Denver Nuggets coach George Karl skipped a charity golf tournament because he wasn’t feeling well enough to play, sending his son as a substitute.

And his son brought along a cheery update on his dad’s battle with throat and neck cancer.

Nuggets guard Coby Karl said he thinks his father will be back on the bench for the start of next season after missing Denver’s playoff run as he recovered 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.