For the Karl Malone Haters

[ploto]

I know this is not directly Spurs-related, but many Spurs fans hate Malone, and I thought you would enjoy this story:

I remember one night we were playing Utah and Karl Malone, every time Terry Porter would pass the screen, Malone would (throw out his elbows and hit Porter in the jaw on the way by). Third quarter, Porter goes by Karl again, Malone sticks that wing out there and Porter (hits him with a short right jab to the groin). Malone drops like a rock. The ref didn't see it. The next pick Malone set he kept those arms (and elbows) in. Terry was slick about it. He didn't wind up. He just tapped him. Just rang the little bell and Malone dropped."

http://www.torontosun.com/Sports/Bas...34114-sun.html

On the night in question Karl Malone, the Utah Jazz legend, was setting illegal screens that too often ended with Malone's elbow in the face of Terry Porter, Mitc 's Minnesota Timberwolves teammate. Pleas to the referees went unheeded and soon enough, Porter's fist was planted in the Mailman's sub-drawstring.

"Terry didn't hit him hard ... You ain't got to hit `em hard. All you've got to do is graze `em ... Just tap `em. Just ring the little bells," said Mitc . "And Karl Malone just dropped. He was screaming, `Ahh! He hit me in the balls! He hit me in the balls!'

"The next pick Karl Malone set ... he kept those arms in. I'm telling you, there's things you can do."

http://www.thestar.com/Sports/article/273853

[exstatic]

I always thought Malone was nothing more than a bully, and this proves it. Bullies always back down when challenged. If this had been a real tough guy like Maurice Lucas, Porter would have been eating teeth from an elbow placed even higher then next time.

[Walter Craparita]

Spurs are so dirty!

[whottt]

I always thought Malone was nothing more than a bully, and this proves it. Bullies always back down when challenged. If this had been a real tough guy like Maurice Lucas, Porter would have been eating teeth from an elbow placed even higher then next time.

IF the fact that Malone wanted no part of Shawn Bradley after Bradley leveled him in the 01 playoffs didn't reveal this...


And DRob owned him for the rest of his career defensively after that elbow too.

[Slomo]

[Budkin]

Thank God Malone never won a ring... dirty .

[porscha]

Karl Malone before
Stoudewhiner now

[sendman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gb3E8ElC2U

[timvp]

With how Malone played under pressure, Porter must have had good aim.

[Dre_7]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gb3E8ElC2U

Hey Suns fans!! Watch this video. Notice the benches during the altercation!! Excellent job by the asst coaches and players on the bench.

[gospursgojas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gb3E8ElC2U

Malone can't take his block like a man

[whottt]

With how Malone played under pressure, Porter must have had good aim.

This classic shouldn't go unquoted

[kris]

With how Malone played under pressure, Porter must have had good aim.

Wait what are you implying?

[DR WU]

Spurs are so dirty!

Rope-a-dope...dummy!