Top 100 reasons, Why I Hate K. Malone!!

oh yeah i dont like kenyon martin either pretty damn arrogant guy, but didnt he try to clothsline malone last season? i gave him props for that,

 

74. Becoz he got tainted by the RING (gollum)

 

75. Because he uses double negatives.

 

76. Because he keeps proving Jimmy Kimmel's skit so funny...

 

77. Because he ruined Rogaine's reputation as a product that actually worked.

 

79. he passed down his genes.

 

80. for this lame move I've seen him do about 4 times this series

 

81. because the trailer trash represented our country in the olympics

82. because this 'warrior', won't play in the olympics because he doesn't want to go to countries with anti-american sentiments. good riddance, stupid hypocrite.

 

83.
The Early Years: The Ramer Incident
When Karl Malone was still in college, he threw an elbow that sent Rice center Dave Ramer to the hospital and ended his career.

From the December 6, 1984 Washington Post:

Rice junior center Dave Ramer will undergo reconstructive surgery Friday in Houston to repair multiple injuries suffered in what Coach Tommy Suitts says was an intentional elbowing incident in Monday's game against Louisiana Tech. Ramer has a depressed cheekbone, fractures above and below his right eye socket and a collapsed sinus after the incident involving Louisiana Tech's Karl Malone.

Malone had gone up for a rebound and came down swinging his elbows. Ramer was unfortunate enough to be in the same area code. The blow shattered Ramer's cheekbone, and he went down screaming in pain. Malone just looked at him and walked away. Malone's coach was so appalled by Malone's behavior that he went out on the court and told Malone to go back and show some decency and concern. Let me repeat that for emphasis:

Malone's coach made him go back out on the court and act like he cared.

It was obvious that he didn't. Malone muttered a forced apology, but of course Ramer was in no condition to hear it.

Ramer never played basketball again. Amazingly, instead of going to jail or being sued, Malone went on to the NBA and his career flourished. But he didn't stop sending people to the hospital.

 

84.
Lewis Lloyd and the Forehead from Hell
A few years later, in the NBA, Malone struck again in a game against the Rockets in Utah. Lewis Lloyd grabbed a rebound, and as he was falling out of bounds, Malone took a step backwards to deliberately floor him with a malicious elbow. Lloyd got stitches, Malone didn't even get a foul called on him.

Even then the refs protected him.

 

85.
Playboy Interview
Playboy, April 1989, p. 80.

Karl Malone was interviewed in Playboy magazine shortly after the Isiah Thomas incident. Malone said he enjoyed pushing the refs till he got away with something and then pushing to see what he could get away with, and then, when they let him get away with something, he would push again to try to get away with more. He pushed and pushed, and the refs gave and gave, until the league created somone very dangerous. (The choice of the word "dangerous," by the way, is not mine -- it a word chosen by journalists like Eddie Sefko and players like Avery Johnson.)

Yes, the man is talented and an amazing athlete. But he is also a dangerous, arrogant b*stard, and without the protection of the refs and the NBA he would never be an MVP, and would probably not be an all-pro.

 

86.

Sidney Moncrief

After a game in which Malone sent Atlanta Hawk Sidney Moncrief sprawling,
according to Sports Illustrated, fellow Hawk, Dominique Wilkins stung the
Mailman with a rebuke, to this effect: "You're a cheap-shot artist. You're
not a man. You always go out there to hurt somebody smaller than you."

This would become a recurring theme in Malone's career.

 

87.

Donyell Marshall
On April 9, 1998, Karl Malone ended Donyell Marshall's season when an "inadvertant" knee broke Marshall's rib. As poor Donyell lay in agony on the floor, visions of Dave Ramer must have played in Malone's head. But unlike Malone's college coach, Jerry Sloan had no sympathy for the mauled victim. He rushed out on the court to moan at the officials, claiming Marshall had been playing illegal defense. According to the Associated Press:

(AP) -- On Tuesday night, Golden State forward Donyell Marshall broke a rib when he was accidentally kneed by Malone, who scored an NBA season-high 56 points in the game.

The next night, Malone attacked David Robinson.

So that's Malone's secret of success -- win an important game by disabling the opponent's best player, and score a lot of points by injuring the defender! Oh, I misstated it: Marshall broke his own rib (note the use of passive voice in the AP story: "Donyell Marshall broke a rib"), and according to Malone-loving officials, Robinson illegally hit Malone's elbow with his head. I'm surprised they didn't call "3 Seconds" or "Delay of Game" on Robinson, as well, as he lay senseless on the floor!

No wonder so many people hate the Jazz.

 

88.

The Flopmeister

Best Actor -- Karl Malone

I'm not an S/E, so it blows my mind how a 256-pound power forward can be brushed by a 185-pound point guard and go flying 20 feet into the seats or how air molecules can cause a personal foul. Somehow, the Mailman creates such situations and wins the hearts and minds of coddling refs everywhere. He should win more Academy Awards than Jerry Maguire for his tremendous performance this past year.

Eddie Johnson said, " He's been flailing his whole career. That's why he's always at the foul line. He's falling on the floor, flailing his arms."

Brent Price said, "They [Stockton and Malone] are both pretty good actors. They might want to go to Hollywood adfter their careers." Price, 6'1" and listed charitably at 190 pounds, continued, "Look at my size. I can't really knock Karl Malone down, I don't think, even if I was going full speed and he was just standing there."

 

89.

Joe Kleine: "He Needed a Little Plastic Surgery"
On April 27, 1999, yet another player had to be carried from the court needing plastic surgery after a run in with Malone. Fortunately, this time Malone only broke Joe Kleine's nose.

The AP reported the incident:

SUNS ENHANCE THEIR PLAYOFF CHANCES WITH ROUGH WIN AT UTAH

(AP) - Jason Kidd was so ill, he felt like throwing up on the court. Joe Kleine's nose was so battered, he needed plastic surgery after the game. But after beating the Utah Jazz on their home floor, the Phoenix Suns never felt better. Kidd had 19 points, 12 assists and seven rebounds as the revved-up Suns, spurred by a series of physical confrontations with Karl Malone, beat the Jazz, 99-85, Monday night. Utah lost at home for just the third time this season, while the Suns, who still have a shot at the fifth playoff seed in the West, won their third straight and ninth in their last 12. Phoenix ended up winning the war even though Kleine -- who had his face bloodied and his lip split by a Malone elbow -- looked like a casualty. "Joe's getting plastic surgery right now," his coach Danny Ainge said afterward. "It's all right. He needed a little plastic surgery."

At least Danny could laugh about it. Joe was in the hospital.

 

90.

The Tag team of Shawn Bradley and Don Nelson

On Thursday, January 6, 2000,

1/6/2000 Shawn Bradley left the game midway through the 3rd quarter with an abdominal contusion after being kneed by Karl Malone, but returned to action in the 4th quarter.


The next day, the NBA fined Don Nelson $10,000 and suspended him for 1 game for bumping the ref and his confrontation with Karl Malone following his ejection in Thursday's game vs Utah where he was complaing about Malone kneeing Shawn Bradley. Malone was also fined $10,000 for the confrontation with Nelson and for throwing an elbow at Bradley earlier in the game.

 

91.

Another similar incident involved Bill Cartwright breaking a bone in
Hakeem Olajuwon's face several years ago. no one complained about that
because it was OBVIOUSLY an accident, Cartwright did not have a history of
crippling people, and an accident like that was understandable with
Cartwright since he was a bit clumsy. Malone is not. He is quite agile and
quick on his feet. Add that to the

By the way, I personally feel that throwing illegal elbows (called or not)
on a regular basis is dirty, even if it's just to gain an advantage. But
that's just me. Another reason to prefer the college game, I guess.

It's pretty sickening, really. The double-standard in the NBA gets worse
every year. What's really troubling is that many people will believe Malone
when he says it wasn't intentional. Why? Because he does it all the time. I
can't remember a worse incident, but Malone is one of the NBA's worst at
swinging elbows. He's gotten away with it almost every time, so this next
step is excused as well. But look at that replay again and put Askins or
Oakley in Malone's shoes. No way was that "incidental" contact. (Brian Harper)



Malone said after Monday night's incident that it wasn't intentional. "What am I supposed to do, not shoot?" he said.


>So what evidence do you have of the incidents being intentional?

For starters, did you see the elbow he threw later in the game into
Tim Duncan's back? No way that wasn't intentional. As for the
other incident, I'd say the fact that Malone's normal mode of
operation when he gets the ball in a crowd near the basket is to
start swinging his elbows is evidence enough. (Toni Morgan)

Watch any utah game. People are scared of him. It amazes me how
malone gets so many fouls called, yet many people are afraid to get near
him. And who can blame them? What makes the malone elbow so dangerous
is how he throws it. It is simliar to a bear clawing a human. It would
not be so bad if malone threw a regular elbow, but malone's elbows are
really more like punches, with the joint taking the place of the fist.
You can see him wind his arm back(or forward I guess) to build up more
force when he throws it. How can he say that is then unintentional?
What is he trying to do when he "sets up" his elbow? check to see if
he's wearing deodorant?

If stern, thorne, or the league wants to retain its credibility they
need to send this clown a message. My solution may sound rash, but what
else can be done? I think they should suspend malone for the REST OF THE
SEASON, INCLUDING PLAYOFFS. Some may disagree with this, but can we
allow ourselves to tolerate this kind of behavior? And then have him
lie about it after games? (Michael Bearden)





The Jazz as a team has been overly physical for a while. Stern wants to
>> protect the coaches but he better show some concern for the players who
>> actually do combat every day. I mean, come on, first he knocks out Robinson
>> with a very high elbow, then he throws more elbows THE SAME GAME, one to (IMHO)
>> his successor to the best power forward in the game, Tim Duncan. Commissioner
>> Stern correctly tried to send Sprewell packing after attacking PJ then
>> returning to do it again, so lets stop Malone, MVP or not, before he eliminates
>> another superstar before the playoffs.

Earrow wrote: "Don't hold your breath. I haven't seen any evidence in the
>media of anyone calling Malone out for his foul play. Malone is the
>"Magic Bullet" of the NBA. Everyone turns a blind eye to the reality of
>his physics."


And Utah has been one of the "dirtiest" physical teams around for
a while. Malone plays more "thug-ball" than I've seen anywhere...
including some of the blacktop lots in the cities.

I'm constantly amazed as I watch players like Malone and Mourning
get away with some blatantly cheap shots and fouls. But even Mourning
doesn't carry that with him off of the court.

The difference was right there in that San Antonio game. David Robinson
is a physical player, but he plays with respect for his fellow players and
with no intent to injure anybody. He is a great athlete and a great all
around person, IMO.

Malone talks trash at the press, pushes people out of his way and
does whatever it takes on the court to muscle his way to the basket,
even if it means injuring the players around him. He is a jerk, to the
bone.

The Mailman? I don't think so. I think I'd mark that guy "Return to Sender". (Scott Smith)