Carmelo Anthony is the latest NBA player to catch a stray from former coach George Karl.
Anthony, who signed with the Los Angeles Lakers this offseason, spoke this week about how the continued pursuit of his first championship motivates him. The 10-time All-Star said that his lack of a ring “keeps me up at night.”
Karl, who coached Anthony for several seasons on the Denver Nuggets, responded by taking a shot at the veteran forward on Twitter.
Karl elaborated in a subsequent tweet, calling Anthony “one of the great scorers the game has ever seen” as well as “a HOFer” whose jersey should be retired by the Nuggets. He also expressed bitterness that Anthony asked for a trade from the Nuggets in 2010 after Karl fell ill with neck and throat cancer.
It has now been over a decade since the Anthony-Karl partnership ended, but Karl continues to take shots at Anthony out of the blue.
The former scoring champion is not the only player Karl has tore into on Twitter lately. Ex-Sacramento Kings star DeMarcus Cousins has also been a target.
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