Nationality: USA
City of birth: Penhill, Pennsylvania
Date of birth: 195 1 May 12.
Team: Denver Nuggets
Honor: Elected Coach in the West of 20 10 All-Star Game.
Team adjustment
After the American men's basketball team was shocked into a cold sweat by the China men's basketball team in the last group match, head coach george karl declared that the American men's basketball team had officially entered the "danger zone" in the World Men's Basketball Championship, and the American men's basketball team must go all out and keep a high degree of vigilance for the upcoming rematch. "China team sounded the alarm for us, from this moment on, we entered the danger zone. You must concentrate on every future game. Because Argentina, Russia and blockbuster New Zealand all have excellent pitchers. This is the case in the basketball game. As long as the opponent can hit the ball, there is no room for you to do anything. So every game is trouble for us. " Carl said this in a small-scale interview after the press conference.
George karl: "The United States is not a big team, and we don't have a big center, so Yao Ming and Bater of China have caused us a lot of trouble. Especially when they can shoot from the outside, what can you do if the goal is scored? Our defense is already very good, but they still put the ball in. " After the game, Karl was still puzzled that Yao Ming and Bater, two super-high centers, could hit three-pointers. The shooting percentage of China men's basketball team in the first quarter was as high as 64.3%, and the three-pointers were almost mythical, and the shooting percentage was as high as 83.3%, which made the United States only grab four rebounds.
A reporter asked, what would happen if Meng Wu lost the game? Carl smiled helplessly: "Basketball is like this. Winning or losing depends on whether the ball can be scored. Our opponent has many excellent pitchers, and all we can do is defend with all our strength. Our attack starts with defense. "
From the three matches in the group stage, it can be seen that the United States has no special advantage in positional warfare. However, in terms of fast break and defense, they are indeed better, especially the strength of the US team is neat. In addition to Lavrentz and newcomer Williams, the team also has 10 players with similar abilities. Although the United States was only one point ahead of Germany and China in the first half, from the third quarter, Germany and China could not keep up with the Americans' faster attack and defense rhythm. Just like the 10,000-meter race, opponents can compete with Americans for the first 3 kilometers or even 5 kilometers, but they can't compete with the American team for the last 2 kilometers. Therefore, the best way to deal with the US team is to play positional warfare, slow down the pace and hit the success rate.
Approaching the Nuggets
Nuggets general manager Vandewich talked with Carl for about two and a half hours, and the next day, they got in touch again. Vandewich refused to disclose the details of the two conversations, but he said that the atmosphere of the conversation was very harmonious: "We all think that the content of this conversation should be kept secret for the time being, but I can tell you that the conversation went very smoothly. I know George very well and he knows our team very well. "
Vandewich is one of the top general managers in the league. Last summer, with the joining of Kenyon Martin, the Nuggets were once listed as a strong contender for the Western Conference championship, but after the start of the new season, the performance of the Nuggets was far from standard. After 13 wins 15 losses, Vandewich fired Buzdrick and made former teaching assistant Cooper an interim coach. Under Cooper's leadership, the Nuggets' record is 4-8, but they have won two of the last three games, and the defensive progress is very obvious, but Vandewich decided to hire an experienced coach to lead the young Nuggets. "I don't like to make some big changes in the middle of the season, but since we have the first time (firing Buzdrick), why not just change it to the end?" He said.
Carl is now a commentator on ESPN. However, in his contract with ESPN, it is clearly stated that as long as an NBA team hires Carl out of the mountain, the contract will be automatically invalidated. Carl has a close personal relationship with Nuggets owner Stan Korenko. At the same time, they have business cooperation. In addition, Dago Moore, an old consultant of Nuggets, was Carl's teacher when he played for Spurs. Therefore, Carl has previously said that he most hopes to coach three teams with Nuggets.
George karl Carr's agent Rigari said in an interview on Tuesday that the Nuggets are still in talks with two other coach candidates. "They told us to be patient and not to worry." Rigari said. According to an insider, the two sides have actually entered the final negotiation stage, and now only the details of the contract have not been finalized. As for Cooper, it is said that he will return to the position of teaching assistant, at least at the Nuggets until the end of this season.
reappear in public life
Team general manager Kiki Vandervig officially appointed george karl as the new head coach of Denver Nuggets, while former transition coach michael cooper will continue to be his assistant coach. George karl is a famous coach in NBA, and his coaching style is mainly offensive. Many American media believe that george karl and Denver Nuggets made the right choice. "We are very happy that George (Carl) has joined the coaching staff of the team," Kiki Vandervig said at the press conference. "He is an experienced head coach, and his coaching achievements have spoken for themselves. At the same time, we also want to praise Michael (Cooper) for his work. Under very difficult conditions, he performed quite well. " George karl's appearance will bring many changes to Denver Nuggets. In the history of NBA, george karl's winning percentage ranks 13 among all coaches. League 16 years, his total record was 708-499, with a winning percentage of 58.7%. 1984, george karl became the head coach of the NBA team for the first time. At that time, he coached the Cleveland Cavaliers and stayed there for two seasons. Then at 1986-88, george karl became the head coach of Golden State Warriors. 199 1-98 He came to seattle supersonics; 1998-2003 in milwaukee bucks.
George karl of george karl won the division championship five times and 13 times entered the playoffs. Coaching Seattle can be said to be the most brilliant period of George Karl's coaching career. During the five years from 65438 to 0993-98, he led the Sonics for at least 60 wins three times. On 1993, george karl led the Sonics into the Western Conference finals. 200 1, leading milwaukee bucks to the eastern conference finals. 199 1-92 Shortly after the start of the season, the Sonics' record was 20 wins and 20 losses, and George Karl immediately became the head coach of the team. As a result, in the rest of the season, Seattle was 27 wins 15 losses. In the first round of the playoffs in the same year, the Sonics defeated the Golden State Warriors; Unfortunately, the Western Conference semifinals lost to Utah Jazz. George karl was selected as the NBA Coach of the Year for three times, namely 198 1, 83 and 9 1. In the five years of NBA, george karl's record is 176 wins and 66 losses. In addition, george karl was the head coach of the Spanish Real Madrid basketball team in 1989-90 season and 199 1-92 season.
Compared with his coaching career, george karl's career as a player is bleak. 1973, george karl was selected by the new york Knicks in the fourth draft. He played for five years (1973-78), the first three years in Aba and the second two years in San Antonio. Before becoming the head coach of Denver Nuggets, george karl was a commentator.
look into the future
On April 29th, 2008, in the first round of NBA playoffs, Los Angeles Lakers beat Denver Nuggets by107-10/kloc-0, thus sweeping their opponents with a total score of 4-0 and successfully advancing to the second round of the playoffs. Nuggets also became the first team to win 50 games in the regular season, but was swept in the first round of the playoffs. George karl coach george karl lost seven best-of-seven playoff series for the first time in his 20-year coaching career. He said, "My wish is that if we have four games like tonight, we will all be happier. I have always said that when playing football in the right way, they are all pleasant players for the coach. "
Old Carl hugged his son coby karl when he walked out of the court. He is the Lakers' rookie backup guard. Old Carl said, "playing in the NBA is the best gift of my life, but I hope I can make him feel lost one day."
The Nuggets have been out of the first round of the playoffs for the fifth year in a row, but this time they haven't won a single game. They were swept by their opponents for the first time since 1995 was swept by the Spurs 0-3.
"Melon" Anthony said, "It's really disappointing. I don't know what to say. All we can do is try to come back next year. Everything has to start again. "
Cancer fighter
Because there was no team to teach, george karl devoted all his passion to another lifelong career, fighting cancer, a disease that he had defeated twice. He now looks stronger than last season, and his voice is louder and stronger, which gives him more say in the topic of cancer prevention and treatment.
Coach Qian Sheng.
Old Carl once missed all the games in the second half of the 2009- 10 season because of illness. Later, he came back last season and led the team to push the number of career wins to a new high of 1 000 without Cameron Anthony, becoming another thousand-win coach after Larry Brown, Donald Nelson, Lenny wilkens, Pat Riley, Jerry Sloan and Phil Jackson.
Breakthrough 1 100 wins
George karl led the Nuggets to a record of 12 wins and 3 losses in June 5438+10, with a winning percentage of 80%, which was the same as the Spurs' best record in the West in June 5438+10. After 20 13 1 led the Nuggets to beat the Thunder with121-kloc-0/6 5438+08, George Karl also surpassed Larry Brown and became the sixth coach in NBA history. After leading the Nuggets to beat the Rockets with 105-95 on October 24th, 65438, George Carr also won 1 100 games in his career. The Nuggets ended the game at 5438+0 in June, winning five games in a row. [ 1]