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LOS ANGELES -- If Karl Malone decides to play again, it probably will be for the San Antonio Spurs, according to Malone and his agent.
Malone will make an announcement about his future before the All-Star break. The All-Star Game is Feb. 20 in Denver.
"If he would choose to play, the likeliest candidate would be the Spurs, which is a team he almost played for a year and a half ago," Dwight Manley said Monday. "He's already basically retired because he's not playing. That would be a big step for him, to essentially come out of quasi-retirement and play.
"There are two possibilities. He's leaned toward staying where he already is. Where he goes forward, only he knows. He'll say that real soon. I'm not in the job of speculating. It's out of my hands. It's going to be what it's going to be."
Manley said that Malone, who underwent knee surgery last summer, is healthy and works out every day, but has not been playing basketball.
The forward stopped in San Antonio to meet with Tim Duncan( The Traitor) and coach Gregg Popovich, The San Antonio Express-News reported in Sunday's editions.
"Me and my wife [Kay] will meet [Sunday] and have a decision by the end of the week," Malone told The Riverside Press-Enterprise. "It was a good meeting with Tim and Gregg and it's exactly what I thought it would be. There was no fakeness. I got straight-up answers."
Malone was en route to his home in California from his Arkansas Ranch.
The 41-year-old Malone is the second-leading scorer in NBA history, 1,459 points behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Malone played 18 seasons for Utah before joining the Lakers for the 2003-2004 season at a greatly reduced salary, saying he wanted to win a championship before retirement.
He missed 39 games last season after injuring his right knee, and was hurt again during the playoffs, missing the last three games of the NBA Finals, all of which the Lakers lost to the Detroit Pistons.
Malone opted out of his $1.65 million contract following last season, making him a free agent. He and his family live in nearby Newport Beach.
"He's got to decide if he wants to play, if the juice is there," Popovich said before the Spurs beat the Los Angeles Lakers 103-91 on Feb. 3.
"He's somebody we've been interested in for a couple of years. He's a leader -- he's got the whole package. I thought he did a great job in the playoffs last year."
Malone was a key factor in the Lakers' victories over the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals and the Minnesota Timberwolves in the conference finals.
Manley said in October that his client wasn't ready to play, but if he returned, it would only be with the Lakers.
That changed late last year after Malone was accused by Kobe Bryant of making a pass at his wife. Malone, through Manley, denied the accusation and apologized to Bryant and his wife for any remarks she might have considered inappropriate.
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Another misleading thread from Jim. This is the same story that's been circulating since Saturday and the same story that has already been dissected on this board and countless others.
And you wonder why I can't stand you.
If Malone is still hunting for "little Mexican girls", then SA is the place for him, anyway.
It was just posted at 6:24 CST, you stupid .
Not the same story at all.
I never wondered why you could not stand me anyway,(I could care less) because if we have anyone in here that nobody can stand, it is you.
Name one element of this story that someone didn't already know.
Really, the Spurs met with Malone? Are you serious?
He's leaning towards playing? No ?!
He'll make an announcement before the All-Star game? How did you know?
Didn't I read the same info in the Mike Monroe article earlier this morning?
Blow me.
you ass, you beat me to the punch jim
What a damn farce. If he can bring the type of effort he did last season and be a good presence in the lockerroom then fine, but what was so hard about making a decision about this before the season started?
Well, Walton go tell ESPN that they were scooped then, because they just posted this tonight.
There is a lot of new info and different info than what the Monroe article had. If you do not want to read this article, THAN DON'T READ THIS ONE!!!!
You stupid .
I just don't see how making this decision is so hard. Malone is just buying time.
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