George Karl
George Karl
George Matthew Karlis an American former professional basketball coach and former player. He is one of 9 coaches in NBA history to have won 1,000 NBA games...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth12 May 1951
CityPenn Hills, PA
CountryUnited States of America
choose pick statements
You pick and choose your times you make your disciplinary statements and your dictatorial statements and I thought (this) was the time.
ball basically bit defenders defense help knock move pass playing sets shots
They are basically playing the box-and-1 on 'Melo most of the night. We have to find a way to move 'Melo around and help him and get the ball to him before the defense sets a little bit better. We also have to pass the ball and knock down some shots to get the defenders away from him.
anybody aspects basketball develop knows
Anybody that knows basketball knows Melo has got to develop the other aspects of his game.
deal internal matter
This is an internal matter that we will deal with in-house.
energy months playing three tired
I thought he got tired in January. He's been playing three months on will and energy and the whole thing without Earl.
bounce good looked seem
Kaman to me looked like he was hurt. He didn't seem like he had good bounce to anything.
balance book couple felt game giving last plans playoffs rather saturate series spent talking time trying
I think this series we've spent too much time talking about what we have to do rather than just playing. That's why the last couple of game plans have been simpler. Trying to do little things rather than saturate the brain. I've always felt in the playoffs there is a balance between giving them too much information. We have so much information. We have a 280-page book on the LA Clippers.
anybody good head skills win
He understands as well as anybody how to win games. I think he has the head and sense and skills to be a good coach.
basketball came coach fun team wanting
I came here wanting to be a basketball coach and not wanting to be a politician, not wanting to be a disciplinarian. I like the gym. I like being with the team and I like coaching. And this is not a fun part of coaching.
energy list philosophy priorities thinking waste yes
I don't think that's on my list of priorities right now. But I would think the philosophy of coaching, yes (he will). But I'm not going to waste my energy thinking about (that now).
april bad beat great lose playing poorly weeks
I don't think that's any problem. We've been playing poorly and we beat Detroit. We play great and we lose to a bad team. Of course, you want to probably be on a little better rhythm, but I think actually the first two weeks of April were fine.
appreciate coaching worrying
I appreciate (the apology). But, right now, I'm worrying about coaching the games.
andre change equation guard matter plays point shown team tough
Andre, to me, is our guy. He makes us go. When he plays his 'A' game, we're a very tough team to beat. Andre has shown me he's a big-time point guard in this league. Can we do better than that or change it where we can be better, I don't know. But I think Andre can be part of the equation no matter what happens.
bit energy game harder people
This is a harder game to play than most people think it is, where there's a little bit of an energy adrift.