MIAMI (AP) — New York guard Jalen Brunson has at least two young fans in Miami. Specifically, they’re the sons of Heat coach Erik Spoelstra.

And that ... well, that wouldn’t have been permitted a couple decades ago.

So much for that venomous, fight-filled Heat-Knicks rivalry. Spoelstra spoke with great admiration for Brunson and fellow Knicks forward Josh Hart when he was part of the coaching staff for USA Basketball at the 2023 World Cup in Manila — Brunson and Hart were on that team — and the ties still bind, so much so that Brunson was among those who texted Spoelstra to check on him and his family after their home burned down earlier this month.

“I’ve mentioned it to him and I’ve mentioned it to other people,” Spoelstra said Monday when asked about Brunson before Miami’s home ga

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