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Miami Heat's Erik Spoelstra to help coach Team USA's select team

MIAMI -- Erik Spoelstra and Gregg Popovich have often spoken of how much they enjoy coaching against one another.

This summer, they're teaming up -- to coach with, and against, one another.

Spoelstra has accepted an invitation to join the USA Basketball coaching staff for its Olympic preparations in Las Vegas next month. The Miami Heat coach, who went head-to-head against Popovich and San Antonio in the 2013 and 2014 NBA finals, will be involved coaching the U.S. select team, a group of players that will be brought in to practice and scrimmage against the Olympic roster.