previous Coach of the Year was Pat Riley in 1996-97. Spoelstra has finished no higher than second on ballots and has done so twice. Voters typically reward coaches who exceed expectations, improve good teams, or oversee dramatic roster development; the Heat fit the category of exceeding low preseason expectations, creating a clear path for Spoelstra to claim the honor.
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