George Karl has been a coach for NBA for almost 27 years. He collected 1,175 wins in 1,999 games (58.8%) for six teams he has coached throughout his career. Now that he seems to be retired to coaching, he wrote a book criticizing his former Denver Nuggets players Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and J.R. Smith.
Karl began coaching the Nuggets in 2004 where Anthony was just a sophomore during that time. Having coached four teams before he took the helm to be a Nuggets coach, many believed that he can guide the young Nuggets team lead by Anthony to greater heights. And the expectation was not denied, for 8 1/2 season he brings the team to playoff appearance every year.
And now, since retiring, he took aim on Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and J.R. Smith on his upcoming memoir titled "Furious George". According to NBA.com, Karl insults his three former players and describe them one by one. Karl called Melo “a conundrum,’’ a user of people and not a true leader for the Nuggets team during his playing years with the franchise. …show more content…
He also attacks Melo's poor defense during their six years together and mentioned that he could’ve “become the best defender at his position in the NBA’’ but he never did it.
Karl also dragged Martin and Smith alongside Melo and called their trio as "AAU babies" referring them as “the spoiled brats you see in junior golf and junior tennis’’ as per stated in the report. Furthermore, he called Smith's staff as "a posse", a word that got Knicks president Phil Jackson and LeBron James into controversy just recently.
On a separate report by Herald Sun, Martin and Smith fires back on their former coach and took to Twitter their anger. Martin called Karl as an "AWFUL AND COWARD ASS COACH" and pointing that having many wins doesn't make Karl a good
Karl began coaching the Nuggets in 2004 where Anthony was just a sophomore during that time. Having coached four teams before he took the helm to be a Nuggets coach, many believed that he can guide the young Nuggets team lead by Anthony to greater heights. And the expectation was not denied, for 8 1/2 season he brings the team to playoff appearance every year.
And now, since retiring, he took aim on Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and J.R. Smith on his upcoming memoir titled "Furious George". According to NBA.com, Karl insults his three former players and describe them one by one. Karl called Melo “a conundrum,’’ a user of people and not a true leader for the Nuggets team during his playing years with the franchise. …show more content…
He also attacks Melo's poor defense during their six years together and mentioned that he could’ve “become the best defender at his position in the NBA’’ but he never did it.
Karl also dragged Martin and Smith alongside Melo and called their trio as "AAU babies" referring them as “the spoiled brats you see in junior golf and junior tennis’’ as per stated in the report. Furthermore, he called Smith's staff as "a posse", a word that got Knicks president Phil Jackson and LeBron James into controversy just recently.
On a separate report by Herald Sun, Martin and Smith fires back on their former coach and took to Twitter their anger. Martin called Karl as an "AWFUL AND COWARD ASS COACH" and pointing that having many wins doesn't make Karl a good