Miami Heat coach Eric Spoelstra admitted Thursday that his team, after playing the last NBA Finals, They arrive at training sessions for the new 2020-21 season with little rest.
But it was something that they had assumed and that They worked on how to compensate for the new preparation so that it did not affect the performance of the players.
After just seven weeks off following the loss to the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals in mid-October, the Heat enter the 2020-21 campaign trying to build up a new supply of physical and emotional energy needed to maintain consistency in the league at the highest level.
Without excuses
Spoelstra said that the Heat prides itself on not making excuses and instead works to highlight the positive aspects that surround these circumstances.
“Historically this is different,” he declared this Thursday. Spoelstra during a video conference with journalists. “It’s a quicker change for that type of team, but if you constantly go to the FinalsGuys like the Golden State Warriors or all the LeBron James teams, our old teams, those changes were also fast. “
No player he expended more emotional and physical energy during the impressive bubble run than the Heat to the Finals than All-Star guard Jimmy Butler.
Minutes limited to Butler
Spoelstra acknowledged that Butler, 31, will likely enter the season with a minute limit after averaging 43 minutes per game in the Finals.
Since agreed to sign with the Heat last summer, Butler has been open about how much he has enjoyed the working culture of the Miami team and he’s quickly adapted to the structure Spoelstra and Heat president Pat Riley have built over the past two decades.
But the message of Spoelstra was patient not only for Butler but also for several other Heat veterans. that were stretched to the physical limit during an unexpected race to the Finals.
