David Fizdale on Heat-Lakers

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4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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David Fizdale joins The Woj Pod to discuss the Lakers-Heat NBA Finals, including LeBron James’ burden to deliver a title in LA, the trying early days of the Big 3 in Miami, Erik Spoelstra's place among elite of the coaching profession, the evolution of the Pat Riley-Spo dynamic and much, much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The WojPod is brought to you by Goodyear, helping you discover the road ahead,
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0:09.5	Welcome into David Fisdale, former head coach with the Knicks, the Grizzlies, and of course,
0:16.3	eight years as an assistant with Miami Heat, with Eric Spolstra, who is now the second longest
0:22.2	tenured head coach in the NBA. How about that? Would you, would you have imagined that Fizz
0:27.7	when you two started over that that Eric Spolstra, not only the two NBA championships
0:35.6	are now obviously going to the finals here.
0:37.7	A fourth time as a head coach.
0:40.6	Fifth time.
0:41.5	I should fifth time as a head coach.
0:42.9	Fifth time as a head coach.
0:44.8	It has been a remarkable run and you were there on day one.
0:48.7	I was there first day.
0:50.3	Well, not the first day he got the job, but once he got the job he brought me in that
0:54.2	year so yeah and we got a I mean obviously it's uh you think about 12 years before that we were
1:02.6	just video goons hashs you know hacking away at VHS tapes and working on VCRs and stuff like
1:10.7	that and you know I just always felt like knowing VHS tapes and working on VCRs and stuff like that.
1:11.0	And I just always felt like knowing him over the course
1:15.6	of that time and how his mind worked and how
1:18.6	how diligent he was about his work,
1:21.4	how open-minded he was about growing and evolving.
1:24.7	And I always felt like he was going to be a great coach.
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