Karl Malone, just one title you missed …
The story is naturally cruel. Born on July 19, 1963. year, Carl Malone would spend his whole life as a NBA player who launched after the name he never received. Her daughter Cheril Ford won his first attempt in VNBA with Detroit Shock 2004. years … In the same season, we didn’t imagine that the NBA headset escapes from “Fantastic 4” Los Angeles. With the Paiton-Bruye-Malone-O’Neal quart, Lakers must necessarily take control of the trophy. This is without computing on the clips that will give a collective lesson on the entire planet basketball.
Twice in the final was already beaten, Karl Malone will never win even the champion. Injustice for one of the best 4 histories, commas below the young pensioner of the Duncan team in this position, and may be slightly above novitzzki, McHale or Garnett and Barkley.
Reputation for “dirty player”
When it was 1985. landed in the league as 13. Draft choice, Malone still does not play great hands. He arrives from Louisian Tech with very accurate statistics, but nothing that is unusual: 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds after three years of the faculty. John Stockton, drew a year earlier Utah, quickly learns to know the guy. With these two, Jerry Sloan has perfect dialing performers and rolls. “Stockton to Malone” will be a timeless jazz pipe for 13 years. Awesome passerby that Stockton gave Malone Cavers. “Mailman” (factor) just has to publish mission. The formula can be devoid of genius, but it is terribly efficient. He sends Utah twice in the NBA Bullet Final. For his accident, a couple Stockton-Malon crosses the way to the best basketball player of all time.
Member of the famous “Dream Team” since 1992. in Barcelona, Malone can be entered with the Olympic title today legendary (he was also in the adventure in Atlanta in 1996. years). But there are no people who want to talk about the good old days with him, because that authentic big mouth was just friends on a circle … She built as a driver, in the breeding field, was the worst career abuse. His specialty: a dirty game that hurts, very bad, with knee or easy forward … Under the uniform of jazz, Malone collected baskets like bad blows, and Isiah Thomas will be left for 47 stitches! Nothing that allows you to take care of the popularity assessment especially careless franchises through the event.
At the peak of its glory, 1997. King Karl has already accumulated 25,000 points and 10,000 rebounds. Jazz is in the playoffs with a record of 64 victories for only 18 defeats. Michael Jordan Michael Jordan does not dispute this first name of the MVP that gives him an appointment in the NBA final. In double-closed series, Malone, who went to the bicycle room, turned out that the best offensive funds were Jazz (23.8 points), but Jordan, as much to everyone in Salt Lake City during the game 5 (Bill Victori 90-88). The series will be completed with 4-2.
Remake takes place next season with the same protagonists. Malone lost any of his hardness in defense and aggression in the attack. But once again, Jordan and bulls impose their relentless dominance. Shoot “MJ” on the boss of Brion Russell (a way of speaking because this, taken against soil) in the game 6 in the city of Salt Lake, crosses offspring. Chicago 87-86 Win. In Jordan eternal glory, in Malone, the desert transition. He will have to wait six years before returning to the finals.
Faithful accomplice John Stockton won the new MVP name of the league at the end of the 1998-99 season, minced by locking after the players who require global salary improvement. Malone “fell” to 23.8 points and 9.4 rebounds (50 matches) was mostly in a franchise. This was the beginning of the end for Utah, which disappears from the strong places of the Western Conference. The double Olympic Champion will spend four more years in Salt Lake Citi. Enough to write his name in the Jazz Record book. Points, jumps, started matches, minutes, tried and successful free pitchers: These are all categories affected by his seal.
In tears in the hall of glory
When Stockton retired in 2003. years, Malone no longer has the same feeling of his lifetime franchise. The call of the foot of Shakuille O’Neal in Los Angeles does not leave it indifferent. It is impossible to tell a world team three times in the ordinal champion at the beginning of the decade. The next failure is increasingly fuelered. Wounded, Malone will not even finish the final against Detroit. I was replaced by a very vague Stanislas Medvedenko, “Postman” leaves a scene last year after the third disaster. “I will always consider myself a jazzman”Explains a strong bodybuilding wrying that had more enemies than friends in the NBA.
We can hear a little about Malone today, and recently refused to appear “Last dance“It’s always in Salt Lake City that we find him today to take care of young jazz interiors. The role with a shortened working time that lets him continue to chase the game and walk on a large cube.
There was just from his “factor” truck to receive the famous hall of the celebrity. That day, in tears, Moved the whole basketball planet.
Record
MVP: 1997, 1999
Festive person : 14 times
MVP has an all-old game: 1989, 1993
Olympic champion : 1992, 1996
All-NBA first team : 11 times
All-defensive first team : 1997, 1998, 1999
All-Rookie Team : 1986
Number of career points: 36.928 (2. in history)
Median career : 25 points, 10.1 RBD, 3.5 PDS / M
2025-07-24 12:15:00
