There aren’t that many bachelor head coaches in the NBA. Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra showed up to a fundraising event over the weekend with former Miami Heat dancer Nikki Sapp. Sapp joined the dance team in 2006 at the age of 18.
More than a few Miami Heat dancers have parlayed their time with the team into pop culture celebdom. “Basketball Wives,” Royce Reed, to “The Bachelor’s” Trista Rehn, plus a Pussycat Doll and WWE Diva, Layla El, all took the court on behalf of the Heat. Royce and Nikki were on the dance team at the same time, too.
If I had to pick a favorite dance team, they would be it. In some ways I can see them being compared with the 80’s Laker Girls. Paul Abdul launched her career there and changed the way NBA dance teams looked and performed.
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