One thing about Kenyon Martin is that he’s known for his honesty, specifically when it comes to his time playing for the Denver Nuggets. Martin has been blunt about his experience at that time and specifically his relationship with former Nuggets coach George Karl.
One of the biggest “what-if” teams in basketball history is the 2009 Denver Nuggets. That squad was stacked with talent from top to bottom, but came up short against the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals.
Former NBA coach and Coach of the Year George Karl is among the many who love throwing jabs at the Los Angeles Lakers. Any chance he gets to make fun of the Lakers, he does so on his X account.
The Los Angeles Lakers' season ended earlier in the week, as they were eliminated by the Minnesota Timberwolves. For the second consecutive season, the Lakers were eliminated in the first round, something many did not think would happen this season.
George Karl spent nine seasons at the helm for the Denver Nuggets. While they never won a title, they were a consistent winner and reached the 2009 Western Confernece finals.
The Los Angeles Lakers 2024-25 season ended Wednesday night when the Minnesota Timberwolves defeated them in five games. The Lakers were outmatched by the more physical, bigger, and explosive Timberwolves team.
On Friday evening, the Denver Nuggets and Memphis Grizzlies faced off in Colorado. The Nuggets won by a score of 117-109. Russell Westbrook finished with 14 points, three rebounds, four assists and two steals while shooting 4/9 from the field and 1/3 from the three-point range in 27 minutes of playing time.
On Wednesday night, the Denver Nuggets will play the Sacramento Kings in California. Before the game, the team announced that they had fired Michael Malone and Calvin Booth.
No playoff team has ever fired their head coach as late as the Denver Nuggets did when they dismissed head Michael Malone on Tuesday. The Nuggets won their first game with new coach David Adelman, but history of late NBA coaching changes is a decidedly mixed bag.
Russell Westbrook signed with the Denver Nuggets over the offseason. He had been coming off several up-and-down seasons with the Los Angeles Lakers and LA Clippers.
It’s no surprise that LeBron James is on the cusp of making NBA history, as he seems to do it every other week nowadays. However, former NBA coach George
JuJu Watkins might be a better player than Caitlin Clark, said Hall of Fame coach George Karl. On Tuesday, the coach took to X to praise the USC standout, suggesting that she might become an even bigger threat than the 2024 TIME Athlete of the Year.
They say time heals all wounds, but Kenyon Martin clearly hasn't forgotten the instance in which he threatened to beat up George Karl during their days in the Mile High City.
LeBron James has had one of the best NBA careers of all time. The four-time NBA Champion is also still one of the elite players in the league at nearly 40.
Former NBA head coach George Karl took exception to Ballislife.com labeling Shawn Kemp as a "vicious dunker" in one of their recent posts on X (formerly Twitter).
The Milwaukee Bucks are one of the most discussed teams in the NBA nowadays and for all the wrong reasons. Despite being led by Giannis Antetokounnmpo and Damian Lillard—who are both playing on a superstar level—the Bucks are having an underwhelming start to the season.
The top 10 lists can always be a big topic of discussion among NBA fans. And George Karl's list is sure to spark a lot of conversation. The former Nuggets head coach shared his updated list of the 10 greatest players of all time to reflect the addition of Nikola Jokic.
Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls faced Gary Payton and the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1996 NBA Finals. Before Game 1, Jordan was at dinner with Ahmad Rashad and SuperSonics head coach George Karl walked past Jordan without saying hi. That pissed Jordan off. “He walked right past me,” Jordan said in The Last Dance documentary.
On Saturday evening, the Denver Nuggets lost to the Los Angeles Clippers by a score of 109-104 on their home floor in Colorado. The Nuggets are now 0-2 to start the season, which has had a lot of fans and media questioning them.
On Thursday evening, the Denver Nuggets lost their first game of the season against the Oklahoma City Thunder by a score of 102-87. While it's just one game, the Nuggets showed a lot of weaknesses going up against a Western Conference rival on their home floor.
Former NBA head coach George Karl certainly isn't a very popular figure among Los Angeles Lakers fans. Karl has taken some shots at the Lakers in recent years and the fans have responded by routinely mocking him for never winning a title.
It's to the point where this rivalry simply needs to be put to rest, and it's Karl who should be the one to let it die out. He is the one who started all of this in the first place with the release of his book "Furious George" in 2017.
After coming close several times, this season might finally be the year Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid wins league MVP. One Hall of Fame coach still felt the need to criticize the electric big man.