George Karl still hates Mark Jackson after all these years.
During Thursday night’s Lakers-Blazers game, Jackson took a subtle shot at Karl while talking about Carmelo Anthony’s improved defense this year. According to Jackson, Anthony’s poor defensive effort in the past could be partially attributed to coaches who allowed him to play that way.
Karl, who coached Anthony whhen he played for the Nuggets, took offense to Jackson’s comments and blasted the former Golden State Warriors coach on Twitter.
Remind me, how many all-star teams did you coach, Mark? How many DPOYs? How many Finals appearances? How many of my teams became dynasties right after I left?
— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) August 21, 2020
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) August 21, 2020
Karl has a long history with Jackson. Karl believes one of his former players Andre Iguodala worked as a mole for Jackson during the Nuggets-Warriors 2013 playoff series
Via CBS Sports
Kawakami: “Did you have any issue with Iguodala being close to the Warriors and then he ends up signing with the Warriors — is that an issue in your mind at all?”
Karl: “Yeah. I don’t know what the real story is, but there were things there that we saw in film. There was something with Mark Jackson and him that was fishy. Had a bad odor to it. It was negative energy.
“The team gradually figured it out that Iggy was kind of favoring Golden State’s Jackson. His comments were a little bit irregular. But Iggy played well in that series. He played very well for us.”
