Legendary NBA coach joins Twitter to help fight cancer

http://twitter.com/#!/CoachKarl22/status/211917560441085953

George Karl, the NBA’s seventh-winningest head coach, has joined Twitter to raise cancer awareness.

The 61-year-old Karl has been a huge proponent in the fight against the disease after twice being diagnosed, once in 2005 for prostate cancer, and again in 2010 for throat cancer.

Karl, the current Denver Nuggets coach, is asking for help from his fellow NBA personalities to gain more traction for his cause by asking them to help him get followers.

Something tells us he won’t need much assistance.

teamwork would help so I can get some more followers @SteveHess1 @gallinari8888 @KennethFaried35 @TyLawson3 @cheddahcheese7 @AAA_afflalo

— George Karl (@CoachKarl22) June 10, 2012

@CoachKarl22 Welcome to Twitter, Coach. Support Central for the cause.

— Steve N Haddad (@SteveHaddad) June 10, 2012

@CoachKarl22 Welcome to Twitter Coach! Awesome you are doing it for a good cause, I hope you hit 100,000 followers by the end of the day!

— No Limits 26 (@BrickByBrick_KS) June 10, 2012

#Nuggets coach George Karl is on Twitter. Great ambassador for hoops and cancer awareness. Follow him at @CoachKarl22.

— Aaron J. Lopez (@AaronLopez) June 10, 2012

https://twitter.com/BasketVideoID/status/211967643522048000

Follow @CoachKarl22 to help fight cancer and end it once and for all. It's George Karl, kids!

— Andrew Flynn (@drewisawriter) June 11, 2012