While Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware had an impressive preseason , there were a ton of narratives and storylines made about head coach Erik Spoelstra challenging the 21-year-old hard. Though the Heat star uses Spoelstra's challenges , the head coach believes that it's been taken out of proportion.

In the offseason, Spoelstra would express that Ware needs to improve in his “professionalism” among other traits, a nugget that fans and the basketball world latched on to. Speaking after Tuesday's practice, Spoelstra would downplay the storylines, saying that he did not “challenge him that strongly,” while also mentioning that he has enjoyed watching Ware improve.

“I didn’t even challenge him that strongly,” Spoelstra said, according to The Sun Sentinel. “I just mentioned very matter of

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