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  • Furious George

  • My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection
  • By: George Karl, Curt Sampson
  • Narrated by: Danny Campbell
  • Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (13 ratings)

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By: George Karl, Curt Sampson
Narrated by: Danny Campbell
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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 35-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 Allen 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.

©2017 George Karl (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

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awesome book

i loved this book perfect for hardcore nba fan
george karl holds nothing back shares his ups n downs with nba superstars he coached over the years

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Not bad

First half drags on a bit and a little all over the place. Gets pretty good after that though. Reader is a little distracting

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Great entertainment! You could feel the narrators energy, the way he told the stories it could have been Karl himself.

Not the biggest coach philosophy book but very enjoyable

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