Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has been diagnosed with neck and throat cancer and likely will miss some NBA games and practices while undergoing a rigorous six-week treatment program of radiation and chemotherapy.
His voice breaking at times, Karl revealed the diagnosis late Tuesday with his doctor, Jacques Saari, at his side and surrounded by his team and members of the Nuggets organization.
“My desire is to do whatever I can to stay with my team throughout the treatment that I have to go through,” Karl said. “Basically, my belief is this is a championship team and I want to do anything and everything I can to help them continue in their quest that we all want.”
Karl, a survivor of prostate cancer in 2005, said he expects to miss at least a couple of upcoming games, at Golden State on Feb. 25 and at Minnesota on March 10. He said assistant Adrian Dantley would lead the team when he’s absent.
Best of luck to him, hopefully he can beat this as well.
