JR Smith On Why He's Not A Fan Of George Karl 

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Bro the whole "it's a stupid question" thing ruined the first part of my career. It made going into work hell. Anytime anyone I work with asks me a question, no matter how obvious, I will literally be so nice to them and explain it as slowly as they need. I was afraid to ask anyone questions at work for years and I still am partially. I'm obsessed with knowing as much as possible before I literally do anything cause of this. So much berating

Shoutout JJ for not interrupting

even Nuggets fans hate George Karl, will always love that core that JR was apart, Melo, Camby, Martin, Nene. All those dudes helped an entire generation of Denver kids love the NBA.

To be fair, Nobody is a fan of George Karl..

I followed the Nuggets during the Melo years. It is true GK was a hard nose coach who had little tolerance to younger players. He was famous for playing a short rotation with very little playing time for those who he didn’t trust. As for set plays I remember even Chauncey Billups complained publically about lack of inbound play scheme when he was here. Lots of wasted opportunities when Melo was at his prime and AI/JR/KMart were also around

On another podcast, Melo stated the same thing about the lack of guidance and how George Karl was.

Whenever I see George Karl slander I’m here for it

"If it anit me or him give up the ball" lol gotta love iverson man that quote is gold

I had this young lady in my 5th grade class in a NJ elementary school, and she was telling me how it was her cousin's birthday. She told me her uncle would fly her out to Ohio every year for the birthday party. When I asked who her uncle was, she said JR Smith!

Love JR man, love him or hate him he's so damn honest about everything and is a great interview. Truly a very interesting and intriguing guy to listen to and get his perspective on things. So happy he's seemed to mature and can talk about his experiences as a player. Him and Shump together are pure comedy.

Thank God for these podcast man we really get a insight on what was/Still going on S/O Jr.

There's a reason George Karl is ringless. Toxic coach.

when they got Billups for AI, that's when most things clicked for that group in Denver. decision making, on-court leadership, distributing the ball, comfortable in crunch times... Billups was a much needed fit for them.

That's why MJ took it personal 😂

As a Warriors fan, I love George Karl. If he wasn't so toxic, we would never have gotten Iggy. Probably wouldn't have gotten JaVale McGee either. Thanks! 🐍🐍🐍

4:50 JR 100% talking bout Kenyon Martin🤣

Just to tag onto how massive of a squad-stopper Karl was: Cons: He inherited Kemp and Payton and couldn't win with them. Pros: He's a cog in the wheel of one of the greatest moments in NBA history, when Mt Mutombo was in tears and almost popped the rock after taking down a 1 for the first time in NBA history.

I watched every nuggets game in 2009. That squad was so fun to watch night in and night out. That inbounds pass at the end of game 1 vs the Lakers still haunts me, because I’m sure the nuggets would have steamrolled the magic in the finals, just like super prime Kobe and the Lakers did. I don’t follow like I used to but I hope Jokic can do it for us this year, but we will see.

I love This guy … he’s so real and genuine! People need to get past him always being high he likes to smoke let him live he earned it

Shout out JR for mentioning Detlef Schrempf on those Sonics teams. I know a student of the game when I hear one.

No out of bounds plays.😂 That Seattle teams was nice.. On to something

JR is being very candid and forthright 👍

JR being a great interviewee.. this episode poppin 💯

Bridges is also a good example of safety first. There are a lot players that make risky moves that might make them more prone to wild injuries. The way he plays is very clean

That year when Kobe ripped their hearts out and the year with billups I feel like Denver could've won it all

Despite George hating undisciplined players he sure coached alot of them, melo, Kmart, ai, jr, Kemp. It's almost like Kal could only work with players who were already developed like Gary and billups and couldn't coach his young guys into becoming committed and disciplined.

We loved jr in Denver

His Denver Nuggets Team was obsurdly talented! I never understood what their problem was. At one point there was 2 1st round 1st picks in AI and Kenyon Martin, Camby was a 1st rd 2nd pick and DPOY. Melo was a 1st round 3rd pick and any other year he woulda been ROTY , Hilario Nene was coming off the bench and a 1st rd 7th Pick and JR might have been starting. You would think they woulda won a chip.

as a bucks fan George Karl was the worst coach ive ever seen in any sport on any level, no idea how to play rotations and the right guys at the right times, rookies were no existent to him, decimated the bucks franchise

I was living in Denver when JR Smith and Carmelo were balling for the Nuggets. I only could keep up via highlights but dudes were straight balling against teams. Their combo not talked about that often. But they were ridiculous.

Man he FRIED and still talking sense 😂😂😂 shoutout JR

Just some feedback as a viewer, I think the moments of laughter/that are funny (the A.I. story) and the hosts are laughing, I think the camera should pan and show y’all reactions seeing y’all laugh makes it even more funny

I need to watch the full video!

i know that denver nuggets team had to be fun af to play on

Look at this showing up on my recommended after the Carmelo situation lol

I think A.I. was talking about Kenyon Martin 😂

I think the big man he was talking about is Birdman. Lol

"We had zero guidance." Swish came real in this interview.

Facts. I know enough coaches who put up front when talking to the media but none of their players respect them

I had fun. I laughed. I subscribed.

Wow - that last few sentences from JR on zero guidance hits George Karl hard! Always wondered why that guy is so loved when I was always frustrated by his teams and coaching..

JR is Def talking about about K Mart as far as big men not wrapped too tight lol

That Denver Nuggets team was one of my favorite teams to watch ever.

"I was young and dumb and...." Bro you forgot the score of the finals as a grown man🤣🤣🤣

JR was definitely talking about NeNe when he said he might fight you 😂😂

Such a high and low point for the nuggets. I can still see those inbound plays in slow motion.

Never forget GK thought it was smart to not have a top 5 wing defender in the league in Gary Payton guard MJ in the 96 finals

One of my favorite players all Time 🐐🐐🐐 man used to hoop in all the exclusive Js 🤷🏾‍♂️

Those Denver teams were fun to watch. Motley crew of very talented players. If they had better coaching they could’ve had a deeper run

i think it’s so funny that George Karl essentially got lucky his whole career by coaching teams with elite superstar talent & made himself look damn good, & the second he gets to coach a team with no big names he’s the absolute joke we all know he is 😂😂, really does make you think if it’s the coach or the players.

Na Jr talking about Klieza & Najera, Them dude would miss open shots but did good job at the defensive ends. Kmart & camby woulda whooped AI since they too were vets who played in finals

Big facts. If someone talks bad to you about another person they will talk bad about you also.

As Lithuanian...JJ Reddick needs to interview Linas Kleiza...he played for Nuggets in that crazy team era 2005-2009...he talked lil bit in Lithuania media about that time,and that it was wild years on the court and off the court,when you have on the team, j.r.,kenyon martin,melo,iverson and many others crazy characters

Does anyone know what kind of hat JR is wearing? The depth of it looks different than a typical fitted hat

JR should've started every year except the years Aaron Affalo was in Denver. He could've averaged 20+ ppg in Denver. Karl was a hater

Aye fix the thumbnail 😭 had a stroke reading it, JJ.

😂 A.I was talking abt either Marcus camby or nene

Had no idea what a smart, articulate guy JR was. Cool interview.

The quote giving me a seizure lol

The nicest thing you can say about George. Karl is that Gary. Payton doesn't hate him

When someone is told, "That's a stupid question" that means he doesnt know the simple answer or the simple explaination. I had a job where things to me were very simple to me, but to most other people, it wasn't simple at all. When nearly everyone on the job came to me & asked a question, I'd give them a very simple explanation. Their response was always, "That's it?" & I'd say "Yep, that's it." It got to the point where bosses were noticing everyone coming to me to ask questions & leaving with a smile on their faces. So he just said," You're getting a promotion. You're now in charge of this division." I remember giving very specific instructions & direstions to one guy & he went back out to the floor to describe what i just told him, but he couldn't replicate the results I just showed him. I overheard him telling them, "I dont know what tf he did. He showed me & now I come out here & I cant figure it out, but he did just show me. I saw it with my own eyes." Sometimes you have to show them again.

George had my son Jr coming off the bench 🤦🏿‍♂️ nasty wrk 💯

The irony of JR taking shots at George Karl for taking shots at people

Tommy going all-in on the Spike Lee cosplay

JR was talking about the nuggets w/ all the talents, but 0 guidance, I feel the same way about the Grizzlies now.

i wanted a Nuggets v Bulls '09 Finals with Iverson v Rose... fax!!!

I love listening to JR Smith. So much truth and honesty, he gets too much stick.

the thuggets went crazy

When Karl dropped his book hating on melo everybody was rooting for Karl. People dont have that dame energy when it comes to melo. People just love to hate in melo so auch

I used to Torch N**gas on 2K wit the Melo\A.I. Nuggets that team was made for Video Games 😂

Those Cavs teams with JR Smith and Iman Schumpert must have had great plane rides with lots of good stories.

Jr an all time great roll player

1000+ wins as an NBA Coach, same number of championships as me.

Didn't expect to hear JR Smith talk about Artificial Intelligence on this pod, but it was a good listen! lol

Definitely full-on am 100% with JR, but what I found funny was that he referred to Byron Scott as "an older guy" which is interesting to me, because Byron was actually pretty young when he was coaching the then Hornets, now Pelicans...He was only like 43-48 at that time, so you'd think he'd be decent at relating to young players, given he was fairly young himself...but, clearly he wasn't

It was crazy when the bulls acquired smith from the hornets but was basically a filler as they had a trade with the nuggets set up to send him there for a 2nd round pick. I remember smith dropping like 38 on the bulls off the bench that year.

I wonder who he was talking about @5min mark.. Kenyon Martin?

I got a feeling the big man AI was talking bout was Reggie Evans 😂

The only player I've ever heard give George Karl praises was Gary Payton

Never heard one former player of his say one good thing about George Karl.

Kenyon Martin about that life,don't want to test his gangsta.

Trevor ariza stole all of em🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he sound soooooo aggravated

When the Nuggets had the number one offense on one of the older 2ks I knew they were serious.

More JR, yay!

Not wrapped too tight? Yeah that’s K-Mart 😂

J.R spittin

When George Carl played he wasn't the BEST and felt looked over, so he has a beef with good players to this day! Shouldn't be a coach if you can't separate the personal from business Sir!

It’s a reason Karl ain’t coaching

This seems to be a common theme among nba players

“Big man that’s might fight you” did a good job not saying Kenyon Martin or Marcus Camby

No out of bounds plays is crazy🤣

Karl sounds like an old salty dude, none of his former players have anything good to say about him!! Glad bulls beat them in '96

Zero guidance reminds me of Brooklyn with kd kyrie and harden LOL

Karl was right on black NBA players come from out wedlock upbringing ....it messes with young man's life .

The big man AI was talking to had to be K-Mart lol

Lol ima assume AI was indirectly shading Kenyon Martin 😂 KMart loved his lil pick and pop

All I know is Anthony Carter on on that Nuggets team because GK liked "underdog" players who appeared to just want it more than stars, that's why Karl famously said he didn't need stars to win...except the closest he ever came to winning a championship, he had two HOF players in Melo and Chauncey.

Or having out of bound plays made me chuckle 😂

2:27 o shot yall on to something juicy like oooooooffffffff😮