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Heat: No fears over ego clash
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September 29, 2010, Wednesday
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THE Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has said there is no worry of clashing egos.
Dwyane Wade will share the limelight with LeBron James and Chris Bosh but Spoelstra said that the trio would not be in Miami now if they were thinking selfishly.
"I don't think there is going to be a problem in terms of ego, that is what everyone is waiting for, I understand it but you have to put yourselves in their shoes - they have made the steps that they have made," Spoelstra said.
"You are underestimating their intelligence. They put a great deal of thought into their free agency and they would not make a move like this individually if they were worried about things like that."
Spoelstra said that the three players, all of whom rejected bigger money opportunities to play together on one team, had shown a willingness to give up something for the common good. He said that aspect had been ignored among the criticism of his franchise.
"What we are trying to do is something special and that is what these guys made sacrifices to be a part of."
Wade said if there was a risk it was that the trio could be too unselfish. "If ego was going to be problem, I don't think all three of us would be sitting here, playing for the same team," he said. "You have got to understand the personalities that you have - we understand that we can do it together but it is not just about us three either.
Dwyane Wade will share the limelight with LeBron James and Chris Bosh but Spoelstra said that the trio would not be in Miami now if they were thinking selfishly.
"I don't think there is going to be a problem in terms of ego, that is what everyone is waiting for, I understand it but you have to put yourselves in their shoes - they have made the steps that they have made," Spoelstra said.
"You are underestimating their intelligence. They put a great deal of thought into their free agency and they would not make a move like this individually if they were worried about things like that."
Spoelstra said that the three players, all of whom rejected bigger money opportunities to play together on one team, had shown a willingness to give up something for the common good. He said that aspect had been ignored among the criticism of his franchise.
"What we are trying to do is something special and that is what these guys made sacrifices to be a part of."
Wade said if there was a risk it was that the trio could be too unselfish. "If ego was going to be problem, I don't think all three of us would be sitting here, playing for the same team," he said. "You have got to understand the personalities that you have - we understand that we can do it together but it is not just about us three either.
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