Kel'el Ware is used to tough love, and he's translated it to a breakout season for the Miami Heat. With every reason to be turned off by public ridicule, Ware has used constructive criticism as fuel for his big developmental leap.
"I don’t really take anything bad or look at it a certain way. I just stay myself and let it be...it’s not much of a big thing to me, I would say. I just take it as they want to see me be better and be a better version of myself."
Over the past few months, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra hasn't shied away from his vocal criticism of Ware.