George Karl Is Slangin’ Shade From His Twitter Machine And Mark Jackson Is Not Safe

During Thursday night’s Western Conference Playoffs Game 2 between the Los Angeles Lakers and Portland Trailblazers, ESPN commentator Mark Jackson made an arbitrary comment regarding Carmelo Anthony’s past-scrutinized defensive abilities, yet was specific enough to let his target be assumed in ex-Denver Nuggets head coach George Karl.

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“…people who killed Carmelo Anthony for his defense in the past, they were wrong,” was a statement installed by Jackson on the heels of an effort by Carmelo to defend LeBron James, then followed by, “I’ll tell you this, then there’s a shared responsibility for whoever allowed that defense to be played.” It was a shotgun approach on behalf of Jackson, making his underlying statement theme of George Karl be known.

And Coach Karl was locked and loaded with thumbs-to-keyboard on Twitter.

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I heard @MarkJackson13 is taking shots at my defensive coaching during tonight’s broadcast.

Remind me, how many all-star teams did you coach, Mark? How many DPOYs? How many Finals appearances? How many of my teams became dynasties right after I left?

— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) August 21, 2020

On a side note, you have to love the last part of that Tweet where Karl went to the woodshed for the personal dig at Jackson with a pre/post glance at the Golden State Warriors, whom Mark Jackson coached prior to their onslaught of Larry O’Brien trophies following his stint at the helm.

George Karl once wrote in his book, Furious George, of Carmelo being a glory-hog and a “conundrum” for the long-tenured coach to attempt to ever get on the same page. And from the outside looking in, it’s difficult to really debate Karl’s storied efforts spent on Melo, especially when taking into consideration how long it took for Melo to arrive to a team that he was finally humble enough to gel with, which came toward the end of his playing career since arriving in Portland.

Given the immediate urge to unload via Twitter in the heat of the moment, one would imagine (and also hope for the sake of cheap entertainment) that this war of words could be far from over between the two ex-coaches, in tandem with an NBA Playoffs schedule that has just barely gotten started.

Get your popcorn ready, hop on Twitter, and turn up the audio for Lakers/Blazers Game 3 on Saturday night because the shade cannons have a likelihood to be hot following opening tip.

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