Erik Spoelstra almost passed up his first job with the Miami Heat for a Grateful Dead show

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if you mentioned this story to serious Deadheads then they would probably think Spoelstra made a terrible mistake. If we assume that the Portland native was set to go one of the two shows in the city on May 28 and 29, 1995, then he would have been present at one of the band's final performances before the death of icon Jerry Garcia on August 9. We also don't know if they did particularly good renditions of "Jack Straw," "Dire Wolf," and various jams from either date. Can you really put a price on such memories, however hazy? Even if the alternative was setting on a course towards millions of dollars and international fame?