George Karl to miss games due to cancer recurrence

Searching4BrianWilliams · Post #1 » by **Searching4BrianWilliams** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:45 pm

Damn...Nuggets Head Coach George Karl will announce @ 7pm he has a medical condition that will force him to miss a number of games.
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=132913&catid=339

J Smitty · Post #2 » by **J Smitty** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:05 am

So...can we name Chauncey the 'interim' coach so he can finally start collecting some wins for his future coaching record?

Post #3 » by **MHZ** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:11 am

Sucks for Karl. Hopefully it's not something serious - like a return of cancer or something.

SirHuey · Post #4 » by **SirHuey** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:47 am

hope he gets well

eathy · Post #5 » by **eathy** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:05 am

Man that sounds serious.

Hopefully it's nothing too bad...

J Smitty · Post #6 » by **J Smitty** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:13 am

Rumors are the cancer is back. Or some form of cancer that is. That really sucks considering his prior history with it.

Post #7 » by **MHZ** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:14 am

Denver Nuggets coach George Karl is expected to miss several games during the rest of the regular season while he undergoes chemotherapy treatments to deal with a recurrence of cancer, the 58-year-old told NBA.com Tuesday afternoon.

Karl will not take a formal leave of absence during his treatments, which have already begun, but will obviously not be able to be on the bench all the time during the treatment schedule.

Karl is a prostate cancer survivor, having undergone successful surgery in 2005 after his initial diagnosis. But the cancer that has been discovered this time is not in the same area, according to sources. Karl knew the diagnosis last week, before coaching the Western Conference All-Star team in Dallas.

Karl is hoping to just miss nine games while he undergoes the chemotherapy treatments. He will coach the Nuggets for the next three weeks while the treatments continue, but will then take selected games off in March and April. The Nuggets return from the All-Star break on Thursday with a game at Cleveland, and play at Washington Friday before returning home for a Sunday afternoon game against Boston.

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/02/16/nugg ... ef:nbahpt2

God, that's just not what you want to hear. He's a tough guy. His family, unfortunately, has experience with cancer. I'm confident he'll beat this thing.

DWadeno3 · Post #8 » by **DWadeno3** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:55 am

Heat fan here. Tough news. I really like Karl and wish him all the best. I'm sure he'll beat it though. He's done it in the past and will do it again now.

PDXKnight · Post #9 » by **PDXKnight** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:00 am

Blazer fan. As a fan of a team who's owner is going through cancer, my thoughts and prayers go out to George Karl. You can like him or hate him, but the fact of the matter is he's been dealt an unfair card.

SirHuey · Post #10 » by **SirHuey** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:17 am

George Karl live conference
http://www.nba.com/live1/

Teens On Acid · Post #11 » by **Teens On Acid** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:25 am

it's no secret i'm not a big fan of George Karl the coach, but i hope he beats the cancer, this is sad news.

Powder Blue · Post #12 » by **Powder Blue** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 3:48 am

This sucks...We're pretty spoiled with GK. Hopefully this brings the team together

edfmx86 · Post #13 » by **edfmx86** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:32 am

I hope he makes a full recovery. Good luck to him

-jazz fan

peteyjones13 · Post #14 » by **peteyjones13** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:39 am

Our thoughts and prayers are with George and his family.. Hope he has a speedy recovery.

Raptors Nation

and one · Post #15 » by **and one** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:05 am

Get well soon George Karl.

ghostinthepost · Post #16 » by **ghostinthepost** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:13 am

Hope he has a speedy recovery and you guys beat the lakers. Raptors fan.

The Answer_CO · Post #17 » by **The Answer_CO** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:06 am

Get well soon GK.

Team has to stick together.

pickaxe · Post #18 » by **pickaxe** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 12:57 pm

That's rough. They say it's curable, so that's the good news. Going to drain a lot of energy out of him. All I got to say is at least he has the Nuggets to watch while he recovers??? Not too bad a prospect.

Did they say who's taking the helm while he's gone?

Johnny Firpo · Post #19 » by **Johnny Firpo** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:15 pm

He's a controversial coach, but a really funny person, and i guess a great human being. Get well soon GK.

berserker · Post #20 » by **berserker** » Wed Feb 17, 2010 4:28 pm

Really cool of all the other team's fans to come on here and post ..... it shows that the game is just that - a game, and life is much more important. So from the Nuggs board - thank you for the well wishes for GK.

I hope he has a speedy recovery as well. Poor guy has been through a lot, but he's a fighter and should come out ok...