The Nuggets may as well give Karl another year. The whole damn NBA is blowing up in 2014 anyway.
A lot of folks were pretty disheartened to hear Josh Kroenke say on Friday that George Karl wasn’t going anywhere. Nuggets fans are suffering from a pretty severe case of first-round-exit fatigue and feel like something’s got to change. One more year of watching the squad look great during the regular season only to flounder in the playoffs sounds about as appealing as a root scraping. Where bringing Karl back for another season is concerned, the front office just might have a method to its madness, though.
Karl’s contract expires at the end of next season, as do the contracts of dozens of top-tier NBA stars who will be entering free-agency right as Karl (hopefully) exits stage left. The 2014 / 2015 NBA free agency class with be the most bountiful of all time, with numerous max-contract players finding new teams to play for. Lebron James and Dwayne Wade will be free agents. Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Garnett will be, too, along with Dirk Nowitzki, DeMarcus Cousins, Derrick Favors, Pau Gasol, Chris Bosh, Rudi Gay and even Kobe Bryant. The list looks like all All-Star game roster, complete with alternates. The face of the NBA could – and probably will change entirely. So, why not let Karl get one more crack at a playoff run before Kroenke and Ujiri blow the team up. In 2014 / 2015 the whole damn NBA is going to be blowing up, anyway.
