Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
Language: English
Published by Harper, 2017
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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A truly lovely copy! As new in original hardcover (square, bright, tight, and seemingly unopened) in a mint condition dust jacket -- crisp, bright, and tight -- which has NOT been price-clipped. First edition; first printing (full number line present). (228 pages.) Memoir dedicated by George Karl to his coach and mentor, Dean Smith. Suitable condition for presentation as a gift, or for adding to a library collection. Ships from NC. All books are sealed in plastic, packaged securely, and shipped promptly with tracking. (B-6.).
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- Title
- Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
- Author
- George Karl & Curt Sampson
- Publisher
- Harper
- Publication year
- 2017
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 006236779X
- ISBN 13
- 9780062367792
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography, North Carolina, Sports & Games
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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From the Back Cover
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 Phil Jackson, generally considered the greatest coach in the game. While Jackson may have earned his iconic status by morphing into the Zen master, Karl has succeeded in the opposite manner&;as 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, which often left his legs tattooed with floor burns and his jersey flecked with blood. 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.
In telling his story, Karl holds nothing back, talking 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. He&;s not that crazy about certain general managers and owners, either.
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&;a warmer, more compassionate streak that values family above all else.
Raw, hard-hitting, and brutally honest, Furious George is as in-your-face and entertaining as the game that has defined Karl&;s life. Whether in backwater semi-pro towns such as Great Falls, Montana, or Albany, New York, or in NBA cities such as Seattle, Milwaukee, Cleveland, Oakland, Denver, or Sacramento, George Karl coaches one way&;all out. And his memoir is everything you would expect from a man who was once fired for being a little too forthright with the media.
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