Report: Criticism of Kings pulled from Karl's upcoming book
George Karl may not be able to sound off on all of his former teams in his forthcoming memoir.
Proof copies of "Furious George" included unflattering opinions about the Sacramento Kings, but those didn't make the final cut, league sources told Marc J. Spears and Marc Stein of ESPN.
The 65-year-old told ESPN on Saturday he was "not authorized" to slander Kings personnel, so criticisms of DeMarcus Cousins, owner Vivek Ranadive, and general manager Vlade Divac have been pulled.
Karl manned the sidelines in Sacramento for just 14 months, with the Kings going 44-68 (.392) before firing him at the end of last season. ESPN's sources indicated that upon his departure, Karl agreed he wouldn't publicly insult the organization.
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An earlier version of the book included a story about when Karl arrived in Sac-town and was greeted by Rudy Gay, who said: "Welcome to basketball hell." That exchange has also reportedly been omitted from the current copy.
Unlike the worst-run franchise in basketball, it doesn't appear as though the Denver Nuggets made such an agreement with the former bench boss.
Excerpts made public earlier this week featured some out-of-line remarks about players Karl coached during his time in the Mile High City, most egregiously that Carmelo Anthony and Kenyon Martin had "no father to show them how to act like a man."
Several players have already spoken out to denounce those views.
Imagine how Boogie would've responded to Karl's thoughts about him.