92. David Robinson's Preview of Wrestlemania In April of 1998, Malone was suspended yet again for a flagrant elbow. This time, the victim was former MVP and sportsman of the year David Robinson of the San Antonio Spurs. Malone was fined $5,000 and suspended for one game, which, incredibly, ended his streak of consecutive starts at 543. That's right, despite all the vicious elbows and knees he had thrown over the years, the NBA had not suspended Malone since the Isiah incident. Obviously, Malone was feeling entitled. The league would let him get away with anything. Well, almost. The Utah Jazz clinched the division title with a win over San Antonio that night, thanks to some "heroics" from Karl Malone. According to the Associated Press: (AP) -- David Robinson was knocked unconscious and suffered a concussion after being hit in the head by Karl Malone's elbow 2 1/2 minutes into Wednesday night's San Antonio-Utah game in which the Jazz beat the Spurs 98-88. Robinson was revived after about two minutes following the first-quarter collision [...] and was escorted from the floor to the locker room. [...] Robinson was guarding Malone near the basket when the Utah forward received a pass from John Stockton. As Malone turned toward the basket, his left elbow caught Robinson on the right side of the head. Robinson immediately dropped to the floor, without breaking his fall with his hands or arms. [...] Robinson was was called for a foul on the play. Yes, you read that right: Robinson was was called for the foul! As one NBA fan wrote, "This is the NBA, and it's not so important what happened as who did it. If that was J.R. Reid, he'd be back in Europe. But it was the Mailman, so he'll probably get away scot free." The NBA has rules involving elbows; in fact, elbows are mentioned in three different places in the rules, one stating that an elbow which makes contact above shoulder level is grounds for immediate ejection. Of course, this is the NBA and they love Karl Malone, so instead of ejecting Malone, they blamed Robinson for getting in the way. As his limp body was falling to the floor he was assessed a blocking foul -- evidently it's not legal to hit Malone's flying elbow with your head. A brilliant bit of strategy by Malone, who seems to confuse the NBA with his beloved pro wrestling and is never corrected by the league. When the game is important enough, put the other team's best player in the hospital! Watch for Yourself Was this an "accidental" elbow? Or was Malone practicing for pro wrestling? Eddie Sefko of the Houston Chronicle charitably called it a "wild elbow." Avery Johnson said, "He should be suspended. You saw the replay. Two plus two equals four." Of course, only some people saw the replay. Jazz officials refused to allow the replay to be shown in the stadium on the big screens. Obviously, they were afraid that even Jazz fans would turn against Malone. In an ESPN poll, only 29.8% of respondents though it was an accident. Robinson himself forgave Malone, which was very Christian of him, since he seemed to believe the blow was intentional. On the Clutch BBS, Flapjacker wrote: "I usually feel that anti-Jazzers are the biggest whiners around, but this case is different. [...] David Robinson had reached around to strip a pass to Malone. After the ball had been stripped, Malone did the usual "shooting motion" in order to draw the shooting foul. However, his right hand was still at waist level where Robinson had hacked it, the ball was three feet away, and Malone spun and followed through with "shooting motion" wherein he swung his non-shooting elbow around at head level with full force and smacked Robinson in the back of the head. It's hard to gauge intent, but Malone needs at least a one game suspension for this." Hakeem Olajuwon said after the incident, "You can go all the way back to college. He's always played that way." Olajuwon was playing for the University of Houston when Rice University center Dave Ramer had his career ended by an "inadvertant" Malone elbow. In that incident, which ended Ramer's career, Malone's coach had to force him to apologize to Ramer as he writhed on the floor in agony. Malone says he apologized to Robinson after the game. I wonder if Jerry Sloan had to force him.
93. Brent Price and Matt Bullard: Pretty White Boys Shouldn't Complain Houston guard Brent Price accused Malone of attempting to injure him. Batt Bullard beautician "I hope he doesn't think I'm pretty."
94. "He's nothing but a big old crybaby. I'd just sit him down and look him in the eye. He cried without even getting a whupping." -- Shirley Turner, Karl's mother "Mom, do you know who this guy is? This is Karl Malone." -- from a Karl Malone story (Went to www.karlmalonedirect.com for these 2 quotes.)
95. Jazz fans agreed Malone suck. I now officially hate Karl Malone. He sold out to the Lakers, just as Gary Payton did as well. Both players should have stayed with their respective teams instead of joining a team in which will knock good players onto the bench. The easy way to win a championship when you are Payton or Malone........is, of course, to go to the Lakers. Sell outs!
96. Karla Sucks, even Jazz people knew it. http://espn.go.com/oly/news/2001/1218/1297793.html Mailman won't carry torch into opening ceremony SALT LAKE CITY -- Despite his public lobbying, Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone won't be carrying the Olympic torch into Rice-Eccles Stadium for the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Games. Malone said last week he had no desire to run the torch "across the desert somewhere for a tenth of a mile." He added: "Running into the Olympic stadium, now that means something." Apparently, it means more to Malone than to Olympic organizers. <B> "Karl will not be part of the opening ceremonies," said Salt Lake Organizing Committee spokeswoman Caroline Shaw. </B> Shaw said Malone was never considered for a role in the Feb. 8 opening ceremonies. SLOC, however, remains in discussion with Malone's agent about carrying the torch somewhere on the route, Shaw said. Olympic officials also are talking to Jazz point guard John Stockton, she said. Malone's agent, Dwight Manley, last week said Malone had been asked to carry the torch in the opening ceremony. Manley also said Stockton would pass the torch off to Malone, much like he's been doing with the basketball for 16 years. Malone, who is in Miami for a game Tuesday night, was not immediately available for comment. The Olympic torch relay starts in Utah on Feb. 4 with a sunrise send-off in the desert at Arches National Park.
If you counted my 5 we'd actually be at 101. I guess Another Brother has me on his ignore list or something.
98. Karla Malone is very hipocritical about aggressive fouls. Just look at Boki blocking Malones shot cleanly and getting angry about it. However, Karl would have done the same thing, maybe worse.
You skipped 99, Nautic, so #100: He sucks! He is the dirtiest, dumbest, biggers piece of crap. He is the epitome of a jackass. He is the biggest cheater in the NBA. I destest him!
These guys are tested all the time, right? I mean, there's no way Krazy Karl could be on the juice Man he acts like the few people I know who are.
i kno this is going past the 100 mark but damit im pissed #101. For LA ending our season largly due to the part of the mail man i mean ASS MAN
i hate karl malone as a player, jut b/c hes from utah. didnt you notice that once he came out of utah be act black now.he was a black cowboy stuck in utah hahahaha
