Getting to know the real Karl Malone

[YB85]

The picture of him in a Lakers jersey is better explained if you read the article about how Adande really came to appreciate Malone while Karl was playing for the Lakers.

 

[Sloanfeld]

That team could have had Stockton, Hornacek, and Sloan and I would still not root for the Lakers. I loved seeing the Pistons blast them. Nothing personal, Karl, it was just business.

Oh the irony.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

Duncan > Malone

This.

 

[YB85]

Oh the irony.

I've never denied being a Laker fan when I was a kid growing up in L.A. and there was no such thing as the Utah Jazz.

 

[Gyp Rosetti]

For Christ sake he's being inducted to the HoF this weekend, I understand there is much hate for him and his detractors love bringing it up anytime anybody thinks of thinking about talking about Malone. We all know we heard it the first 20million times it was brought up in the other attempt to honor Malone threads, how about a little common decency and either not post or if you have to at the very least acknowledge his basketball accolades as that is what he is being honored for.

Please don't take the Lord's name in vain.

 

[IlliniJazzFan]

One thing that I fail to understand in all of these threads about Malone is how select jazz fans feel it is their duty to do nothing but act as though they wish for nothing more than for Malone to have never been on the team in the first place. Karl Malone means as much to the franchise as Stockton and without him the Jazz wound not have been as successful (and would probably not have even lasted as long in Utah).

If you really think Duncan would have gotten you the rings that Malone (AND Stockton) failed to deliver then watch some Spurs highlights on youtube. The man wasn't perfect but he was a great player, stuck by the organization for all but the last season of his career and was a model of hard work and dedication on the court. Without him you don't have your memories of Stockton hitting "the shot' or cheering for a team in the finals. You have John Stockton and Utah's version of the Clippers. Being a troll is not and never will be in vogue.

 

[Jazzfannut83]

Duncan > Malone

Ostertag>Duncan... just ask the poster, he's gotta be here somewhere.

Actually a good article by Adande if you get past the photo of Malone in the Laker jersey, although it's in context anyway.