Doc Rivers and Erik Spoelstra

The Woj Pod

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4.6 • 722 Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Two NBA championship coaches -- Doc Rivers and Erik Spoelstra -- join The Woj Pod to discuss a series of topics in a high-level conversation, including the coaching craft, the Celtics-Heat rivalry, the impact of Pat Riley in their careers, ownership and management support, the lack of NBA coaches in the Hall of Fame and the changes they've had to make as coaches with the shorter attention spans of the modern NBA players, and much more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to another edition of the WogePod.
0:08.5	And something I've wanted to do for some time with the podcast, I hope we'll do more of it this season and moving forward.
0:17.3	Getting some of the smartest, most accomplished people in the game together to talk about their craft, the league, their journeys.
0:27.7	And we do that this week with two championship coaches, the Miami Heats Eric Spolstra and the Los Angeles Clippers, Doc Rivers,
0:38.0	and our visit about the league, the Celtic Heat rivalry that really reshaped a modern NBA,
0:50.2	Pat Riley and both of their connections and influence with him and a lot more.
0:57.3	I hope you enjoy listening to this Doc Rivers, Eric Spolstra podcast, as much as I think the three of us did recording it.
1:07.9	So let's get right to it.
1:10.3	Doc Rivers and Eric Spolstra.
1:13.9	Doc Rivers, Los Angeles Clippers coach, Eric Spolstra, Miami Heat Coach, between you two,
1:21.8	2,438 regular season games coached 1,400, 17 wins.
1:31.7	Six NBA finals, two championships for Eric Spolstra, one for Doc Rivers,
1:38.6	and four Wojpods now, which I appreciate.
1:43.7	That's the most impressive.
1:44.8	Yeah, absolutely.
1:46.8	You know, it's funny, guys, we're in Chicago.
1:50.0	NBA coaches' meetings are here.
1:52.4	All your peers are here, except for a couple who are off at USA Basketball.
1:56.2	And it's funny to see you guys, and I see some of your competitors, seeing each other in the lobby
2:01.5	and guys, the relationships in the league among coaches. And what's interesting is, you know,
2:08.1	you guys are the sandwich of, you know, it's funny, all the owners, the players, the fans,
2:14.4	like the only thing they all have in common is they all think they could coach
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