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George Karl: I heard @MarkJackson13 is …

George Karl: 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? Mark Jackson: Wasn’t even thinking of u! Btw I never lost to u in the playoffs as a Player or as a Coach! God Bless u and urs!

George Karl claps back at Mark Jackson after perceived insult over Carmelo Anthony defense

Was Jackson really talking about Karl?

On Thursday night, the ESPN broadcast discussed how Carmelo Anthony seems to be more bought in to playing defense for the Portland Trail Blazers than he has in the past.

Mark Jackson added, “There’s a shared responsibility for whoever allowed that defense to be played. Because, for some reason, he has bought in with this culture and he’s committed to it. This is energy and effort off of the defensive pick-up full-court.”

Notice that George Karl — who was his coach for five-plus years in Denver — wasn’t named. But if you’re Karl, I get that you might feel you’re being called out, even if Anthony went on to have other head coaches and assistants who could have had that “shared responsibility.”

Which explains why Karl tweeted this:

Fiery! Jackson replied that he wasn’t thinking about Karl at all:

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It has been over seven years since the …

It has been over seven years since the Warriors beat Andre Iguodala and the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs. But that series was back in the news Wednesday because of a topic discussed between George Karl — the Nuggets’ coach at the time — and The Athletic’s Tim Kawakami on “The TK Show” podcast. Kawakami: “Did you have any issue with Iguodala being close to the Warriors and then he ends up signing with the Warriors — is that an issue in your mind at all?” Karl: “Yeah. I don’t know what the real story is, but there were things there that we saw in film. There was something with Mark Jackson and him that was fishy. Had a bad odor to it. It was negative energy. “The team gradually figured it out that Iggy was kind of favoring Golden State’s Jackson. His comments were a little bit irregular. But Iggy played well in that series. He played very well for us.”