ATLANTA – There was a certain amount of crossover between Billy Donovan and Erik Spoelstra back in the day.
Donovan was having championship success at the University of Florida, while Spoelstra was swimming in his own pool of success on South Beach. Donovan already had a sense of what Dwyane Wade was about, but Spoelstra reiterated it in one of their talks.
“He and I, just being in Florida, were around each other quite a bit, and [Spoelstra] made a comment about him. He said, ‘You know, Dwyane Wade can be really stubborn, but he’s also really stubborn when you’re down 25, too.