Speaking of bad coaches, JJ please, please address the comments by Doc Rivers that your Clippers team could never win one because y'all didn't get along. “That team was never going to win, when you look back at it. We didn’t get along well enough.”
Great interview and it's funny how this came full circle with J.R saying we were a bunch of misfits with no guidance, and who couldn't be that mentor and coach needed none other than george karl who fails at his job there.
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
Same for me in my last job LOL we had one tech support guy in my office and he would always say that like cmon man not everyone has been here more than 6 years like you
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.
I lived in Denver when the Thuggets were. JR and AI were out till bar close during the playoff series against the Lakers. George aint perfect but to say it was all on him is an outright lie. That whole locker room was made of 0 leaders and as J.R. put it "we were all misfits".
@@billybobby5247 true that. but when people have a toxic leader, they rebel. maybe the right coach could’ve got them on the same page Mike Woodson got JR Smith to be disciplined in NY (with Jason Kidd on the roster, great leader) Lebron got JR to be disciplined also
@@clutch7548 you replace Melo with Bron and that nuggets team is winning 2 chips. Those guys were all dogs but only at their best when chauncy was there. He was the only dude who seemed to have sway when the team was in turmoil.
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
That’s funny cuz JR starts off by saying he went into that situation like to hell with the coaches and was worried about a bunch of gossip. Not toxic at all right
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.
He talks about how he went into Denver with a “screw the coaches attitude” then complains about coaching. Insults GK but very little reflection on how Melo, AI and him failed to lead this team. They played no defense and he offloads bone onto a “lack of vets”. He seems like a chill guy but is still shifting blame around instead of looking in the mirror.
@@Phoresight very difficult group to coach so I feel for GK. But your right after looking into it more he’s received similar criticisms from other teams he’s coached. I’d say there’s enough blame to go around for those teams falling short.
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! 🐍🐍🐍
Karl wasn't coaching the Nuggets when those players left. Iggy declined an extension a month after Karl was booted out of the building and Mcgee left years after Karl was fired.
Lol for a minute I thought you meant that you were a George Karl fan way back when he was still coaching the Warriors back in the 80s. I wasn't born yet when that happened, I just know about it from my older cousin.
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.
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
@@MrOctober44 he didn't turn around a thing, He didnt draft or sign none of those guys. Seattle was stacked, as was denver and he couldn't get it to work
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.
@@averyb.476 Look up the end of the 94 series between the Sonics and the Nuggs. Throughout the series Karl could not find a way to stop Dikembe (he ended up with 31 blocks in a 5 game series). Final play of the game, Sonics down by 4 with about 5 seconds left, it's bricked. Mutombo snags the board over Kemp, and the crowd goes wild. He's crying, holding onto the ball and falls to the floor as everyone swarms him. It's the most wholesome basketball moment ever, I suggest looking it up.
@@nza1804 I think he meant they didnt have any out of bounds plays that they had prepared in practice. Which, if true, is all on the coach. How can you not have any prepared for crucial moments? That's just bad coaching.
@@nza1804 Yeah they turned over the ball 3 times because they had no plays prepared. Its kinda mind boggling that these things happen in such high levels of sports. George Karl probably lived on old glory but he obviously declined as a coach yet you would think in multi million buissness thats Nba only the most competent will get a shot at playing or coaching no matter what your previous status was. As Jerry Krause rightfully said BOTH organization and players win championships.
@@nza1804 I think he meant not that they didn't have a plan for those 3 key plays, because Karl probably goes and draws something up during the timeout before the play. (Or maybe he didn't. Maybe he just expected they'd get it in, and then drew up what to do afterwards?) I think what he meant is, they had never worked on inbounds plays in practice, and therefore, nobody had any real idea what to do when it was a crucial situation. He must've just expected people to vibe with it. I couldn't find 3 plays, but I found 2 Ariza steals off an inbounds with under a minute to go in 1-posession games in that series. Game 1 and Game 3.
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.
Payton wasn’t “already developed” when Karl was hired in Seattle. You’re forgetting Gary came into the league with K.C. Jones at the helm, and no confidence as a shooter. It was Karl who unlocked GOD mode for Payton.
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.
@@DNotzz lol they were definitely smoking the magic, I remember watching game one lakers Denver and man melo and Kobe was going back and fourth. As a lakers fan I hated playing Denver and definitely feared them, in their 2010 title run I was so thankful Utah beat you guys and we avoided you in I think the second round. Matchups are everything in the nba.
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
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.
@@russellgeorge433 nah we ran into kobe. We were two games away from the finals. Melo lead us fine. But if you watched the video instead of skimming through it. Jr literally said we never learned inbound passes in practice and thats what cost them and George karl being a bad coach
@@russellgeorge433 Them Niggas kept running into Dynasty teams who had REF AIDE with Stern’s blessing. West was wild. You wasn’t watching… couldn’t have been.
@@josecenteno08 look at my mans eyes he been smoking that green crack heavy gear. You put me on an hour long podcast after smoking that and I would just be like yup 😑😄
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..
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
@@MrOctober44and that's the problem. Barkley's suns have no one to defend MJ and it's an easy clap for the Bulls. Sonics coaching was dumb for that. If he's hurt anyway then he shouldn't have played. Or force him to work. It's the finals.
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.
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.
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!
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
@@pdxballer22 He did say that, but at the very beginning he also says "he was an older guy" and I he was talking about Byron Scott. Interesting as the best team Scott had in New Orleans, 2008 was pretty young with Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, David West and Co.
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.
Look at what he said about Embiid. I don’t mind him liking Jokic but putting one person down in order to praise another person is just wrong in my opinion
Be sure check out the full podcast here: ua-cam.com/video/wp5oyO9auQ0/v-deo.html
Speaking of bad coaches, JJ please, please address the comments by Doc Rivers that your Clippers team could never win one because y'all didn't get along. “That team was never going to win, when you look back at it. We didn’t get along well enough.”
Can you plz ask JR exactly what hat is he wearing? I want to buy the same one.
Great interview and it's funny how this came full circle with J.R saying we were a bunch of misfits with no guidance, and who couldn't be that mentor and coach needed none other than george karl who fails at his job there.
@@hardbap 😮😊
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
This ruined elementary school for me. My older cousins would always berate me for asking questions and it led to me not seeking out information.
Same for me in my last job LOL we had one tech support guy in my office and he would always say that like cmon man not everyone has been here more than 6 years like you
Need more people like you fam. I appreciate your mentality.
- worlds most meticulous contractor
@@improbablyyourdad8458Felt this
Shoutout JJ for not interrupting
Yeah he's a great interviewer. Really feels like perhaps intelligence and common sense could prevail after all lol
As always🫡
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.
I lived in Denver when the Thuggets were. JR and AI were out till bar close during the playoff series against the Lakers. George aint perfect but to say it was all on him is an outright lie. That whole locker room was made of 0 leaders and as J.R. put it "we were all misfits".
@@billybobby5247 true that. but when people have a toxic leader, they rebel. maybe the right coach could’ve got them on the same page
Mike Woodson got JR Smith to be disciplined in NY (with Jason Kidd on the roster, great leader)
Lebron got JR to be disciplined also
@@clutch7548 you replace Melo with Bron and that nuggets team is winning 2 chips. Those guys were all dogs but only at their best when chauncy was there. He was the only dude who seemed to have sway when the team was in turmoil.
@@billybobby5247 Disagree with that Take. Bron and Karl would not have worked AT ALL. Either way you slice it, Karl had to go.
My favorite team
To be fair, Nobody is a fan of George Karl..
I honestly have never heard one of his old players say anything good about him.
Why does he hate Melo so much?
@@aaronpegues327 GP & Shawn Kemp never said anything bad about him.
Gary Payton is the only one who has had good things to say about George Karl from what I've seen.
@@aaronconnor6547 that was his “younger” days before his grumpiness kicks in.
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
GK sucked and Melo was his own worst enemy
@@compressor9170 and boogie
Kleiza ,dante Jones. Nene . Chris Anderson. They had a squad .
@@compressor9170 he was, in a bad environment tho
Lack of inbound plays allowed 2 heroic Trevor Ariza steals in the 2009 Western Conference Finals. As a Lakers fan, I appreciate it!
There's a reason George Karl is ringless. Toxic coach.
He’s a ringless coach because he ran into the 72 win bulls
@@go_423 he got COTY well after the Bulls
That’s funny cuz JR starts off by saying he went into that situation like to hell with the coaches and was worried about a bunch of gossip. Not toxic at all right
@@go_423 50 wins or 72 wins, MJ was spanking that team regardless
@@jeffhardy6333 nah he wasn’t … he shot 41.5% from the field … he needed an excellent team around him to beat a very good sonics team
Whenever I see George Karl slander I’m here for it
Carmelo is a loser could rarely led knicks to playoffs
On another podcast, Melo stated the same thing about the lack of guidance and how George Karl was.
Melo is a loser
They all have Kenyon said something on Gil’s podcast
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!
Did you do anything inappropriate with her?
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.
He talks about how he went into Denver with a “screw the coaches attitude” then complains about coaching. Insults GK but very little reflection on how Melo, AI and him failed to lead this team. They played no defense and he offloads bone onto a “lack of vets”. He seems like a chill guy but is still shifting blame around instead of looking in the mirror.
@@albus6130 everyone has said this about George Karl, its not insults if its true. There was no structure there
@@Phoresight very difficult group to coach so I feel for GK. But your right after looking into it more he’s received similar criticisms from other teams he’s coached. I’d say there’s enough blame to go around for those teams falling short.
@@albus6130 dude get off George’s d . If you have a problem with everyone, then you’re the problem . Bet no one likes you
Who hates him?
"If it anit me or him give up the ball" lol gotta love iverson man that quote is gold
That had to be about Kenyon 😂😂 he said one of the big guys that would fight u
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! 🐍🐍🐍
Karl wasn't coaching the Nuggets when those players left. Iggy declined an extension a month after Karl was booted out of the building and Mcgee left years after Karl was fired.
Lol for a minute I thought you meant that you were a George Karl fan way back when he was still coaching the Warriors back in the 80s. I wasn't born yet when that happened, I just know about it from my older cousin.
@@TeeTafoya87 Iggy the mole
Thank God for these podcast man we really get a insight on what was/Still going on S/O Jr.
That's why MJ took it personal 😂
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.
they basically needed a coach because karl is not one
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
Yet he managed to turn around every team he coached and you're commenting on UA-cam....
@@MrOctober44 found george karl's burner
And why should we trust your eye for coaching?
@@MrOctober44 he didn't turn around a thing, He didnt draft or sign none of those guys. Seattle was stacked, as was denver and he couldn't get it to work
@@MrOctober44 seattle was a playoff team before he got there
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.
Explain this pro a little bit more I don't understand
@@averyb.476 Look up the end of the 94 series between the Sonics and the Nuggs.
Throughout the series Karl could not find a way to stop Dikembe (he ended up with 31 blocks in a 5 game series).
Final play of the game, Sonics down by 4 with about 5 seconds left, it's bricked. Mutombo snags the board over Kemp, and the crowd goes wild. He's crying, holding onto the ball and falls to the floor as everyone swarms him. It's the most wholesome basketball moment ever, I suggest looking it up.
Thanks to them my Rockets won the title. We weren't beating the Sonics.
You realize the Sonics ran into the Bulls....No one was beating them. Bad take.
@@AuraysTimelessChannel You do realize I'm talking about '94 and not '96? Bad take much?
4:50 JR 100% talking bout Kenyon Martin🤣
Big facts lol
Idk because they also had Marcus Camby and Birdman on those teams
@@MrMusicislife910exactly. Martin could shoot the ball, so my mind went to those two, too.
@@Ezekial2517w. Da “ he might fight you “ description it honestly kouldve been any of dem 3 😂😂
@@MrMusicislife910 yeah, but they never had the mentality of scoring. K-Mart thought he was Shaq in the low post.
No out of bounds plays.😂 That Seattle teams was nice.. On to something
Tbh, I didn’t get what he meant
@@nza1804 I think he meant they didnt have any out of bounds plays that they had prepared in practice. Which, if true, is all on the coach. How can you not have any prepared for crucial moments? That's just bad coaching.
@@outlander234 ahh, got you. Cos he then said 3 out of bound plays which confused me? So they had no plan for those 3 out bound plays and lost, right?
@@nza1804 Yeah they turned over the ball 3 times because they had no plays prepared. Its kinda mind boggling that these things happen in such high levels of sports. George Karl probably lived on old glory but he obviously declined as a coach yet you would think in multi million buissness thats Nba only the most competent will get a shot at playing or coaching no matter what your previous status was. As Jerry Krause rightfully said BOTH organization and players win championships.
@@nza1804 I think he meant not that they didn't have a plan for those 3 key plays, because Karl probably goes and draws something up during the timeout before the play. (Or maybe he didn't. Maybe he just expected they'd get it in, and then drew up what to do afterwards?)
I think what he meant is, they had never worked on inbounds plays in practice, and therefore, nobody had any real idea what to do when it was a crucial situation. He must've just expected people to vibe with it.
I couldn't find 3 plays, but I found 2 Ariza steals off an inbounds with under a minute to go in 1-posession games in that series. Game 1 and Game 3.
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.
Ye but he didn't like them ,so he didn't get the best out of them lol.
He coached Cousins too
Lmfao maybe he was the problem if so many of the guys he coached were “uncoachable.” The man is just bitter and unlikeable. Cant win with that.
@@silentghost112 exactly
Payton wasn’t “already developed” when Karl was hired in Seattle. You’re forgetting Gary came into the league with K.C. Jones at the helm, and no confidence as a shooter. It was Karl who unlocked GOD mode for Payton.
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.
So true
Lmao y’all ain’t beating the magics , let’s be honest
@@iamhexoronii uhh, how old are you? They for sure could have beat the Magic.
@@DNotzz lol they were definitely smoking the magic, I remember watching game one lakers Denver and man melo and Kobe was going back and fourth. As a lakers fan I hated playing Denver and definitely feared them, in their 2010 title run I was so thankful Utah beat you guys and we avoided you in I think the second round. Matchups are everything in the nba.
That year when Kobe ripped their hearts out and the year with billups I feel like Denver could've won it all
Billups was a great leader but terribly inefficient.
Yeah that really was the toughest Denver squad ever up to that point. You had the scoring, but Birdman and KMart brought a nice edge to the squad.
@@avantesmith6442 yes
@@avantesmith6442 Nene was a beast too for a lil while
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
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
JR is being very candid and forthright 👍
He is a loser
JR being a great interviewee.. this episode poppin 💯
Shout out JR for mentioning Detlef Schrempf on those Sonics teams. I know a student of the game when I hear one.
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.
Melo couldn't lead and bad coaching . Smith should have had more of a role .
@@russellgeorge433 nah we ran into kobe. We were two games away from the finals. Melo lead us fine. But if you watched the video instead of skimming through it. Jr literally said we never learned inbound passes in practice and thats what cost them and George karl being a bad coach
@@Chris56076 melo lead fine with a more talented team then kobe,but they lost ? Lol. Ok sir.
@@russellgeorge433 Them Niggas kept running into Dynasty teams who had REF AIDE with Stern’s blessing. West was wild. You wasn’t watching… couldn’t have been.
We loved jr in Denver
Man he FRIED and still talking sense 😂😂😂 shoutout JR
Why are you surprised. It’s not crack.
@@josecenteno08 look at my mans eyes he been smoking that green crack heavy gear. You put me on an hour long podcast after smoking that and I would just be like yup 😑😄
@@nipplehead Its Tolerance my man
@@nipplehead “Green crack”. You are so corny
@@nipplehead he not fried his eyes always like that
I need to watch the full video!
I think A.I. was talking about Kenyon Martin 😂
i know that denver nuggets team had to be fun af to play on
Ai melo young Jr and k mart plus Kenneth faired of the bench and Chauncey billups 😔
@@BallKnower24 even the previous iteration with ai camby, and the rest of the gang was fun
As a Cavs fan, I thought an LBJ/Melo finals was an inevitability at some point.
Kobe wouldn’t let them make it 😂
Look at this showing up on my recommended after the Carmelo situation lol
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..
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
Facts. I know enough coaches who put up front when talking to the media but none of their players respect them
I think the big man he was talking about is Birdman. Lol
I’m thinking Kmart
@@josecenteno08 but K Mart could get you a bucket. Anderson couldnt. Lol
@@virtuallifter2438 lol. fair point
@@jroc828 yes he could
@@virtuallifter2438 it's either Martin, Camby or nene .lol
"We had zero guidance."
Swish came real in this interview.
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
They held him to 41.5% from the field regardless😂 so something worked
Wrong. Payton was injured. He knew that they needed his offense and didn't want to wear him out. Do a little research before you criticize
Gp was hurt it made sense at the time but its crazy they stole two gms off that bulls team being up 3 0 always a what if gp started the series on mj
@@MrOctober44and that's the problem. Barkley's suns have no one to defend MJ and it's an easy clap for the Bulls. Sonics coaching was dumb for that. If he's hurt anyway then he shouldn't have played. Or force him to work. It's the finals.
"I was young and dumb and...." Bro you forgot the score of the finals as a grown man🤣🤣🤣
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.
And loserse
That Denver Nuggets team was one of my favorite teams to watch ever.
They're still one of my favorite teams to watch.
I had fun. I laughed. I subscribed.
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.
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
JR is Def talking about about K Mart as far as big men not wrapped too tight lol
I don't think it's K Mart. K Mart was also a forward and was definitely a respected OG
K Mart wears his emotions on his sleeve, but is actually one of the nicest genuine people you'll ever meet
Hahahaha. Yooo K Mart would definitely punch anybody in the locker room
Nene
@@freddycalipari4242 yup
Such a high and low point for the nuggets. I can still see those inbound plays in slow motion.
One of my favorite players all Time 🐐🐐🐐 man used to hoop in all the exclusive Js 🤷🏾♂️
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!
Big facts. If someone talks bad to you about another person they will talk bad about you also.
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
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
Melo hates on himself by having low IQ and being a ball hug that once he left Nuggets they got better knicks got worse
The nicest thing you can say about George. Karl is that Gary. Payton doesn't hate him
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
JR was definitely talking about NeNe when he said he might fight you 😂😂
😂😂😂
Nah it might’ve been Kenyon
@@FlashGordon2fast nah Kenyon knew his role and never tried to do too much. Nene thought he was an all star lol
@@markesgrant He said trying to fight tho,Kenyon was a known fighter in the league fam
Had no idea what a smart, articulate guy JR was.
Cool interview.
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.
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
Would really like to hear the perspective of some of the "outsiders" telling people what life felt like to them in their time at the top of the sport.
I loved linas klezia I remember he played at Missouri too
The quote giving me a seizure lol
1000+ wins as an NBA Coach, same number of championships as me.
The longevity factor is why he’s in the Naismith. No other reason why he should have been inducted.
the thuggets went crazy
lmaooo
That was one of the illest nba teams all time. Like, their 6 man was high on meth half the time. Melo, Chauncey, A.i, maaaaan
@@discowolf25 Chauncey and iverson never played with each other but that
09 team had Melo, Billups, JR, K-Mart, Nene, Birdman, Afflalo.🔥
@@discowolf25 man said meth and got likes for it too smh
@@felix3033 earl boykins played a little bit with AI too
The irony of JR taking shots at George Karl for taking shots at people
Tommy going all-in on the Spike Lee cosplay
Aye fix the thumbnail 😭 had a stroke reading it, JJ.
breh i thought i was tripping lol
😂😅😅 💀
@@youngandyx I'm looking at it when I got the notification and I'm like, HUH? What are they trying to say?! 😭
LMFAO
I love listening to JR Smith. So much truth and honesty, he gets too much stick.
He is a loser
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.
Yup,no one could stop him when he was locked in.
JR was talking about the nuggets w/ all the talents, but 0 guidance, I feel the same way about the Grizzlies now.
Let's hope that's true. Lakers in 6
😂 A.I was talking abt either Marcus camby or nene
K mart bro
@@Tron8147 ngl I forgot abt k mart…..😂 yea I definitely see it now. Definitely not talking to Kenyon like that
@@PurpleHeartJay lol yeah man that squad was built different
Those Cavs teams with JR Smith and Iman Schumpert must have had great plane rides with lots of good stories.
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
I think he said Scott was a fan of older guys like veteran NBA players
@@pdxballer22 yeah, makes sense with his experience with the Lakers to have that preference
@@pdxballer22 He did say that, but at the very beginning he also says "he was an older guy" and I he was talking about Byron Scott. Interesting as the best team Scott had in New Orleans, 2008 was pretty young with Chris Paul, Tyson Chandler, David West and Co.
i wanted a Nuggets v Bulls '09 Finals with Iverson v Rose... fax!!!
Jr an all time great roll player
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
Didn't expect to hear JR Smith talk about Artificial Intelligence on this pod, but it was a good listen! lol
I used to Torch N**gas on 2K wit the Melo\A.I. Nuggets that team was made for Video Games 😂
That team was hella cold on 2k, wasnt chauncey billups wit em too? bruh could shoot the lights out.
Does anyone know what kind of hat JR is wearing? The depth of it looks different than a typical fitted hat
No out of bounds plays is crazy🤣
The only player I've ever heard give George Karl praises was Gary Payton
Full credit to Gary Payton for building a hall of fame career without a coach.
Never heard one former player of his say one good thing about George Karl.
When the Nuggets had the number one offense on one of the older 2ks I knew they were serious.
It’s a reason Karl ain’t coaching
I got a feeling the big man AI was talking bout was Reggie Evans 😂
George had my son Jr coming off the bench 🤦🏿♂️ nasty wrk 💯
Not wrapped too tight? Yeah that’s K-Mart 😂
“Big man that’s might fight you” did a good job not saying Kenyon Martin or Marcus Camby
More JR, yay!
Trevor ariza stole all of em🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 he sound soooooo aggravated
This seems to be a common theme among nba players
wondering which players supported George Karl
J.R spittin
Zero guidance reminds me of Brooklyn with kd kyrie and harden LOL
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.
Lol ima assume AI was indirectly shading Kenyon Martin 😂 KMart loved his lil pick and pop
damn davis reid needs to put that hat back on
Kenyon Martin about that life,don't want to test his gangsta.
Look at what he said about Embiid. I don’t mind him liking Jokic but putting one person down in order to praise another person is just wrong in my opinion
Or having out of bound plays made me chuckle 😂
Take a shot every time JR say *"like"*