Miami Warmth head coach Erik Spoelstra praised the way in which Caleb Martin competes/has accepted his position after Monday’s 103-84 Recreation 7 street win vs. the Boston Celtics (averaged 19.3 PPG/6.4 RPG/1.7 APG/0.9 SPG/60.2% FG/48.9% 3-PT/87.5% FT on the sequence).
(through Bally Sports activities Solar):
Reporter: “Caleb [Martin] got here very, very near successful the Convention Finals MVP, simply a few votes. Simply to place it merely, what did he imply, and particularly his offense, imply to you on this sequence?”
Spoelstra: “It’s been superb. When you’re an actual competitor and it’s in your soul, and that’s what Caleb is, he’s a competitor. Each bit the competitor that you just speak about with Jimmy [Butler] or Bam [Adebayo] or no matter. Caleb is a competitor. You get to the upper stakes, the additional you get alongside, the extra opponents are going to disclose themselves. Recreation 7s, or get to the Convention Finals, it’s not for everyone on this affiliation. In any other case extra gamers, extra groups would do it. It’s a must to be wired somewhat bit in a different way, and Caleb is. He’s pure. He competes on each ends. Lays all of it on the market for everyone to see. He’s accepted completely different roles. However we wanted him to be extra of a participant. With Tyler [Herro] and Vic [Oladipo] out, we’ve wanted extra offense. Fairly frankly, we’ve wanted extra guys like Gabe [Vincent] and Caleb to indicate how a lot they’ve improved with their participant improvement. However yeah, he has a lot respect in that locker room simply due to how onerous he competes. It’s like his final breath on each single possession, and I really like the man for that.”
