JaVale McGee on his issues with George Karl #shorts #nuggets #warriors #draymondgreen #basketball

I thought, and I still think, due to the contract extension that you signed with the Denver Nuggets, that George Karl was punishing you for that contract that the Denver Nuggets signed you to.

For sure. Because that's what it looked like to me. It felt like he didn't like the fact that I got that, even though that playoff series before, I was a major part of that playoff series playing against Kobe and the Lakers, me and Kenneth Farrie. I don't know if it was that year or the year after, we had 57 wins the year after that, I believe. So we had a good team and we're playing well. I don't wanna say I was the best pro in the world, but I was also a young guy who had a hell of a motor and who wanted to play basketball. Like, I loved playing basketball. So I definitely felt— I don't wanna say envy or anything, but more of a, "This guy doesn't deserve this, so I'mma punish him for it," type of energy. And that's how I felt about that situation.