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Name: karl malone.

English: karl malone

Location: f

Height: 2.06m/6ft 9in

Weight:113kg/250lbs

Birthday: 1963-07-24

Drafts: 1985, 1, 13.

School: Louisiana Tech: Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Lakers

Karl malone is the greatest No.4 player in history. He is worthy of the name, although he is more like a running forward on the football field than a basketball player. His physique and strength make it difficult for him to defend in the low post. He is also a good fast break player, with a deadly mid-range jumper. His career is full of glory: two MVPs, the total score is second only to the dog Jabbar: 36,928.

In the history of the whole league, he grabbed more rebounds and made more free throws than others. He was selected as one of the top 50 superstars and won two Olympic gold medals. Because of his unremitting contribution day after day, Malone got a famous nickname: postman.

Malone's name will always be associated with his comrade-in-arms, Utah Jazz point guard john stockton. The two of them formed the strongest and most lasting "guard forward" duo in NBA history. It is impossible to calculate how many points Malone got from stockton's wonderful pass, but it must be a huge number.

Stockton 1984 was selected by the Jazz, and Malone joined in the following year. In the following year 18, they fought side by side and staged an almost unstoppable pick-and-roll cooperation, which was a nightmare for the defenders. Stockton passed the ball to Malone endlessly, so that "stockton passed it to Malone" became an NBA motto.

"They are masters of reading competitions." Legendary coach Pat Riley commented at the end of his career: "They really understand this sport. This is a physical confrontation project. They are perfectly involved in physical confrontation on the court and are very tough; At the same time, they are experienced and know how to master tactics and game strategies. "

As a farm boy in Sumfield, Malone exceeded everyone's expectations. His hometown is a small town with only 200 people. Every summer, Malone devotes himself to the harsh pre-season training, which is the real secret of his persistence. Unlike the typical superstar carved in the mold, Malone still retains the fun of country life, keen on hunting and fishing, and likes driving trucks and playing motorcycles.

Malone never hedges in front of the media, avoids expressing his views, and does not cater to other people's comments on him. This made him a candidate for the first lineup of the media countless times, and also made some of his contemporaries lose respect for him.

"He is a completely practical guy, but sometimes this guy's out-of-line behavior comes a little too casually." As a contemporary of Malone, doc rivers expressed his views from the perspective of analysts. "But it doesn't bother me, because he is trying to win. When a guy waves an extra elbow to knock you down, I usually regard it as part of the game, especially when he is lucky enough to succeed. "

"But over the years, especially on TV, I have a new respect for him, and you begin to understand karl malone you don't know. I was lucky enough to hold the attitude of an expert, went to see him and talked with him, and finally found out why he played for so long and was so excellent throughout his career.

If those professional scouts can accurately predict the impact Malone will bring to the NBA, then his draft pick is definitely far more than the 13 of 1985. The problem is that he didn't show up in louisiana tech university before, averaging 18.7 points and 9.3 rebounds for three years, which led to the lower ranking.

As a rookie, Malone averaged 14.9 points and 8.9 rebounds per game, ranking third in the final annual rookie selection and entering the first rookie team in the league.

Perhaps seeing Malone's potential, before the start of his second season, the team traded the original core, adrian dantley, the scoring champion of the team in the past seven seasons, for Kelly Tripucka and Kent Benson. After getting more scoring responsibility, Malone's scoring data rose to 2 1.7, and his shooting percentage rose from 48. 1% to 59.8%.

In fact, since the 87-88 season, Malone has been writing his unparalleled chronicle of power forward position. He averaged 27.7 points per game, grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and was selected for the second team of the league. Utah was also 47-35, the best record in history at that time.

In the following 1 1 year, karl malone never averaged less than 25.2 points and 9.8 rebounds per game. From 1988 to 1, play all-star every year; From 1989 to 1 1 years, he never gave up the position of the first team in the league.

Malone was the MVP of the All-Star Game in 1989, and became the MVP of the Salt Lake City All-Star Game with his comrade-in-arms stockton in 1993-the only time in NBA history. In Barcelona in192 and Atlanta in196, Malone won two Olympic gold medals as a member of the American team.

Despite his strong offensive power and career scoring achievements, Malone is often criticized: he is a loser who led the team to win the championship. Jazz plays well in the regular season every year, but in the playoffs, he often falls off the chain early.

1997, the jazz finally rushed into the finals, and Malone finally silenced the critics. They experienced six battles in the Western Conference finals, defeated Olajuwon, Buckley and drexler, and led the Houston Rockets.

The series ended with stockton's three-pointer whistle that went down in history. The previous score was 100 to 100. This record will be indelible in every jazz fan's heart: with 2.8 seconds left in the game, small forward Russell threw the ball into stockton's hand from the inside, and Malone came up to cover perfectly to make room for stockton to shoot. After the shooting, Malone, stockton and shooting guard Hornacek embraced warmly in the middle circle to celebrate their first trip to the finals.

However, the Jazz finally lost to the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan in six finals, and experienced this pain again the following year. In the following five years, Malone continued to contribute to the team, but the team never got close to the finals.

Although he didn't win the championship, Malone struggled in the playoffs every year, and his amazing data continued in the regular season. His career average in the regular season is 25.0 points, 10. 1 rebounds, while in the playoffs it is 24.7 and 10.7 respectively.

In the rookie year, the Jazz was defeated by the Mavericks in the first round of the playoffs. In the four series, Malone's average score increased from 14.9 to 2 1.7.

After two seasons of continuous contributions, Malone has become a super-class player in the league in the 1987-88 season. That season, he ranked fourth in the league in scoring (27.7 points) and fifth in rebounding (12).

This is Malone's second 82 seasons. After that, he completed this attendance performance for nine times, and this season was full: in the last eight games of the regular season, Malone scored more than 30, including 465,438+0 for the SuperSonics.

In the playoffs, the Jazz crushed Portland Trailblazers in the first round and met the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. But they didn't tremble, dragging the Lakers into the dangerous seventh inning. Malone also grabbed 3 1 point and 15 rebounds in the last game.

But the Lakers still won the final victory. They passed the seventh game of 109-98, beating Mavericks and Pistons in the Western Conference finals and finals respectively. Malone played a monster playoff game, 1 1 game, averaging 29.7 points and1/0.8 rebounds.

After the start of the 1988-89 season, in the 17 game, Jazz's head coach Frank Layden was promoted to the chairman of the team, and his assistant Jerry Sloan took over the control of the game. The Jazz once again won the best record in history at that time-51win.

Malone also provided the best performance since he entered the business. His average score (29. 1) is the second in the appreciation league, and his rebound (10.7) is the fifth. He also won the Houston All-Star Game on 1989 by scoring 28 points with 17.

He was selected to the first team of the league for the first time in his career and finally ranked third in the MVP selection, but these were not enough to reverse the fact that the Jazz was swept by the Warriors in the first round of the playoffs, although Malone averaged 30.7 points and 16.3 rebounds in three games.

1989-90 season, Malone was selected for the first team of the league again. Average 3 1 (the highest in his career), 1 1. 1 rebounds. In terms of scoring, only Michael Jordan can beat him with 33.6 points, ranking fourth in rebounding. But the Jazz was unlucky in the first round of the playoffs, losing five games to the Suns.

Before the start of the 90-9 1 season, the Jazz got another Malone-shooting guard Jeff Malone, who is an excellent offensive weapon. In the following years, the Jazz maintained a stable lineup until the 1996-97 General Tour.

Strangely, since the 1990s, the Jazz has had almost the same luck in even years-it lost in the division finals. 1992, Jazz lost six games to the Trailblazers in the Western Conference finals. 1994, Jazz won the strong shooter Jeff Hornacek, but still lost five games to the Rockets. 1996, although 1-3 was behind the Sonics, the Jazz stubbornly dragged the game into Game 7, but some free throws did not ruin their trip to the finals, and the Sonics won 90-86 at home.

Jazz is not only a bitter history in the playoffs, but fans can also get a little sweetness from time to time. For example,1February 2, 9931,Malone and his old partner stockton * * * won the Salt Lake City All-Star Game MVP: leading the Western Corps 135- 132 overtime, Malone scored 28 points and 65438+.

Between the two division finals, Jazz performed well in the 1994- 1995 season, winning 60 games for the first time in history. Malone averaged 26.7 points 10.6 rebounds per game, but he lost to the defending champion Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs and later successfully defended his title.

Malone advances in difficulties and provides irreplaceable data for the team day after day. More dazzling personal honor and team glory are waiting for him in the near future. Malone's peak in jazz career was the next two seasons.

1996-97 season, Malone became the fifth superstar in NBA history to score more than 25,000 points and rebound more than 10000. At the same time, he won the first regular season MVP in his career and was selected for the first defensive lineup for the first time. Under Malone's leadership, Jazz was almost invincible, with a record of 64 wins 18 losses. They finally made it to the finals, which was like a good medicine for being reborn, and won them national attention and respect-something they had never had in the past few years.

For the first time in jazz history, the record ranked first in the West, which gave them home court advantage throughout the finals. In fact, they have never lost a home game in the West.

In the face of the finals opponent Bulls, the Jazz still maintained the strength at home. They lost two games in Chicago, but immediately returned to Salt Lake City. Game 5 was the jazz's last home game and their only home defeat in the playoffs-another miracle of Michael Jordan's finals. He scored 38 points with a stomachache, including a last-minute three-pointer, and the Bulls won 90-88.

Malone is the scoring champion in every game of Jazz Finals. He averaged 23.8 points per game in a defensive series (only Jazz broke through 100 in Game 4). 2 1 point in the sixth inning. The team tried its best to resist, but it lost 86-90. The Bulls finally won the championship.

1At the beginning of the 997-98 season, stockton rested for knee surgery 18 games, and Malone took the responsibility. The Jazz ended the regular season with 62 wins and 20 losses, which was the best record against the Bulls in the league. Sure enough, Jazz and Bulls reunited in the finals. Although the Jazz won the first game 88-85, the Bulls finally won the finals again with the same 4-2. Although Malone scored 39 points in the fifth game, a jumper at the crucial moment brought the game back to Utah with 83-8 1.

Unfortunately for jazz fans, Jordan couldn't stop at the last minute of Game 6. He stole Malone's ball and finished the fatal blow. 87-86, the bulls won the championship in 8 years and 6 years.

1998-99 The regular season was reduced to 50 games due to labor disputes. Jazz's record is 37 wins 13 losses, which is the same as the final championship of the Spurs, but they only advanced to the Western Conference semifinals and lost to Portland Trail Blazers 2-4.

Although Malone's score has dropped to 23.8 points and 9.4 rebounds, he still won his second MVP trophy. Only 9 people have won MVP more than 1 time in history.

Malone wrote his name in every corner of jazz records in the next four years. He is the scorer and rebounder with the most appearances, the longest playing time and the most free throws in jazz history. In addition, his assists, steals and blocked shots ranked second in team history.

After stockton retired in the 2002-2003 season, Malone joined the Los Angeles Lakers as a free agent. Together with another Hall of Fame free agent, gary payton, he formed a dream quartet with shaquille o'neal and Kobe Bryant, vowing to fight for the championship.

The Lakers have won three championships in the 2000-02 season, but the year before Malone joined, they were just defeated by the Spurs, who were led by tim duncan and later won the championship. When Malone signed with Payton, many people claimed that the Lakers were the only champions of the year. Anyway, in the 2003-04 season, 40-year-old Malone suffered a long-term injury for the first time in his career. Knee injury and subsequent complications made him miss 40 games, and he didn't recover until the end of the season. In the 2004 finals, the Lakers met the Detroit Pistons, Malone missed the fifth game due to injury, and the team also lost the championship.

Ironically, his daughter Cheryl Ford entered the WNBA in 2003 and won the WNBA championship as a member of the Detroit Vibration Team.

In the regular season, Malone worked hard with young teammates in the Lakers. For the first time since the rookie season, he averaged less than 20 points per game (13.2 points) and still tried to contribute 8.7 rebounds per game.

In the 2004-05 season, Malone gave up the expected return plan and took off the Lakers jersey that he had worn for a year. He held a press conference about his retirement in Salt Lake City. He said, "Although I have been away for a year, I am still a knight. I grew up here and contributed my youth here ... If I am lucky enough to enter the Hall of Fame, it must be as a jazz player. "

"Although he didn't win the championship, his career was still excellent." Jerry Sloan, coach of Malone 15, said, "He has played for so many years, and he will make any efforts to win even if it is not necessary. In today's basketball game, this kind of thing has become less and less common. "