Nikki Sapp, Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife was claimed to be having an affair with Jaime Jacquez Jr
After seven years of marriage, Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and his wife, Nikki Spoelstra got divorced in November 2023.
Nikki Spoelstra started the divorce process because she was being harassed by trolls online, particularly after Erik agreed to a $120 million coaching deal with the Heat.
Nikki Sapp, Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife denies dating Jaime Jacquez Jr as relationship rumors go viral
Nikki Spoelstra has been subjected to increasing amounts of online hostility, particularly when a malicious rumour and phony screenshots suggesting that she had an affair with Heat sophomore forward Jaime Jacquez Jr. went popular on social media. Nikki was forced to release a video statement strongly denouncing these rumours as a result.
There was a report that Jaquez Jr., who is averaging 8.6 points and 4.5 rebounds in his second season is romantically involved with Nikki Spoelstra. She has been accused of having a connection with the 24-year-old diminutive forward by a number of social media outlets. This is a result of Nikki Spoelstra liking and commenting on several of Jaquez’s Instagram postings.
Since the problem has gone viral, Nikki Spoelstra has been forced to speak out about it. The host of the program broke her silence by vehemently refuting the accusations in a statement.
“A f*ckiing story that is 100% flat-out not true.”
Nikki Spoelstra speaks on the rumors going around:
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“Y’all streets give me way too much power when sh*t doesn’t go your way in pro sports. It’s one thing for you sports fanatics to come onto my page after I made a really big life choice and talk crazy. And it’s another thing entirely for you to come to my page and harass me and call me crazy names over something,” she said.
Nikki Spoelstra continued by saying that she had already had conversations with Jaquez’s mother and girlfriend, both of whom were implicated in the negative gossip.
I’m crying they divorced 4 months after Jamie was drafted and she still got Spoelstra next to her name… This is NASTY no wonder he look like he want to harm himself when coaching pic.twitter.com/bE3KJDnVlc
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“And while your story might be entertaining with these little plot assumptions, there are so many holes in your story and quite frankly, it’s just really bad storytelling.”
“So while all of you guys are entertaining yourselves with fabricated nonsense, I already talked to the girlfriend,” she said. “I already talked to the mom and the three of us are over here rolling our eyes at all you knuckleheads.”
Although Nikki Spoelstra views herself as a public figure, she has made it plain that this does not give anyone the right to go on her page and call her names and make such outrageous accusations.
Nikki and Erik Spoelstra’s divorce
After seven years of marriage, Nikki and Erik Spoelstra formalized their divorce in November 2023, according to the Miami Herald. The two stressed in a joint statement that they are “fully committed to co-parenting our children” despite their separation.
The three children of the ex-couple are Ruby, 2, Dante, 4, and Santiago, 6.
A rumor is circulating that Heat forward Jaime Jaquez Jr. is hooking up with head coach Erik Spoelstra’s ex-wife Nikki.
You can see Nikki Spoelstra frequently liking Jaquez’ post on Instagram. pic.twitter.com/UtSZEf3dpm
— TMSPN.com (@sportsgossip) March 23, 2025