Heat coach Erik Spoelstra's ex-wife fires back at trolls after NBA champ's lucrative extension: 'Be nicer'

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Nikki Sapp, the ex-wife of Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra, fired back at critics who claimed she dropped the ball for divorcing the two-time NBA champion before his lucrative contract extension.

Spoelstra and the Heat agreed to an eight-year extension earlier this week, reportedly worth around $120 million. He is currently in his 16th season as the Heat head coach. The new agreement came after he and Sapp announced they agreed to divorce.

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Erik Spoelstra and Nikki Sapp participate in the Annual Thanksgiving Celebration on Nov. 19, 2019 at the Miami Rescue Mission in Miami. (Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)

Social media trolls immediately came after Sapp, saying "way to fumble the bag." She spoke out against critics on her Instagram Stories on Wednesday.

"Lol. I’m going to address this comment NOT as it pertains to my personal life choices but as it relates to a general thought process that I believe a lot of people have and that a lot of people have harassed me with over the years," she wrote, according to the New York Post. "According to crass, ignorant, uninformed society at large, women can’t ‘win.’

"Women can’t be genuinely in love with someone successful. No, they’re pretending and they’re in it for the money. And if a woman chooses to not be with a successful partner, apparently she’s an idiot."

Sapp said comments like those "messed with my emotional health and people need to have a better understanding of how their words can affect other people."

Erik Spoelstra and Nikki Sapp attend the 2017 NBA Awards at Basketball City - Pier 36 - South Street on June 26, 2017