Lakers assistant coach David Fizdale picks up a Miami Beach condo

Lakers assistant coach David Fizdale discovered time to make an actual property transfer in the midst of basketball season, shopping for a waterfront apartment in Miami Seaside for $1.725 million.

Fizdale, who coached the Grizzlies and Knicks earlier than taking an assistant function with the Lakers final 12 months, paid $175,000 greater than the asking value for the two-bedroom unit in Akoya, a 47-story high-rise that ranks because the third-tallest constructing in Miami Seaside.

It’s the second house he owns within the advanced; information present he picked up a smaller unit just a few flooring under for $785,000 in 2018. The L.A. native additionally owns a Mediterranean-style spot in Calabasas, which he purchased for $2.25 million in 2020.

Spanning simply over 1,300 sq. toes, the corner-unit apartment overlooks the ocean from floor-to-ceiling home windows and a wraparound balcony. Highlights embody automated shades, reworked bogs and a customized closet within the major suite.

The constructing provides facilities as effectively, together with a personal seashore stroll, tennis court docket, heated pool and spa, fingertip safety and a fitness center overlooking the ocean.

Priscilla Gonsalves of One Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty held the itemizing. Bryan Harr, additionally with One Sotheby’s, represented Fizdale.

Fizdale, 47, attended the College of San Diego and finally turned an assistant coach of the varsity’s basketball workforce earlier than touchdown NBA assistant roles with the Warriors, Hawks and Warmth, with whom he received a pair of championships in 2012 and 2013. As a head coach, he spent quick stints with the Grizzlies and Knicks.