Erik Spoelstra: “There’s nothing wrong with what [the Wizards are] doing. If you can tank and get a great draft pick, I don’t care… We don’t do that and we have a 14th pick do something that you’re trying to get out of the No. 1 pick.”
“I’ve seen people say, you’ve got to be a purist,” Spoelstra continued. “I’m a Darwinist in this league. Really, you can do anything you want in this game. You can approach it however you want. If we get criticized for what we do, there was probably irony in these two organizations. There’s nothing wrong with what [the Wizards are] doing. If you can tank and get a great draft pick, I don’t care. Like, you can do anything you want in this league. You can approach it however you want.
“We don’t do that and we have a 14th pick do something that you’re trying to get out of the No. 1 pick.