Remembering the rift between LeBron and Coach ‘Spo’

By Eddie G. Alinea

Sep 17, 2018 12:14 am

Here’s one reason that could lead basketball-crazy Filipinos to completely lose their admiration for current world best player LeBron James.

Sometime in 2010 at the start of the Miami Heat’s “Big Three Era” when James and Chris Bosh joined the team’s already established star Dwayne Wade reinforcing head coach Erik Spoelstra’s roster, LeBron suggested to team president Pat Riley to replace the Filipino-American mentor.

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