Heading into his second full season as head coach of the Denver Nuggets, George Karl will take on a larger role of shaping the team, the Denver Post is reporting.
"Last year at the end of the season we said, 'You've (players) earned the right to stay together,"' said Karl. "At the end of this season we said the organization has the right to make some changes. Basically I took what was there when I got here and rode with it.
"Now it's my time to say what I want."
Karl will begin meeting with players around June 15 but gave no priority to when he might meet with disgruntled forward Kenyon Martin. Martin was suspended during the Nuggets' playoff series with the Los Angeles Clippers. The two haven't talked since.
"I don't know if Kenyon will be among the first three or four players I talk with," Karl said. "I don't think there's any forced time frame. I would say between now and the draft would be my time frame to get all the players through a lunch or a couple-hour meeting before the NBA draft and talk about the season."