George Karl

"I want as much effort on defense -- maybe more -- as on offense. He couldn’t resist getting the upper hand either.Van Gundy is correct — Anthony generally did not give a good enough effort on defense in the past.

Jackson was talking, pretty clearly, about one of Melo's former coaches. Mark Jackson, for the record, hasn't done any of those things.

George Karl was hired to be the Kings' head coach midway through the 2014-15 season -- just months before Vlade Divac was promoted to be the … George Karl: Congrats to Melo on some great performances and success throughout the Bubble and Season.

Which he didn't like. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! In their first full season without Anthony, the Nuggets finished the regular season leading the league in points per game (104.12) and assists per game (23.96),The Nuggets and Karl's historic season came to a disappointing end with a first–round playoff loss to the George Karl left the Nuggets with a 423-257 record, just nine wins shy of On February 12, 2015, after several weeks of talks and speculation, Karl agreed to a deal to become the head coach of the On April 14, 2016, Karl was fired by the Kings after a disappointing “He had no commitment to the hard, dirty work of stopping the other guy. The longtime NBA head coach relives some of those playoff memories and looks at Utah's series against one of his former teams … He had no commitment to the hard, dirty work of stopping the other guy.

Coaching him meant working around his defense and compensating for his attitude.“I want as much effort on defense — maybe more — as on offense.

George Karl , Uncategorized George Karl , Carmelo Anthony , Portland Trail Blazers When Jackson's color partner, Jeff Van Gundy, disputed Jackson's claim, saying he didn't believe the people that questioned Melo's defense in the past were wrong, but that Anthony has dialed up his commitment on that end with Portland, Jackson re-countered with this:"OK, I'll tell you this, then there's a shared responsibility for whoever allowed that defense to be played," Again, there's no irrefutable evidence that Jackson is talking about Karl here, but the list of candidates shrunk considerably when Jackson said "whoever allowed the defense to be played." On a side note, you have to love the last part of that Tweet where Karl went to the woodshed for the personal dig at Jackson with a pre/post glance at the Golden State Warriors, whom Mark Jackson coached prior to their onslaught of Larry O’Brien trophies following his stint at the helm. This is energy and effort,” Jackson said.Karl coached the Denver Nuggets from 2005-2013. From way downtown, George Karl took his shot Thursday night and dragged Mark Jackson while he was at it. 12:36 am ETI agree that CBS Sports can send me the "CBS Sports HQ Newsletter" newsletter. My ideal — probably every coach’s ideal — is when your best player is also your leader. Karl, who was This, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call a mic drop. George Karl.