If anyone was watching the spurs lakers game 4 and duncan asked to come out because of his chest and the announcers saying possibly for a rebound not sure if that was the case. Two or three plays earlier malone tried driving the lane and was stripped and of course went into his flying crane technique and his knee was chest high and duncan was right underneath the basket and the collision occured. Now i stopped watching the game a little bit after duncan asked to be taking out cuz i cant stand to watch the lakers winning, but did tnt try to show what really happen or was it just a mystery still to them? Did anyone else catch this, the cameras didnt focus too much on the flying karla because it was a potential fast break for the spurs but seriously why doesnt this league take any sort of action on this guy, i really hope like pop has like kevin willis come in and just foul him hard time and time again and end his career without a ring
That dirty old man elbowed Duncan in the ribs, he was elbowing him with one arm and trying to get the rebound with the other. Seriously how is it possible for Malone to be that big and yet play so soft, he charges in but falls over when touched. Fisher is annoying too, Vlade is just sort of funny to watch.
That's one of the reasons why this series is so interesting. The whiniest player in the league against the dirtiest player in the league.
HAHAHAHA....that's funny as hell man. Did you see Horry smack Karla's hand from behind and prevent an easy dunk? That was sweet.
I was tempted to start a new thread for the following rant, but then I remembered that this one still existed so it wouldn't be so bad to just add to it my two cents. Holy hell I can't stand this guy. Has there ever been a player with his body and frame who played in such a dainty and ridiculous manner? It's not NORMAL for 6'9 power forwards to look like they're dancing when they get anywhere near the paint. And this guy, despite his size, seems AWFULLY easy to knock down as he seems to fall when contact is merely IMPLIED with another player. Well, that is, unless he's throwing an elbow or a shoulder into an unsuspecting player thus risking injury to others (see, oh hell, I don't have the space on this BBS to make a list). Karl Malone is NOT one of the greatest power forwards ever. Statistically, he is. He's a fantastic shooter, and had to develop that--congratulations. But this is a guy who has benefited from the system he played in since he began his career in Utah. Why does he not get nearly the touches that he used to? BECAUSE he's just not that good anymore. Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neal, even the fading Gary Payton have become more potent threats. Karl is just latching onto their collective legs and hoping he doesn't drag them away from a seemingly-inevitable title. I hate Karl Malone. I hate everything the guy does on the floor. I hate this flopping, jump-shooting falling down leg-kicking player-inuuring no-good ******* prick of a player. Sometimes I almost find myself rooting for the Lakers only to see him check back into the game and feeling this overwhelming feeling of hatred and anger for him. I hope he NEVER gets a ring.
slcrocket: "Karl Malone is NOT one of the greatest power forwards ever. Statistically, he is. [...] I hate Karl Malone. I hate everything the guy does on the floor. I hate this flopping, jump-shooting falling down leg-kicking player-inuuring no-good ******* prick of a player. Sometimes I almost find myself rooting for the Lakers only to see him check back into the game and feeling this overwhelming feeling of hatred and anger for him. I hope he NEVER gets a ring." Tell us what you really think! I agree 100% as you might guess from my Karl Malone is a Menace web page. Karla will finish as the top scorer in NBA history if David Stern has to make free throws worth 10 points each to do it. Seriously, this guy has gotten more help from the league than Pamela Anderson did from her plastic surgeon! I will be updating my page very soon with info on his attacks on Nachbar and Martin. Does anyone have photos of them?
Don't have any of those attacks, but here's a good one from yesterday with the "double elbow" technique: Edit, here's one of him taking out Nachbar (thanks ayears!) http://bbs.smeggysmeg.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=389
Douche, noun, spelled d-o-u-c-h-e: A stream of water, often containing medicinal or cleansing agents, that is applied to a body part or cavity for hygienic or therapeutic purposes. Just spreading some culture on the board.
NEW YORK (AP) -- Los Angeles Lakers forward Karl Malone was fined $7,500 by the NBA on Monday for lowering his shoulder and knocking over Minnesota guard Darrick Martin in the Timberwolves' Game 2 win in the Western Conference finals. Malone was ejected for a flagrant foul Sunday night when he ran over Martin as the guard attempted to set a pick at midcourt with 2:31 left in Minnesota's 89-71 victory. What a mockery! What a cowardly decision!
Aldridge: NBA's preferential treatment for LA GIVE ME A BREAK (Malone got one) This is ridiculous. Not suspending Karl Malone for Game 3 for his elbow to Darrick Martin's noggin gives aid and comfort to every Looney Tunes wing-nut conspiracy theorist who thinks it's preordained that the Forum Blue and Gold will be the West's representative in the Finals. No fewer than two coaches and three personnel guys at the Detroit-Indiana series had the same reaction within seconds of hearing that the league was only fining Malone $7,500: You know who they want in the Finals. How can I counter that argument? Believe me, I want to. I know how hard the refs work, and when they do make mistakes, it's because they're human beings, not because they have a Nassau on the road team. I know the commish always points out that fixing games is a felony that would subject a lawyer such as himself to disbarment. But how on earth can Malone skate when the Kings' Anthony Peeler did the exact same thing to Kevin Garnett eight days ago, and (rightly) was deactivated for two games -- including the decisive Game 7 of the Minnesota-Sacramento series? I don't think Malone should have gotten two games, but he had to get one. Look, I love Karl Malone. He's one of the great players of all time and he's on the short list of the most decent people to have graced a court. He has almost always been generous with his time to most reporters. (He wouldn't talk before games sometimes, but if you waited him out after a game, you got really good stuff.) But what he did Sunday was vicious and unnecessary, with the game having long since been decided. It certainly looked like Malone was trying to either send a message for Game 3 or finish what had become a chippy fourth quarter for both teams. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't recall Martin instigating anything, and even if he did, he's a 6-foot, 190-pound guard. I would not feel so strongly about this if the league A) hadn't been so adamant over the years about condemning any contact above the shoulder, whether it came from a punch or an elbow. The league's various chieftans of discipline have all said the same thing: windup, contact and follow-through are a flagrant foul, subject to suspension. And even if there's some question about whether to suspend a guy, this brings me to B). The league always says that patterns of behavior are taken into account when disciplining players; i.e., if you do something once, you get disciplined X. You do something twice, you get disciplined X-plus. And so on. This escalating scale certainly seemed to be in place (correctly) with Dennis Rodman and Dikembe Mutombo. How many times over the years have we seen The Mailman hit somebody in the head? Isiah Thomas, Steve Nash, Brian Grant and David Robinson come to mind. Every time, Malone is utterly unrepentant, and that's his right. But the league shouldn't condone that kind of behavior. I'm sure if I called Stu Jackson, he'd give me a rational, detailed reason why Malone gets to be introduced by my man Lawrence Tanter at Staples on Tuesday in the starting lineup. But this time, I don't buy it. In this case, I'll believe my lying eyes. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs2004/columns/story?columnist=aldridge_david&id=1808516
