The Heat and Pistons will tangle tomorrow night in Miami giving ‘Coach Spo’ and his team a chance to exact revenge on their former teammate and the Eastern Conference leading Pistons.

On Friday, Spoelstra let his true feelings be known on the Pistons’ hot shooting forward ahead of Saturday night while making a telling admission on how it feels to watch Robinson in a Pistons red, white and blue uniform.

Spoelstra’s ‘Strange’ Admission on Robinson

Robinson helped lead Spoelstra’s Heat to the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023, coming up short both times while still endearing himself to the Miami faithful for his team oriented performances and three-point shooting prowess.

Seeing Robinson in a different uniform could be a challenge for his former coach.

“I still root for Duncan,” Spoelstra said. “He’s one of the greatest success stories from our building. I wrote him a note after the deal, I think his story is so inspirational that it can be a book, a movie…”

“I root for him but it looks strange in that uniform, it really does.”

Robinson Bests Career Average With Detroit

Robinson is currently averaging 12.5 points per game, more than a full point above his career average of 11.4.

That average is the fourth best of his career with his best number coming during his second NBA season, 2019-2020, when the Heat reached the Finals and Robinson compiled a 13.5 points per game clip.

Robinson’s 41.7% three-point shooting average is the second highest in his career behind only his second season.

The beneficiary of Cade Cunningham’s daring, probing drives to the basket and kickouts to the perimeter, Robinson has found a second home in the Motor City with the East’s top team so far while the Heat are 2.5 games behind heading into Friday night’s action.

Spoelstra and Robinson will be forever linked, but now the time has come for Robinson to focus on chasing his first ever NBA championship with his new team and Spoelstra to continue to steer Miami’s ship in the right direction.