Better Career: Bill Walton or Karl Malone

[baseline bum]

So the consensus is that at their peaks Walton was the better player, but Malone had the better career? Take money out of the equation, and whose career would you have rather had? Both the 77 Blazers and 86 Celtics are seen as special teams, whereas Malone had a "full" career by virtue of being healthy.

I'd rather have Malone's because I wouldn't be a cripple.

[Sportstudi]

So, Robert Horry and Steve Kerr are better than Malone? Barkley? Stockton? Elgin Baylor?

Fixed it for you

[The Gemini Method]

If you take money out of the equation doesn't really fit the arguement. Karl Malone is arguably one of the top 3 at his position and if you ask anyone who has followed basketball closely over the past 30 years can have one of those, "oh Malone was a phenomenal player and had a tremendous career..." I doubt Walton evokes such passion. He isn't in the top-10 to have ever played the center position...However, I can see where there are similarities because each player comes with their own set of "but" with their careers. Karl Malone was an exceptional PF but...couldn't win the big prize. Bill Walton was a good C but...was too injury ravaged to sustain a career.