Furious George : My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection Paperback - 2018
by Sampson, Curt, Karl, George
- Used
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Details
- Title Furious George : My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
- Author Sampson, Curt, Karl, George
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Date 2018
- Bookseller's Inventory # 40039543-6
- ISBN 9780062367808 / 0062367803
- Weight 0.52 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 0.9 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects National Basketball Association - History, Basketball coaches - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
From the rear cover
The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history--and one of the most successful--reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court.
During his three-decade career as a head coach in the NBA, George Karl has amassed more victories (1,175) than all but four men in league history, including the "Zen Master," Phil Jackson. But, unlike the stoic Jackson, Karl believes in the power of emotion. He's an excitable firebrand who has never backed down from a confrontation, on the court or off.
As a player--first for the University of North Carolina and later for the San Antonio Spurs--Karl was known for his full-throttle commitment. As a coach, Karl used his combative personality to stand up to diva superstars, such as Allen Iverson, Gary Payton, Carmelo Anthony, and DeMarcus Cousins, among others, who were not used to the style of coaching that demanded they follow the same rules as the rest of the team.
Karl talks candidly about the greed, selfishness, and ass-covering he believes are characteristic of many modern professional players, and about the bottom-
line-obsessed decision-making that started at the top with former NBA commissioner David Stern, who frequently fined him for speaking out.
Off the court, Karl has summoned that inner steel to battle cancer--twice. The second time, it was alongside his son, Coby, whose basketball career was cut short by the disease. Their shared struggle to overcome the toughest of all opponents shows a side of Karl rarely glimpsed by the public.
Furious George is as in-your-face and entertaining as the game that has defined Karl's life.
