It's Not Lame, It's The Ten Days Of Christmas. On The 7th Day Of Christmas, The Utah Jazz Gave To Me...
by Basketball John on Dec 17, 2010 1:09 AM MST
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...Malone Hall of Famer
The summer of 2010 ended an incredible Hall of Fame run for the Jazz. In 2008. Adrian Dantley finally got the much deserved call. In 2009, Coach Jerry Sloan and John Stockton entered Springfield together. And finally, in 2010, Karl Malone followed those two and received basketball's highest honor. We won't talk about what (or where) he was doing to cause him to have to wait another year to enter the HOF.
As soon as he called it a career, the 5-year timer started. The waiting period was a mere formality for the Mailman.
- 36,928 points (2nd all-time)
- 9,787 FTs (1st), 13,188 FTAs (1st). Had he only worked his FT% to 60% (an improvement from the 49% his rookie year), he would have missed out on almost 1,900 points. He still would have been the second all-time leading scorer though.
- 14,968 rebounds (6th all-time)
- 5,248 assists (44th all-time, 3rd for forwards)
- 2,085 steals (10th all-time)
- Out of a possible 1,434 games that he played for the Jazz, he missed exactly 9 games. That's 99.37%. 3 of games were due to suspension.
- 2 MVPs
- 11 All-NBA 1st teams.
- 14-time All-star (2 MVPs)
- 3 All-NBA Defensive 1st Teams
- 11 consecutive seasons with at least 2,000 points
- 2 NBA Finals appearances
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I don't really blame him
Its not like he had this big decision and took his talents to LA. I really couldn’t see Malone in Utah without Stockton anyway. So i don’t blame him…
But it is best if we forget that stopover the last attempt.
by Evans Almighty on Dec 17, 2010 8:44 AM MST up reply actions
The Mailman gave us so much, I too can forgive his year in L.A.
The man deserved a title, and it wasn’t gonna happen in Utah. I would have preferred that he stayed and went for the all-time scoring record here, but I’m not at all mad at him for that quick stop over to the dark side.
I personally blame Mark Jackson. Not just for Stockton’s retirement and Malone’s defection, for everything bad that ever happened. Global warming? It’s all that hot air coming out of Mark Jackson’s mouth. The financial crisis? It’s all the fault of people like Mark Jackson, who make million of dollars despite being total a-holes. It’s foolproof Mark-Jackson-proof logic.
Once he came to a Burger King grand opening in Cache Valley...
Me and my friend got there at 6:00 am and waited at the doors to ensure that we would be the first to see him, I was about 12 at the time. When he arrived about 1:00 pm and found out we had waited that long, he bought us lunch and and we sat at a table and ate with him while he talked to us. I’ll never forget it.
By the way, I don't know why I added .com to the end of that. My fingers just did it and pushed enter before I could stop them.
But I think I may have just created a new catchphrase.
The more you try to erase me, the more that I appear.
the swarm is awesome.org
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Really, I'm totally not lonely or anything . . .
by AllThatJazzBasketball on Dec 17, 2010 3:37 PM MST up reply actions
Karl Malone,
The King of the Jungle. A man amongst boys. The special delivery himself. The destroyer of universes. The elbow of God (just ask Isiah).
Mad respect for him and stock. My only regret is that I wasn’t born sooner so I could have appreciated what they meant to basketball a little longer. I always loved them but it wasn’t until their twilight years that I really understood how they changed the game.
God Bless them both and Larry H. Miller for getting him here.
For the Love of the Game
Stockton to Malone- The perfect combination!!
"I think he just said, 'Oh my Gosh,' or whatever they say in Provo."- ESPN talking about QB. Max Hall after BYU defeated third ranked Oklahoma (2009).
MonSTARZ forever!
Karl Malone > nearly everything
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Really, I'm totally not lonely or anything . . .
by AllThatJazzBasketball on Dec 17, 2010 3:38 PM MST reply actions 1 recs
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