Hey George, Shut Up!

I just need to write about what has been bothering me all day, George Karl. Where does this guy get off by being the biggest hypocrite in the NBA. He starts off his press conference last night by saying "I thought they got the benefit of the whistle. It just seems very frustrating for me to sit here … like it's the gamesmanship in the press conference on refereeing. I'm not going to get into [that] game. Phil is so much better at it than I am." And immediately after he says that, he goes on for about 10 minutes about the officiating. He continues and says "Carmelo [Anthony] got beat up tonight, and he had the same type of attitude and actions that we had that got us to the rim and got us a lot of easy baskets. Tonight they defended better, at least from the standpoint of the scoreboard. The stat sheet says they defended better. They blocked more shots. We didn't get as many paint points. But I'm not sure that's the case." Are you kidding me George? I mean really George you have to be kidding? I don't need to go on with any more quotes, because its the same non-sense. I have never seen a coach with so many excuses for his team then George Karl. This stems back to when he was the coach for the Sonics as well. I mean, has he been watching this series at all? The Nuggets have benefited all series from tight officiating and an overall plan by the refs to "control" the series. Finally Phil did say something, but he did not use it as an excuse like George. Phil was calling out Danhtay Jones for his dirty play and had to defend his players. And not once have you seen Kobe, Lamar, Pau or Phil making excuses like the Nuggets do after every loss. They really must feel like their &%$@ doesn't stink. Once the officials FINALLY let both teams play (like it's supposed to be in the playoffs, read this by Bill Simmons to understand where I am coming from), the Lakers could actually get stops without Melo throwing his body into anything and Billups flailing around. I really feel the Nuggets practice drawing fouls and getting to the foul line is their #1 priority, because its all George and any of his players ever talk about. Even one Nugget (who remains anonymous) said that the Lakers spent $50k wisely, because of what Phil said about Jones and he got fined. Not only does George look like a fool, so does his team. If all the Nuggets want to do is wait around for a call, then they certainly do not deserve to be in this position. George should take a lesson from Stan Van Gundy. If their is any team that should have gripes about the officiating its the Magic. Lebron just barrels into defenders and gets calls. I have hardly seen the Magic ever get the benefit of a call when it involves Lebron. So what Stan and the Magic do is just go about their business and win games. And for George to call out the officials on Melo is comical as well. Melo gets the benefit of so many calls. And for all of you conspiracy theorists Melo shot 13 free throws to Kobe's 10 last night and has consistently shot more free throws all series long. Kobe has been getting hacked consistently and hacked hard. He may complain during the game, but certainly doesn't make it an excuse for a loss or talk about it afterwards. Even after Dahntay Jones' dirty plays, Kobe responded by saying it was good defense (said it with a smirk). The Nuggets and their fans need to get a clue and if Denver is relying on the officials to bail them out, then they have no business being hear in the first place. So George, just shut up and coach!