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The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history--and one of
the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories, the sixth
best winning record ever--reflects on his life, his career, and his
battles on and off the basketball court in this no-holds-barred
memoir A man of deep passion and intensity, George Karl earned his
bad boy reputation while playing at the University of North
Carolina, a rap that continued through the five years he spent with
the San Antonio Spurs--and long after he stopped playing. Karl's
beery nights, fistfights, and barking followed him into a
thirty-five-year coaching career. In a game defined by big stakes
and bigger egos, rabid fans and an unforgiving media, Karl was
hired and fired a dozen times. After leading a team beset by
injuries and with no superstar to its best season of all time--an
achievement that earned Karl the title NBA Coach of the Year--he
was dumped by the Denver Nuggets in 2013. Less than a year and a
half later, Karl was at the helm of the Sacramento Kings, snarling
and bellowing on the sidelines before being cut loose in May 2016.
Intense, obstinate, and loud, Karl has never backed down from a
confrontation, whether with management, officials, or star players,
as NBA legends from Allan Iverson to Gary Payton to Carmelo Anthony
to Demarcus Cousins can attest. Telling his story, Karl holds
nothing back as he speaks out about the game that has defined his
life, including the greed, selfishness, and ass-covering he
believes are characteristic of the modern NBA player, and the
rampant corruption that leads all the way to the office of the NBA
commissioner, David Stern. Karl also reveals how he's learned to
deal with the personalities, the pressure, and the setbacks with a
resilience he acquired from his three bouts with cancer. Raw,
hard-hitting, and brutally honest, Furious George is as thrilling,
unpredictable, and entertaining as the game that has defined Karl's
life.
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North Canton Hoover High School North Canton, Ohio
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