Furious George, George Karl
Furious George, George Karl
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Furious George
My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection

Author: George Karl, Curt Sampson

Narrator: Danny Campbell

Unabridged: 8 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/10/2017


Synopsis

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 memoirA 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.

About George Karl

George Karl, an All-American at the University of North Carolina and an original member of the San Antonio Spurs, is the fifth-winningest coach in NBA history. Karl lives in Denver, where his favorite pastime is watching his daughter Kaci play soccer and basketball.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Andre Wade on 2017-02-19 13:55:30

George Karl's honesty makes this a very interesting book. I really enjoyed his insights on life in the NBA and coaching issues in general.

Goodreads review by Benoit

This was as slanderous as advertised. George Karl just sh*ts on everyone he's ever coached on worked with except maybe for Rick Majerus for 256 pages. It gets particularly bad in the Denver Nuggets chapters where the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and J.R Smith can't seem to do anything rig......more

Goodreads review by Simon

Picked this book up because I had a basketball itch that needed scratching. And… well… that’s that. I’ll start with what I liked. George Karl certainly knows the game of basketball. He will remind you of that whenever he has the opportunity to do so, but it is interesting enough to hear from someone......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

Enjoyable...a little long winded in parts. George's voice really comes through and you get a sense of what George is like and what he expects. Keep chasing that championship George. Bring back the Sonics! Also loved reading about the past with the Sonics.......more

Goodreads review by Kevin

I really enjoyed this book. A lot of it took place during my heyday of being a Phoenix Suns fan so I actually new what was going on.......more