Detroit’s Stan Van Gundy and Dallas’ Rick Carlisle have given the Heat’s Erik Spoelstra ringing endorsements over the past weeks for doing the NBA’s best coaching job this season.
Wednesday, the league honored Spoelstra as the best coach in the Eastern Conference for the month of February after he led the Heat to an 8-3 record including a 5-2 mark on the road.
Naturally, Spoelstra, 46, preferred to campaign for point guard Goran Dragic, whom he said deserves consideration for February’s Eastern Conference Player of the Month.
“Those kind of things make every coach feel awkward,” Spoelstra said after he finally got done playfully explaining why Dragic (22.