The Miami Heat's players are frustrated with Erik Spoelstra and some are questioning whether he is the right coach for their team, according to people close to the situation. With the ballyhooed Heat losing four of their past five games and sporting a mediocre 9-8 record, the players are privately grumbling about Spoelstra on several fronts.
Sources say the players believe he is not letting them be themselves, that they are questioning his offensive strategies, and that they think he is panicking because he fears losing his job.
Here is the story by Chris Broussard.
Perhaps we have a case of negative returns in production with the Heat. There is only 1 ball (a fixed resource) and when each player says "give me the damn ball", egos can get in the way. Perhaps there is too much talent on the Heat and we have a case of negative returns. But it's still very early in the NBA season.