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04-21-2007, 06:32 PM
So GK goes from he flops too much and it's an ugly style of play that nobody wants to watch to I would do anything to get him on our team after Manu whips them up :lol . I hope Manu has another great series against them.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...497922,00.html
Karl weary of Spurs Ginobili
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April 21, 2007
George Karl enjoys the start of the NBA playoffs and the opening of training camp like few of his coaching peers.
Yet the Denver Nuggets coach looked tired and mentally and physically drained Saturday as the Nuggets completed their final workout before departing for San Antonio and the start of the playoffs. Denver plays the Spurs Sunday night in the initial game of their best-of-seven series.
Why so worn out? He said he had some restless nights with concerns about one player. And it wasn't Spurs center Tim Duncan.
"It's (Manu) Ginobili," Karl said with a yawn. "He's the guy I have a tremendous respect for."
Ginobili (16.5 points a game) is San Antonio's third-leading scorer, behind Tim Duncan (20.0) and Tony Parker (18.6). But it's his unusual style of drawing contact and getting under the skin of opponents that has made the 6-foot-6 player such a pest to the Nuggets and the rest of the NBA.
"I have two, three or four different ways on Duncan and we can mix it up on Parker," Karl said. "But Ginobili? I don't have that many weapons for him."
There are other pressing matters on his mind. He knows that history has not been kind to the Nuggets. They haven't won a playoff series since 1994 when as the eighth-seed they stunned top Western Conference seed Seattle in the first round that year.
Denver was eliminated in the conference semifinals by the Utah Jazz in seven games and has appeared in the playoffs only four times since.
The Nuggets were swept in a three-game series by these same Spurs the following season. They've gotten to the postseason the last three years only to lose in five games in succession to Minnesota, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers.
None of that concerns Karl.
"There is a possibility of upsets, but what I see there is a possibility of a lot of teams moving and becoming better in the eyes of the basketball world," he said. "I think we are one of them and Houston is one of them. Behind closed doors we're going to get angry and competitive. I think we're serious about this thing."
Although no last-minute comments were offered Saturday by Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson or Marcus Camby, forward Reggie Evans said the team has set its sights high during its two-game stay in San Antonio.
"You want to get two (wins)," Evans said. "Why settle for one when you have an opportunity to get two?"
As for Karl, he and his staff have watched every video of San Antonio in the days leading up to Sunday. They have plotted every move to counter what the Spurs might show them.
"We just turned in a 50-page term paper of the San Antonio Spurs," Karl said. "The final exam starts Sunday.
"I hope we are ready for anything."
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drm...497922,00.html
Karl weary of Spurs Ginobili
STORY TOOLS
Email this story | Print By Associated Press
April 21, 2007
George Karl enjoys the start of the NBA playoffs and the opening of training camp like few of his coaching peers.
Yet the Denver Nuggets coach looked tired and mentally and physically drained Saturday as the Nuggets completed their final workout before departing for San Antonio and the start of the playoffs. Denver plays the Spurs Sunday night in the initial game of their best-of-seven series.
Why so worn out? He said he had some restless nights with concerns about one player. And it wasn't Spurs center Tim Duncan.
"It's (Manu) Ginobili," Karl said with a yawn. "He's the guy I have a tremendous respect for."
Ginobili (16.5 points a game) is San Antonio's third-leading scorer, behind Tim Duncan (20.0) and Tony Parker (18.6). But it's his unusual style of drawing contact and getting under the skin of opponents that has made the 6-foot-6 player such a pest to the Nuggets and the rest of the NBA.
"I have two, three or four different ways on Duncan and we can mix it up on Parker," Karl said. "But Ginobili? I don't have that many weapons for him."
There are other pressing matters on his mind. He knows that history has not been kind to the Nuggets. They haven't won a playoff series since 1994 when as the eighth-seed they stunned top Western Conference seed Seattle in the first round that year.
Denver was eliminated in the conference semifinals by the Utah Jazz in seven games and has appeared in the playoffs only four times since.
The Nuggets were swept in a three-game series by these same Spurs the following season. They've gotten to the postseason the last three years only to lose in five games in succession to Minnesota, San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers.
None of that concerns Karl.
"There is a possibility of upsets, but what I see there is a possibility of a lot of teams moving and becoming better in the eyes of the basketball world," he said. "I think we are one of them and Houston is one of them. Behind closed doors we're going to get angry and competitive. I think we're serious about this thing."
Although no last-minute comments were offered Saturday by Carmelo Anthony, Allen Iverson or Marcus Camby, forward Reggie Evans said the team has set its sights high during its two-game stay in San Antonio.
"You want to get two (wins)," Evans said. "Why settle for one when you have an opportunity to get two?"
As for Karl, he and his staff have watched every video of San Antonio in the days leading up to Sunday. They have plotted every move to counter what the Spurs might show them.
"We just turned in a 50-page term paper of the San Antonio Spurs," Karl said. "The final exam starts Sunday.
"I hope we are ready for anything."