Full Article Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchak watched an old friend walk toward him Saturday night, but just stared for a moment when he got there. His friend didn't look like he remembered him, at least not in the body. "The face looks like George," Kupchak said. Much of the rest doesn't. George Karl, the Denver Nuggets' coach, underwent treatment for a form of neck and throat cancer in the off-season, and has lost about 50 pounds. "I haven't found many suits that fit me, I know that," Karl said. "I'm hoping I get some new ones here soon." But, as if foreshadowing Kupchak's initial response, Karl, 59, said few people have struggled to recognize him. Why? "My face is still ugly," he said, laughing, his voice a little weaker. Karl, who also battled prostate cancer in 2005, said he feels better these days, especially now that he's much slimmer. "That's the one thing about cancer," he said before Saturday's exhibition game against the Lakers. "You never really feel it. Some cancers make you sick, but I wasn't feeling that. My treatment made me feel pretty bad."
