George Karl's Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Speech

George Karl delivers their speech upon being enshrined to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2022. To learn more about George Karl take a look at their official Hall of Fame bio at www.hoophall.com/hall-of-fame...

[@musicandmagic909]

Huge respect for Coach giving the ABA love. The modern NBA, and basketball as a whole, owe a huge debt to the ABA, and it's a damn shame that its history (and the legacy of its players) is being forgotten.

[@SincereSentinel]

If you stay in any lane long enough, drama will assuredly ensue at some point. George was undoubtedly a wise student turned teacher of the game, and earned all the responsibilities he was granted along the way. Much respect to George Karl and thanks for all the memories!

[@creydadj]

Man throat cancer messed up his voice 😭

[@h.j.victory6103]

Great coach 👏 👍 👌 🙌

[@dusk6159]

Great coach! Those Sonics led by Kemp and Payton and those Bucks led by He Got Game were extremely threatening teams.

[@markjackson6431]

Melo be living rent free in his head

[@curmudgeonrose1780]

What a legend!!! This man is a true basketball genius.

[@saifabdullah9249]

He was a true competitor

[@GabrielNardinMusic]

Didn´t mention anything about his coaching tenure with the US National Team, if I am not wrong he was the coach of World Cup team of Indianapolis 2002

[@ronb3913]

Forgive him he is old

[@GabrielNardinMusic]

@@ronb3913 I didnt mean to be disrespectful, just got my attention that skipped that part.

[@jamesbuell4480]

Bring back the Sonics! Congrats Coach!

[@Serialcrasher]

Shawn Kemp be in the HOF

[@javimarulu4247]

No

[@loganblack4885]

@@javimarulu4247 Yes Kemp Top 4 PF AllTime Career Averages 25.1 points 13.4 rebounds 7.2 assists 2.8 steals 4.3 blocks 9x allstar 2x champ

[@skryabinos27]

время никого не щадит

[@3isthenew1]

Of course he had to mention getting rid of Melo 😂

[@Ganggangbuzzbuzz]

Melo never reached the same success

[@observing8686]

@@Ganggangbuzzbuzz neither did Karl

[@Ganggangbuzzbuzz]

@@observing8686 Karl made it to the finals with the Lakers, if he didn’t get injured would’ve been a different story

[@observing8686]

@Original J he never played for or coached the Lakers.

[@Ganggangbuzzbuzz]

@@observing8686 oops had a basketball stroke from all my comments. He only coached one more year then got sick

[@loganblack4885]

Shawn Kemp Should be in Hall of Fame Career Averages 27.5 points 13.6 rebounds 7.4 assists 4.8 blocks 2.9 steals 8x allstar 3x champ 2x DPOY 1x scoring

[@budice887]

I like Shawn Kemp but those are definitely not his stats lol

[@gregorybaker7148]

Dude who did you Google instead of Shawn Kemp? Whoever you looked up is a stud

[@SincereSentinel]

He should be in the hall of fame I totally agree. But false stats do the argument a total injustice.

[@ronb3913]

HOF Weed smoker 🚬

[@loganblack4885]

@@ronb3913 Can I borrow $1.00🤪

[@MusicFromNBAFilms]

9:17 Real Madrid

[@OrionOodama]

A long overdue for Pop. Maybe next year, alongside Tony Parker.

[@manonthemoon379]

You can’t be inducted if you are still playing/coaching

[@coldsnap5742]

@@manonthemoon379 Wasn't Larry Brown inducted when still coaching?

[@lenninreyes9552]

@@manonthemoon379 Actually, you can. Plenty of college coaches (such as Tom Izzo and Bill Self) became HOFers while still active. Popovich has gone on record saying he wants to wait until retirement to be named into the Hall of Fame.

[@OrionOodama]

@@lenninreyes9552 Please hear this, "Man on the Moon." Several Spurs articles brought me to this then-enigmatic question. That's how selfless/no MTV/no fanfare person he is.

[@theobuniel9643]

​@@manonthemoon379 John Calipari was inducted in 2015, and he's still coaching Kentucky.

[@TheVictorroque]

🐍

[@arlichar11]

i would never consider him a hall of fame coach.. his play off record is 80-105.. only making finals 1 time , no chips, with bucks he barely was over 500 or breaking even, with nuggets only made out of first round 1 time .. he was mediocre at best , had talented team a few times wich helps.. he also has a history of not getting along with players, and i never respected him after his negative comments and horrible handling of glen robinson , he had an amazing player and squandered it..

[@Dollasstar71]

They let anyone in

[@simonnathan2065]

6th winningest coach in nba history. That's not just "anyone"

[@dusk6159]

Check some basketball games before saying that

[@markjackson6431]

i think if you win over 1000 games, it should be an automatic bid