They butted heads during the early stages of their relationship, before Erik Spoelstra and Dion Waiters gained a greater understanding of each other. And now, with Waiters in the early stages of his Heat comeback, Spoelstra is asking Waiters to be something that runs counter to his personality: patient.
Is that difficult to be, Dion?
“Hell, yeah,” he said after scoring seven points in Wednesday’s win at Cleveland, his first game in nearly 13 months after ankle surgery. “But I’ve got to be. I’ve been out all year. I know it’s going to take time. Whenever the training wheels come off, I’m ready.