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Furious George : my forty years surviving NBA divas, clueless GMs, and poor shot selection / George Karl with Curt Sampson.

by Karl, George Matthew, 1951 or 1952-

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HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2017.

LP 796.323092 K18f

Karl, George Matthew, 1951 or 1952-

National Basketball Association -- Biography.

Basketball coaches -- United States -- Biography.

Basketball -- United States -- History.

9780062496997 (pbk.)

First HarperLuxe large print edition.

xix, 339 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 23 cm.

The most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history - and one of the most successful, amassing more than 1,175 victories - reflects on his life, his career, and his battles on and off the basketball court. 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. Intense, obstinate, and loud, Karl has never backed down from a confrontation, whether with management, officials, or star players. Karl 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. Furious George is as thrilling, unpredictable, and entertaining as the game that has defined Karl's life.

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