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still dont want malone
LA radio's reporting that Malone 's agent says Malone's pissed at Kobe and won't play for the Lakers.
Retire? Wolves? Spurs?
still dont want malone
WTF cares? is lakergod an alias for picnroll?
picnroll has been around since long before you have and is a respected poster. And I care.
I'd still take malone, as good as the spurs are playing, i wouldnt mind having a 4th quarter lineup that includes, duncan, malone, ginobili, and parker, I think that would help rid our problems of 4th quarter collapses, w/malone knockin down that mid-range jumper to free up duncan underneath
I vouch for picnroll any day of the week and twice on Sundays. He knows his stuff. LA Radio may be a different story.
The plot thickens on Malone. The controversy rears its ugly head...yet again.
no malone is good. i hate malone. keep him off of tv too please. if healthy, i don't know why he would turn down miami.
Screw Malone. I hope he retires.
Doing great at 16-3, the Spurs still have a lot of toughening and gelling to do.
Bringing in what is supposed to be a "big help" like Malone so late in the season, after the ASB could be very disruptive to team chemstry. At best, I bet he would not help the Spurs win any addtional games (assuming we get 60) And if a mobile Barry is having difficutlies, how much could a Malone, with a tender knee, pick up and fit in?
His help is too little, too questionable, too late.
Disagree. If Malone's willing to accept 18 minutes a game off the bench, sign his satanic ass up.
Karl Malone at 41 is better than Tony Massenburg at 37.
well, if he'd be willing to sign a 2 year contract, w/the 2nd year being our option, i think he'd help the spurs out alot, first off, we could trade malik, so we can free up some more money for scola and brown for next season
I don't mind Malone as a Spur. The reason is other than Malik who you can as a second big men.
Horry????? Massenburg????? NO!
A big man rotation of KG, Griffin and Malone trumps any big man rotation the Spurs can put on the floor. Frankly the addition of Griffin with his head screwed on right makes an end of game big man combo of KG and Griffin better than any the Spurs can put on the floor. Making up the difference at the other three positions is no certainty. I'd like Malone.
Oh no.
Did Manley actually say that Malone "won't play for the Lakers"? I understood that he said that Malone was upset with Kobe's comments and that it could possibly affect his decision.
Picnroll, did you hear Manley's comments? Or is this second-hand?
Malone is too old, hes gotta retire and smoke the cigar
Here's the whole story ... Karl Malone is a frickin' drama queen like I've never seen...
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=1940902
LOS ANGELES -- Karl Malone has ruled out a return to the Los Angeles Lakers because of comments made by Kobe Bryant in a radio interview, Malone's agent said Tuesday.
"Karl is furious," agent Dwight Manley said. "He felt very disrespected and betrayed after personally being the first to stand up for Kobe over the last year throughout his rape charge and all he went through."
Manley said remarks made by Bryant on Monday, coupled with what the agent called "recent personal attacks made in private," led Malone to his decision.
Asked if Malone might play elsewhere, Manley replied: "This certainly opens up that possibility."
Bryant told XTRA on Monday he didn't believe Malone, who is recovering from knee surgery, would come back to the Lakers, calling it "just intuition."
"It's not really fair to hold it over the guys' heads that are here," Bryant said. "The guys that we have here are working hard, practicing hard every day. It's kind of tough for them to be looking over their shoulder, wondering if he's going to come back and then everybody is going to disappear.
"They are here giving me 110 percent. It's really not fair for us to sit around and speculate how long this is going to go on. I mean, you can't sit up here and speculate for the remainder of the season whether or not he is going to come back. I mean, that's not fair to the guys that are working here."
John Black, the Lakers' public relations director, said the team would issue a statement later Tuesday.
Malone, 41, told the Lakers on Oct. 1 he was still recovering from arthroscopic surgery he underwent three months earlier on his right knee and wasn't ready to play. But he didn't rule out returning at some point this season or beyond.
Malone, the second-leading scorer in NBA history, opted out of his $1.65 million contract following last season, making him a free agent.
After playing 18 seasons for the Utah Jazz, Malone joined the Lakers before last season in search of his first championship. He took a pay cut of about $18 million to sign for $1.5 million.
"Karl sacrificed financially to come to L.A., he sacrificed personally," Manley said. "He put his name and reputation on the line, put his arm around Kobe and said he was a good kid, tried to be his friend, told people to give him the benefit of the doubt.
"And now, basically, to get stabbed in the back, that's how he feels. This has ended any possibility of Karl returning to the Lakers in any capacity."
Malone and Bryant live about six blocks apart in Newport Beach.
Manley said his client is fully recovered from knee surgery and 100 percent physically.
"Karl will have something to say, probably in the next month or so, about his future," Manley said. "It will likely be after the first of the year. I'm personally crossing my fingers that he decides to play."
Several teams, including San Antonio, Minnesota and Miami, expressed interest in Malone during the offseason.
While with the Lakers, Malone was one of the few players who was close with both Bryant and O'Neal. Bryant signed a $136.4 million contract last summer to remain with the Lakers while O'Neal was traded to Miami.
Malone played in 1,434 of a possible 1,444 regular-season games with the Jazz, but missed 40 games with the Lakers -- 39 after tearing a knee ligament Dec. 21 against Phoenix.
He returned in March and played a key role as the Lakers reached the NBA Finals before losing to the Detroit Pistons in five games.
Malone reinjured his knee in Game 2 of the finals, was limited in Games 3 and 4 and didn't play in Game 5. The Lakers lost the last three games.
Malone had played in 193 straight playoff games with the Jazz and Lakers before having to sit out the last game of the finals.
Considered one of the best power forwards in NBA history, Malone averaged a career-low 13.2 points and 8.7 rebounds in 42 games last season, leaving him with career averages of 25.0 points and 10.1 rebounds.
His 36,928 points in 1,476 games trails only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who finished his career with 38,387 points in 1,560 games.
If the Spurs sign The Human Halftime Special, they won't win the championship.
Book it.
I'm in the F* No Malone crowd too, but, if at the behest of minority Spurs owner David Robinson, Karl got "I'm David's " tattooed on his ass as a condition for employment, I'd welcome Karl to the Spurs, as a fan.Oh no.
I know this won't be a popular opinion but Kobe's right. How many teams were holding out during the offseason for a decision that never came and now the guys on the Lakers are playing and wondering if they're the next one to get cut/traded when Karl "feels like making a decision". Like Kori said - he's a friggin' drama queen.
Misti, I agree with you, Kobe didn't say anything wrong. He's just saying, Hey guys let's focus on what we know for sure. What's wrong with that?
I don't think Karl will play anywhere. I think he'll stay retired, but he loves to hear his name and will stretch out the drama for a few more months.
After the fact second hand Kori from people who heard Malone's agent on the radio. I have to think that for whatever reasons Kobe doesn't want Malone back and is submarining his return. Probably not a bad idea as the Lakers are going nowhere but at best a first round exit this year and Malone's not a player to build a future around. All the same Kobe demonstrating his leadership qualities and why the Lakers' are ed.
Fcuk Malone!
If you're counting on Malone to come through in the clutch, don't hold your breath. The dude always folds when it counts.i wouldnt mind having a 4th quarter lineup that includes, duncan, malone, ginobili, and parker, I think that would help rid our problems of 4th quarter collapses, w/malone knockin down that mid-range jumper to free up duncan underneath
The with Malone. I agree with Timvp - kiss a ring this year good-bye if the Spurs sign that .
im sorry, i guess i should count on rasho or malik in clutch time
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