From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , a 1974 Topps basketball card of former player and current coach George Karl. He played in the old ABA for the San Antonio Spurs, then became an NBA player when the Spurs joined that league in ’76. Karl was a journeyman player but has enjoyed a long and successful career as an NBA head coach, guiding the Seattle Supersonics in the 1990s to 50+ win seasons in all of his years there. He became coach of the Denver Nuggets in 2005 and is their current head man. He has had a couple of notable achievements this season, becoming only the seventh coach in NBA history to win 1,000 games in his career, and also winning a battle with prostate cancer.