Recently, the Miami Heat officially released the news that the team will select an experienced staff member to enter the first team coaching staff next season, whose identity is equivalent to the team's assistant coach.
According to the Heat's reporter Greg Sylvander, the Heat's selection is an internal competition, that is, the team's management or related technology and consultants are within the scope of the selection, so that former players, people who enter the Heat after retirement are expected to enter the coaching staff.
Greg Sylvander also said that head coach Spollstra and team management have spoken to the team management on personnel issues before, and they have preliminarily drafted a candidate, among which Battier, a former Heat player and current team strategic adviser, is most likely to be hired.
Presumably, for Battier, fans should not be unfamiliar, as Yao Ming's former teammate, the most brilliant period of his career is to assist James and Wade to complete two consecutive championships. In the 2012/2013 Finals, Battier fell to the sky, 6 of 8 from three-point range to help the Heat defeat the Spurs. In June 2014, Battier officially announced his retirement, having served as a commentator in the collegiate league before joining the Heat management in 2017, serving as vice president of development and analysis and then as a strategic advisor to the team.
Judging from his resume, Battier is very much in line with the Heat's selection criteria. He made great contributions to the Heat in the last few years of his career, and after retiring from the army, he worked for the Heat for another 5 years, with both player experience and management experience, which is the most suitable candidate.
In addition, Battier has worked with the current manager Spollstra for a long time, and during his playing years, Battier played under Spoelstra for 3 seasons, during which time he has been working hard and getting along well with every teammate in the locker room. In fact, Si Shuai himself is also very clear that Battier is a person with extremely high emotional intelligence, which is why he likes Battier.
As a player that Chinese fans love very much, we are also happy to see Battier continue to appear on the bench of the Heat. At the moment, it is very possible for Battier to enter the Heat coaching staff, and we hope that he can assist Spollstra and restore the glory of the two-title streak.