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30 NBA players who also had kids play in the league

By Larry Hammonds

CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Allie LaForce interviews Seth Curry and Stephen CUrry during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)
CHARLOTTE, NC - FEBRUARY 16: (L-R) Allie LaForce interviews Seth Curry and Stephen CUrry during the 2019 State Farm All-Star Saturday Night at Spectrum Center on February 16, 2019 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) /
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George Karl
George Karl (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) /

NBA players who also had kids play in the league: George Karl/Coby Karl

George Karl is more known for his coaching career than his playing days. In fact, most fans born after 1980 don’t know he played five seasons with the San Antonio Spurs from 1973-78. He spent his first three seasons starting and playing alongside George “Iceman” Gervin before moving to a reserve role later in his career.

As a head coach, he led the Seattle Supersonics to the NBA Finals in an eventual loss to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. He also led the Milwaukee Bucks and Denver Nuggets to conference championships but has never been able to get over the championship hump.

He’s coached four NBA All-Star games and was the 2013 Coach of the Year. Karl is the sixth most winningest coach in NBA history (1,175) and has a 58.8 winning percentage.

His son Coby Karl signed with the Los Angeles Lakers as an undrafted free agent in 2007 and spent the bulk of his NBA tenure in the G-League. He played in a grand total of 24 games between 2007-2010, scoring 54 total points in his career. In 2008, the Karl’s became the first father-son tandem to face-off in a playoff game.

After hanging up his jersey for the final time in 2015, Coby Karl followed in his father’s footsteps once more and got into coaching.