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With Payton, Karl can lose the snarl. (NBA).(Gary Payton, George Karl)

The Sporting News

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Bucks kahuna George Karl always has been one of the league's grumpiest coaches, hut even he had been feeling a bit bluer than usual lately, suffering from a lack of fulfillment at work that dales back about a year. Such a funk is a natural reaction when your team chokes on a sure playoff spot (which the Bucks did last year) four months before you happen to be manning the sidelines when disaster strikes American basketball (which was the fate of the Karl coached Team USA that finished sixth last summer at the World Championship).

To remedy such gloom, most of us would call on ice cream sundaes, tropical vacations or Dr. Phil. But not Karl. No, the coach instead ...

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