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Former NBA Coach George Karl Simultaneously Trolls Lakers, MAGA Crowd

Hall of Fame coach George Karl takes aim at the Los Angeles Lakers and Make America Great fan bases

Shandel Richardson

Former NBA Coach George Karl Simultaneously Trolls Lakers, MAGA Crowd
Former NBA Coach George Karl Simultaneously Trolls Lakers, MAGA Crowd /

Lately, NBA Hall of Fame coach George Karl has been a vocal critic on just about everything. 

He has used social media to tackle various subjects because he know he has a platform. He recently used it to troll the Los Angeles Lakers and Make America Great Again fans bases. 

It started when Karl posted a few anti-Donald Trump tweets on Sunday. It led to the MAGA crowd coming after Karl via X, formerly known as Twitter. 

"NBA coaches leaning into politics rarely shows up well. Another example," wrote one user. 

"Umm, your politics mean nothing to me!," wrote another. 

Soon, Karl's feed became full of political comments. It got to the point he finally had to respond. On Monday, he posted a response with a little NBA humor: "Speak negatively about MAGA or the Lakers and some really wild people come out of their holes!!"

Karl is not the first NBA coach or player to go against Trump. Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr and San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich are super anti-Trump. So is Lakers superstar LeBron James, who has often challenged the former President. 

Speaking his mind is nothing new for Karl. He recently went at former player Carmelo Anthony. He said Karl ruined chemistry when he coached in Denver and felt Anthony was more suited for a reserve role like Detlef Schrempf. 

"Hey @carmeloanthony let’s not do this," Karl wrote on X. "You’re telling stories that are 20 years old. Let’s move fwd And u were overrated and u wish your game was as efficient as Detlef’s."

George Karl: Carmelo Anthony Overrated, Less Efficient Than Detlef Schrempf

Shandel Richardson is the publisher of Back In The Day NBA. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com

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