{"id":1569730,"date":"2023-05-31T14:43:41","date_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1569730"},"modified":"2023-05-31T14:43:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T18:43:42","slug":"george-karl-fires-back-at-the-internet-trolls-and-then-quickly-becomes-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/george-karl-fires-back-at-the-internet-trolls-and-then-quickly-becomes-one\/","title":{"rendered":"George Karl Fires Back at the Internet Trolls and Then Quickly Becomes One"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It's hard to figure out if George Karl is bored or if he just discovered social media. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame coach has been on an internet roll lately after the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/denver-nuggets\">Denver Nuggets<\/a> \u2014 one of the six teams he coached in the NBA \u2014 reached the NBA Finals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl has given his basketball insight, and he has plenty. After 27 years in the league as a head coach, he certainly knows the game. He's recently made some <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/hof-coach-george-karl-makes-a-comment-that-will-rile-up-larry-bird-fans\/\">Twitter posts that stirred up some controversy,<\/a> claiming Denver center Nikola Jokic is a better passer than Boston Celtics legend <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/larry-bird\">Larry Bird.<\/a> Karl got plenty of feedback, and he roasted some of the trolls. Now, Karl is suddenly becoming one of those trolls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-george-karl-recently-fired-up-some-boston-celtics-fans\">George Karl recently fired up some Boston Celtics fans <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A former pro hoops owner told me this week Jokic is the most complete offensive player he\u2019s ever seen. <br><br>I give him a slight nod there over Bird because of his passing skills. And there is a ton of Sabonis and Duncan in his game. <br><br>But I do think Jokic is one of one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QNTdvPXyi\">pic.twitter.com\/8QNTdvPXyi<\/a><\/p>&mdash; George Karl (@CoachKarl22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachKarl22\/status\/1662091182451888129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 26, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It's impressive to see Karl, 72, with a solid social media presence. He's quick-witted and interacts with plenty of commenters. He makes a point and sticks to it. Recently, he made a comment that said Jokic simply needs a couple of championships, and he'll be considered the better player over Bird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIF Jokic wins a couple championships, all u Bird fans are going to need to accept that Nikola &gt; Larry,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachKarl22\/status\/1662199972442562560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he tweeted.<\/a>\u00a0\u201cStart preparing yourself in advance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also tweeted that he believes that Jokic, right now, is the more complete player than Bird. He gives Jokic the edge because of his passing skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA former pro hoops owner told me this week Jokic is the most complete offensive player he\u2019s ever seen,\u201d Karl tweeted on Saturday. \u201cI give him a slight nod there over Bird because of his passing skills. And there is a ton of (Arvydas) Sabonis and Duncan in his game. But I do think Jokic is one of one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It's an interesting debate, but it seems like Karl's history with the Nuggets might be standing in the way. Bird is arguably a top-five player ever. He is the best passing forward ever to play. He won three straight MVPs and three championships. Jokic is a two-time MVP and, without question, a top-five player today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His comments seemed to set off some <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/boston-celtics\">Boston Celtics<\/a> fans, and Karl seemed to enjoy the Twitter ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-karl-suddenly-has-become-the-instigator\">Karl suddenly has become the instigator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JR Smith On Why He&#039;s Not A Fan Of George Karl\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vjljFWTmj3U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After Karl made the comments, Celtics fans came to defend Bird. Karl referred to many of them as &#8220;trolls.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Please don\u2019t tell me @celtics trolls are worse than the Laker ones?!&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Miami Heat upset the Celtics in Boston in Game 7, Karl, who predicted the Celtics would win the winner-take-all Game 7, became the troll. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I do think <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\">@<\/a>celtics fans should still watch the Finals to learn how Jokic is a better passer than Bird,&#8221; Karl tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He then called out Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated and NBC Sports Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Maybe @SIChrisMannix should head to Cancun tonight with the Celtics cause he\u2019s not gonna be able to find ANY storylines in the Heat v Nuggets!!&#8221; he tweeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl racked up 1,175 career victories as a head coach and was inducted into the Hall in 2022. Now he's making a name for himself in the world of social media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Karl has been quite active on Twitter lately, firing off a few shots at Boston Celtics fans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":1569781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4814,23009],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>George Karl Fires Back at the Internet Trolls and Then Quickly Becomes One - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hall of Fame coach George Karl has stepped up his social media game since the Boston Celtics were knocked out of the playoffs.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/george-karl-fires-back-at-the-internet-trolls-and-then-quickly-becomes-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"George Karl Fires Back at the Internet Trolls and Then Quickly Becomes One\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hall of Fame coach George Karl has stepped up his social media game since the Boston Celtics were knocked out of the playoffs.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/george-karl-fires-back-at-the-internet-trolls-and-then-quickly-becomes-one\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T18:43:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-31T18:43:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/George-Karl-HOF-new.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1250\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"833\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@NostraThomas123\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Mike Thomas\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/george-karl-fires-back-at-the-internet-trolls-and-then-quickly-becomes-one\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/george-karl-fires-back-at-the-internet-trolls-and-then-quickly-becomes-one\/\",\"name\":\"George Karl Fires Back at the Internet Trolls and Then Quickly Becomes One - 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