Furious George. My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection

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 мемуари

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 thirty-five-year coaching career. In a game defined by big and stakes bigger его, rabid fans and an unforgiving media, Karl was hired and fired a dozen times. After a leading 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.