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George Karl Quotes

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“My ideal—probably every coach’s ideal—is when your best player is also your leader. But since Carmelo only played hard on one side of the ball, he made it plain he couldn’t lead the Nuggets, even though he said he wanted to. Coaching him meant working around his defense and compensating for his attitude.”
— George Karl, George Karl details WTF coaching moments
Tagged: Carmelo Anthony, NBA, Coaching, Attitude
“Carmelo [Anthony] had not scored much all night but then made two in a row. It was time for him to come out for a rest so I sent in his backup, Linas Kleiza, as I usually did. At the next dead ball, LK went in. But Carmelo refused to come out! After long moments of people staring at each other in confusion, but before we got a technical foul for having too many men on the court, Kenyon, to his credit, walked to the bench.”
— George Karl, George Karl details WTF coaching moments
Tagged: Carmelo Anthony, Prima Donna
“But Kenyon [Martin] and Carmelo [Anthony] carried two big burdens: all that money, and no father to show them how to act like a man. As you’ve read, I grew up in a safe suburban neighborhood, with both my parents. I had a second father in my college coach, the most moral, decent man I ever knew. And I never made enough money as a player to get confused about who I was. When I compare my background to Kenyon’s and Carmelo’s, it’s no wonder we had a few problems.”
— George Karl, George Karl details WTF coaching moments
Tagged: Single-Mother Household, fatherless, Kenyon Martin, Carmelo Anthony
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