LeBron James Praises The Utah Jazz's Latest Move

Fizdale has been a longtime staple of the NBA. He started his professional coaching career with stints as an assistant coach with the Golden State Warriors, Atlanta Hawks, and Miami Heat. With the Heat Fizdale teamed up with head coach Erik Spoelstra and the “Big 3” of LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh to win two NBA Championships. In 2016, Fizdale went to Memphis to work his first head coaching job with the Grizzlies. After two seasons in Memphis, he coached for the  New York Knicks for two seasons before getting fired.

Most recently, Fizdale has worked as an assistant coach under Frank Vogel for the  Los Angeles Lakers. In a show of support, LeBron tweeted an encouraging message to his former coach’s new chapter with Utah. Fizdale will be joining a front office that has one of his former players in Dwyane Wade, who is a major owner of the team. LeBron has publicly supported Wade’s career on and off the court on multiple occasions, and it seems that goes for his former coach as well.