An amazing picture of Gary Payton and George Karl.
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An amazing picture of Gary Payton and George Karl.
(Source: fuckyeahseattlesupersonics)
Kevin Love had an okay weekend: 51 points and 14 rebounds on Friday night in a double overtime game at Oklahoma City followed by 30 points and 21 rebounds in a home win versus the Denver Nuggets, whose head coach George Karl referred to Love as a not poor man’s Larry Bird.
Meanwhile JaVale McGee is still a homeless man’s Kareem Abdul Jabbar. O.J. Mayo is Vinny Johnson without a thigh curl machine; and Kobe Bryant is Roger Sterling. If you watch last night’s Mad Men simultaneous with last night’s Lakers 4th quarter it’ll start to sink in.
Old footage from The Association of George Karl coaching. FedEx this to Mike D’Antoni.
NBA Playoffs Throwback: Denver Nuggets vs. Oklahoma City Thunder Seattle Supersonics, 1994 Western Conference First Round. Oh hey, look at that, George Karl.
![George Karl diagrams a weak side ball screen “so when our 4 slips the pick we have our shooters spaced if they come ball side; if they don’t, finish strong at the rim!”
All for a great cause.
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George Karl diagrams a weak side ball screen “so when our 4 slips the pick we have our shooters spaced if they come ball side; if they don’t, finish strong at the rim!”
All for a great cause.
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Remember when George Karl was a Spur?
The Denver Nuggets are in a super awkward position. Like really awkward. If it wasn’t a few Trevor Ariza steals in the Western Conference finals, the Nuggets would have gone to the finals in 2009. On a dark and stormy night in Los Angeles last season, Chauncey Billups went nuts from the three point line and destroyed the Lakers. It looked the Nuggets were the team to beat in the West, but sadly, George Karl had to leave the team for cancer treatment and well, the team went through the motions for the reminder of the season.
After a summer of Carmelo Anthony wants to be trade rumors/stories, what exactly do the Nuggets do? Aside from the addition of Ty Lawson, Al Harrington and Arron Affalo, it’s pretty much the same squad that nearly got them to the Finals. Besides losing Karl for the last bit of the 2009-2010 season, Kenyon Martin was out of the line up (and may not even be back until January 2011).
So, what do the Nuggets do? Cut bait, trade Melo and start building a team around the speedy Ty Lawson and preparing for the future? Or do the Nuggets just wait it out with Melo and make one last great stand like the gang at the end of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch? Go out in a blaze of glory (via Jon Bon Jovi)? Or do they just wait until January or February and figure, if it’s not working then, do the Nuggets blow up the team and start from the scratch?
Carmelo Anthony leaving Nuggets wouldn’t cripple or set the Nuggets back at least seven years like LeBron did when he left the Cavs, but it would be to their advantage to trade him while they can and get some building blocks for the future. That is if Melo wants to be traded.
There’s a lot of ands, ifs and buts with the Nuggets this season, but they should be a competitive team, if they want to be. Tough and physical….they’re kind of an odd ball team in the finesse Western Conference and they’ve been at top of the conference ever since Chauncey joined the team.
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And for no reason, here’s the Denver Nuggets’ Mascot on a motorcycle:
