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Malone gives HOF jack to little boy in wheelchair

Discussion in 'NBA Dish' started by durvasa, Aug 15, 2010.

  1. durvasa

    durvasa Contributing Member

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    Malone gives HOF jacket to little boy in wheelchair

    http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/halloffame10/news/story?id=5462059

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    SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- The Mailman delivered again.

    Karl Malone will go home with a spot in Hall of Fame. Unlike the other inductees, though, he'll go without his Hall of Fame jacket.

    The sports coat with the Hall of Fame logo now belongs to a young boy in a wheelchair, who watched as Malone and the other new members of the Hall of Fame class took questions and posed for pictures Friday.

    "I told him when he graduates from high school he will have a jacket to wear," Malone said.

    The coat didn't exactly fit to begin with. The sleeves were well short on his arms and so tight that Malone joked maybe it was supposed to be fellow inductee Scottie Pippen's.

    "My 12-year-old daughter couldn't get into it," Malone said, laughing.

    The former Utah Jazz star wondered what he would do with the jacket anyway.

    "Put it in some closet and years from now blow the dust off of it, light up a cigar, and look at it?" he said. "This little boy will do something with it. I loved that I did it."

    A Hall of Fame spokesman said he didn't know the boy's name.
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  2. Prince

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    good thing he didn't get a ring cuz he'll jsut give it to a street bum.
     
  3. Fuzzybear

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    And all he was left with was an ass.
     
  4. DallasThomas

    DallasThomas Contributing Member

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    Such a selfless human being...
     
  5. swyyyguy

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    classy move by malone.
     
  6. Shaud

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    Good move from Karl.
     
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    Surprised he didn't bear hug then elbow the kid on his way out.
     
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  9. Steve_Francis_rules

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    Nice gesture, but he's still a scumbag.
     
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  10. pradaxpimp

    pradaxpimp Contributing Member

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    Did he kick the kid in the nuts as he was giving him?

    From what I recall, that was his signature move.
     
  11. LongTimeFan

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    Classy move on Malone's part.
     
  12. Nice Rollin

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    Or he couldve gave it to his REAL son...you know? the one he ignores and doesnt support
     
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  13. emjohn

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    Classy move.
     
  14. tinywang

    tinywang Contributing Member

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    nice thread title.
     
  15. QdoubleA

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    Haha that's what I was thinking, why shorten "jacket"? Anyway, Karl Malone is a douchy child molester and no amount of self gratifying jacket donation will change that.
     
  16. cuddie

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    At least get to know the boy's name. As it is now, it seems like he's just doing it for the sake of feeling good about himself since he doesn't need the jacket. Could me my disliking of him but I dunno.
     
  17. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Or his real Daughter who he basically denied existed even though she looked just like him. What a tool.
     
  18. DontTradeOswalt

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    If this goes on ebay, T-Mac will buy!!!!!
     
  19. jo mama

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    is that the one from when he was in college and impregnated a 13 year old girl?

    these days we call that rape, btw. malone should have gone to jail.
     
  20. juicystream

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    Good job by Malone. Still a long way to go to repent for all his elbows and bear hugs.

    I still hate you Karl Malone. And not just a little.
     

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