{"id":123657,"date":"2025-11-29T11:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=123657"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T11:11:25","slug":"athlonsports-com-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=123657","title":{"rendered":"SPOELSTRA\u2019S STRANGE REVEAL: Erik Spoelstra makes a surprising and \u2018strange\u2019 admission about former Heat sharpshooter Duncan Robinson, raising eyebrows and sparking new questions about their past dynamic..ll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/.image\/w_3840,q_auto:good,c_limit\/MjY6MDAwMDAwMDAwODYzODU2\/nba-new-york-knicks-at-miami-heat.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Duncan Robinson was a culture building player for coach Erik Spoelstra and the\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0franchise during his seven seasons on South Beach, and has since taken his talents to Detroit to play for coach J.B. Bickerstaff\u2019s Pistons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"exco-player-wrapper\">\n<div id=\"fa091ec0-2e82-447d-aaf3-2ada88fe08e7\" class=\"pbs\" data-exs-config=\"{&quot;customParams&quot;:{&quot;atsd&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;author&quot;:&quot;tm-ci02dff33bc0022431&quot;,&quot;bmb&quot;:&quot;ashfordmontessori.com,Ashford Montessori,Education,ind_31,Small ($1MM-$10MM),re_2,Small (10 - 49 Employees),sz_2,Cloud Services &gt; Cloud Infrastructure Computing,Cloud Services &gt; Platform as a Service (PaaS),Web-Oriented Architecture &gt; Web &amp; Portal Technology,id_1,id_3,id_51,United States,US,Texas,TX,Business Professional,Small Business Professional,pg_1,pg_6,Vietnam,VN,Da Nang,dn&quot;,&quot;channel&quot;:&quot;athlonsports.com&quot;,&quot;correlator&quot;:6577402510640221,&quot;direct&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;initial_correlator&quot;:6577402510640221,&quot;pagetype&quot;:&quot;article&quot;,&quot;path&quot;:&quot;\/nba\/miami-heat\/erik-spoelstra-makes-strange-admission-on-ex-heat-player-duncan-robinson&quot;,&quot;scroll_idx&quot;:0,&quot;terms&quot;:&quot;Erik Spoelstra&quot;},&quot;macros&quot;:{&quot;gpid&quot;:&quot;\/88059007\/nba\/video\/preroll-0&quot;},&quot;reporting&quot;:{&quot;subId&quot;:&quot;athlonsports.com&quot;,&quot;subId2&quot;:&quot;tm-ci02dff33bc0022431&quot;,&quot;utmContent&quot;:&quot;ads-6510:a&quot;},&quot;showAds&quot;:true}\" data-pbs-root=\"true\" data-pbs-position=\"static\" data-pbs-device=\"desktop\" data-pbs-video-title=\"true\">\n<div id=\"exp_cc2d6770-d08f-49ff-a17c-887957eda114\" class=\"pbs__player shown\">\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">The Heat and Pistons will tangle tomorrow night in Miami giving \u2018Coach Spo\u2019 and his team a chance to exact revenge on their former teammate and the Eastern Conference leading Pistons.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">On Friday, Spoelstra let his true feelings be known on the Pistons\u2019 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.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"spoelstra-s-strange-admission-on-robinson\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Spoelstra\u2019s \u2018Strange\u2019 Admission on Robinson<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Robinson helped lead Spoelstra\u2019s Heat to the\u00a0NBA\u00a0Finals 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.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Seeing Robinson in a different uniform could be a challenge for his former coach.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cI still root for Duncan,\u201d Spoelstra\u00a0said. \u201cHe\u2019s 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\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">\u201cI root for him but it looks strange in that uniform, it really does.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"robinson-bests-career-average-with-detroit\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Robinson Bests Career Average With Detroit<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Robinson is currently averaging 12.5 points per game, more than a full point above his career average of 11.4.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">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.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">Robinson\u2019s 41.7% three-point shooting average is the second highest in his career behind only his second season.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">The beneficiary of Cade Cunningham\u2019s daring, probing drives to the basket and kickouts to the perimeter, Robinson has found a second home in the Motor City with the East\u2019s top team so far while the Heat are 2.5 games behind heading into Friday night\u2019s action.<\/p>\n<p data-wp-block-name=\"core\/paragraph\" data-wp-block=\"{&quot;dropCap&quot;:false}\">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\u2019s ship in the right direction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_cardGrid__qJwyp custom-block card-grid grid-content-card styles_cardGridContentCard__QcfPl\">\n<div class=\"styles_cardGridContainer__c2qPm card-grid__container visible\">\n<div class=\"styles_cardGridItem__Ko5Ao\">\n<div class=\"styles_card__RdXPU card card--list-media-right content-card styles_list__sOQyj styles_mediaRight__QLJKU\" data-testid=\"article-card\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":123661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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