Malone is one of the best power forwards in the NBA. He can be said to be omnipotent. He has been named to the first team 11 times and has been named MVP twice. His total career score is close to 37,000 points. With his long career and unparalleled durability, he can be said to be. The best evergreen in NBA history.
Karl Malone Let’s not talk about his character, let’s talk about his internal strength. He is also a historical T1 super giant. He has never missed a few games in his career, is second in total points in history, and was the league’s number one power forward at the time.
The finals almost forced the basketball god Jordan to the tiebreaker level. The hard power cannot be ignored at all. Moreover, Karl Malone has a tough character and a sense of loyalty. On the court, he specializes in attacking key players on the opposite side.
But most of all, he is shameless, dirty, vile, and despised. Even his own fans despise his character. Whatever Malone does on and off the field is outrageous, so not having a championship may be the best punishment for him.
On the court, Malone was extremely dirty and deliberately elbowed his opponent many times. The assassin was hit by his elbow during a layup, causing his eyebrow bone to burst and the bleeding to continue. In the end, he needed 40 stitches. However, Malone was only suspended for 1 game and fined 10,000 US dollars.
(The scar on the assassin’s left eyebrow is still clearly visible after more than 20 years)
Some people are curious why Malone elbowed Thomas?
explain In the 1991-92 season, Stockton entered the Dream Team, and Isaiah Thomas lost the selection.
In order to prove that the national team coaching staff is blind, when Jazz played an away game in Detroit for the first time after the news came out, Thomas always deliberately disgusted Stockton, such as maliciously stealing the ball from his hand and insisting on hitting it on his head. After scoring, Malone did nothing. Later, Jazz returned to the home court and Thomas continued to do so. As a result, Malone rushed up and elbowed him in the face. Thomas reportedly received 40 stitches.
is not just an assassin, Malone's iron elbow also knocked down Jordan. While fighting for a rebound, he deliberately pushed his elbow down and hit Jordan hard in the face, causing Jordan to fall to the ground in pain. He was immediately taken off the court for treatment, but Malone didn't even get a foul.
(Jordan couldn't even open his eyes for a long time)
and the opposing general hit the opponent's back of the head with an elbow, causing the general to shock on the spot, and after taking off, he deliberately kicked Duncan , but he did not commit a late foul. .
(The general went into shock on the spot)
(Flying Duncan)
If it was just bad behavior on the field, Malone would not be spurned by the fans and his teammates would turn against him. Malone's behavior off the field was outrageous, and he was even despised by his own fans.
Malone had three illegitimate children off the court, but he dared not take it seriously. He refused to admit it and refused to pay alimony. The alimony of US$200 a month at that time was not worth mentioning for a superstar like Malone, but Malone still continued to argue with the victim and threatened his personal safety.
Among them, Ma Long 17 years old had a pair of twins but never took care of them.
What's more, when Malone was 20 years old, he got a 13-year-old girl pregnant, and then threatened the other party so that the other party did not dare to appeal to the court and refused to pay alimony. It was only after the court ruling that he reluctantly paid the monthly alimony of US$200. To be honest, if Malone were a current player, he might have become the prison ball king.
At the end of his career, Malone also had a notorious incident of harassing his teammates' wives. The content is too crude, so I decided to illustrate it with pictures instead of explaining it in words.
As a married woman, Malone harassed his teammates’ wives in the name of his son, and used shameless and obscene language many times.
I spent a year in high school in Salt Lake City, so among the friends I know, I have the most jazz fans.
Even in the Utah Jazz, there are many fans who despise Malone and even disdain his character.
didn't understand these periods when he was young, and expressed regret for Malone's 0 championships in his career. The fact that his illegitimate daughter finally won the WNBA championship was the best irony for Malone.
Finally, I will not introduce the technical characteristics. Malone's early impact style was not good at the basket. He made all kinds of twists and turns for layups, and used Sigma step and small sky hooks. In the mid-term, he gradually improved the mid-range and reached the peak of data. Influenced by the original boss Dantley, He doesn't like to defend, but starts to pay attention to it in the mid-term. He hardly assists in defense and is very good in single defense.
's contemporaries, except for camp, almost no power forward can hit more than 50 in his hands. He also has support in the middle and late stages. This is one of the keys to the Jazz entering the finals. Generally speaking, talent is not enough. You have to work very hard the day after tomorrow, and the playing style is worth learning for ordinary people. The tall and strong can pull out to shoot, while the short and thin can just rely on hitting.
