DENVER (CBS4) – The news everyone in the NBA is talking about this month
is the Los Angeles Lakers’ acquisition of Dwight Howard, but it’s
actually another offseason move by the Lakers George Karl just can’t
seem to forget.
The Denver Nuggets head coach is still shocked the Lakers were able to
orchestrate a sign-and-trade deal for Steve Nash earlier this summer.
During his second appearance on CBS4′s Xfinity Monday Live Karl told
host Vic Lombardi that Nash is probably his favorite active player in
the league.
“I was so angry about that trade. I don’t usually get angry about
trades, but that trade, wow. It set me off. I sent (Lakers general
manager) Mitch Kupchak a nasty email. Oh man, he is the luckiest guy in
the NBA,” Karl said.
Karl said the Lakers were “kind of falling apart” and they were able to
get Nash, who he says is “maybe the only guy in the NBA that could save
that team.”