Nuggets guard Coby Karl expects his father to be back on the bench for the start of next season after missing Denver's playoff run.

George Karl is still recovering from an intense six-week regimen of chemotherapy.

"From the way I see it, I think there's no doubt in my mind," Coby Karl said Monday. "But you've got to take it on a day-to-day basis with the situation."

Karl said his father has lost a lot of weight and still struggles to eat.

"But he's definitely much improved from when I got here for the start of this," said the younger Karl. "He's doing well. But his energy level isn't up to par with what he needs to do out on a golf course for multiple hours at a time."