Nikki Sapp, the ex-wife of Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, appeared to soft launch a new relationship in a recent post on Instagram.
Sapp is seen with a new man in several parts of a video posted on Instagram, receiving a kiss from the man at one point during the video.
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Sapp and Spoelstra divorced after seven years of marriage. They have three children together.
Hopefully, Sapp’s potential new relationship has made a positive impact for her, as it’s certainly hard for anyone to go through a divorce.
As for Spoelstra, he and the Heat are coming off a first-round exit in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. Miami, which was the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference at the end of the regular season, fought through the play-in tournament to earn a playoff spot.
The Heat knocked off the Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks in the play-in tournament, earning the No. 8 seed in the East for the third straight season.
Unfortunately, the Heat did not have the same success that they had in the playoffs in the 2022-23 season when they made the NBA Finals as a No. 8 seed.
Instead, Miami was swept in the first round by the No. 1-seeded Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2025 NBA Playoffs. The Heat really struggled in the final two games of the series, losing by 37 points in Game 3 and 55 points in Game 4. Miami failed to score 90 or more points in each of those matchups.
Despite the disappointing end to the 2024-25 season, the Heat did show some serious fight to even get into the playoff field. After trading away Jimmy Butler during the regular season, Miami rallied in the play-in tournament behind some strong play from guard Tyler Herro.
Herro scored 38 points in the play-in win over the Bulls and 30 points in the win over the Hawks.
Since taking over as Miami’s head coach in the 2008-09 season, Spoelstra has compiled a regular season record of 787-572. He’s led the Heat to the NBA Finals six times during that stretch, winning two titles during Miami’s Big 3 era with LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh.
The Heat are 110-83 in the playoffs with Spoelstra at the helm, and they’ve made the postseason in each of the last six seasons.
