NBA: Coach Spoelstra sends signed championship cap to PNoy

Two weeks after winning his first National Basketball Association title with the Miami Heat, Filipino-American coach Erik Spoelstra sent Philippine President Benigno Aquino III a signed championship cap. The Official Gazette website posted on its Twitter account Monday noon a photo of the signed championship cap sent by Spoelstra to Aquino. "To PNoy... Best wishes! (from) Coach Spo," read the message on the cap.

Photo: Signed Miami Heat championship cap sent by Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra to President Aquino. twitter.com/govph/status/2… — Official Gazette PH (@govph) July 2, 2012

The Official Gazette however neglected to say when Aquino received the cap. Spoelstra, 41, is the son of Dutch-Irish-American Jon Spoelstra, who was an NBA executive for the Portland Trail Blazers, Denver Nuggets, Buffalo Braves and New Jersey Nets. He is the grandson of the late Watson Spoelstra, a sportswriter in the Detroit area. His mother, Elisa Celino, is from San Pablo in Laguna. Spoelstra last visited the Philippines in August 2011. - AMD, GMA News