George Karl’s new book “Furious George” draws another controversy. He wrote that many NBA players in coaching his terms were steroid abusers and the problem is more serious than what every one think.
His book “Furious George: My Forty Years Surviving NBA Divas, Clueless GMs, and Poor Shot Selection” is scheduled to publish January 2017. The books is currently available pre-ordered in the Amazon.
According to NBC Sports, Karl pointed the PED (Performance Enhancing Drugs) problem in the NBA in his book is bigger than it seems. Although the league has thorough drug testing program, and NBA is relatively clean, but the real problem is hidden..
“It’s obvious some of our players are doping,” Karl wrote. “How are some guys getting older—yet thinner and fitter? How are they recovering from injuries so fast? Why the hell are they going to Germany in the off-season? I doubt it’s for the sauerkraut.”
He pointed out that players went to Germany to try the latest and hard-to-detect PED which is available in Europe. Karl also said that drug testing program always a few steps behind the latest drug development. He took an example of Lance Armstrong who never failed a drug test.
The book is the latest controversy from one of the most respected coach in the history of the NBA. He also bashed many players he had been coaching, Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin and J.R. Smith, calling them spoiled brats. He said that the departure of Anthony to New York Knicks in 2011 is like a blister being popped.
In his coaching career since 1978, Karl coached six NBA teams and winning more than 1,000 games. He was just two games short to claim his 2,000 wins in his NBA coaching career. But his criticism to Anthony in his book is deemed very harsh.
Watch the discussion in the UNDISPUTED about his criticism of Anthony below: