George Karl regrets some of the things he said in new book

After seemingly burning every bridge he may have had left in the NBA, George Karl has started seeing the error of his ways, and wants to apologize.

Karl went in on some notable current and former NBA players in his new book, namely: Carmelo Anthony, Damian Lillard, and Kenyon Martin. The 65-year-old former head coach was quoted as saying Anthony was a "user of people," the Trail Blazers team struggles are mainly due to Lillard, and Martin's issues on and off the court were due to him having "no father to show (him) how to act."

Karl appeared on the NBA A to Z podcast with USA Today's Sam Amick and Jeff Zillgit to help clear the air, and repent for some things he may have taken too far.

“I think the one thing is (the) fatherhood (comments)," Karl told Amick and Zillgit. "Fatherhood is very important to me, and I made that a target. It seems like that was the one thing, and I said it poorly, I wrote it poorly, it's read poorly in the book."

However, Karl goes on later to say that it wasn't only the fatherhood comments that he feels bad about.

"And my whole thing is the one thing I regret probably most is some of the mothers (being offended). Kenyon Martin’s mother is one of the great mothers, superstar mothers of the NBA, and I would never want to take anything away from some of the special families and also special mothers."

Getting another head coaching job in the NBA is extremely unlikely for the fifth all-time leader in wins by a bench boss, but Karl is more than willing to sit down with some of the player's mentioned to find some common ground.

“I think for me, whenever the storm settles a little bit, I think that’s a possibility that hopefully maybe Kenyon and whoever else, J.R. (Smith), Melo, whoever other people who feel that we should have a one-on-one conversation, I would be totally and completely open to that."