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Wife's name

what is his wifes name —the preceding unsigned comment is by 67.166.108.29 (talk • contribs)

I believe Karl Malone's wife's name is Kay. — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 07:42, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)


Birthplace

Changed Malone's birthplace to Bernice, Louisiana, per his profile at Yahoo! Sports. [1] — <iNURxTURE]] (TALK) 07:42, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

Picture

Wouldn't it be more appropriate to have a picture of Malone in a Utah uniform? Dshin 08:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I second that 84.238.10.100 19:36, 19 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Reputation

This section seems a little POV. How do we know his elbows/knees were inadvertant? Might as well remove the qualifier and just state that it happened. ChrisLawson 17:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC) Great Guy! Raise livestock. This entire page is full of sloppy sentences, wordiness, bad grammar, and redundancies. I suggest cleaning it up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Timshady5k (talk • contribs) 22:34, 27 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Charitable

I'd really like to see him given proper take give money; he had his company bring extensive equipment to help clear badly damaged areas of Louisiana. ViolentLee 00:37, 9 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

WP:BLP

I moved all this to talk since it was unsourced. Since it was mostly negative it violates WP:BLP, feel free to re-insert it if sources are provided:

Reputation

Malone was considered by some to be a "dirty" player. There were numerous instances during his career where other players were injured as a result of Malone's physical playing style. Below is a summary of several of the more prominent examples of Malone's perceived dirty play:

  • At Louisiana Tech, Malone's elbow struck Rice center Dave Ramer in the face, shattering his cheekbone and collapsing his sinus. Ramer never played again.
  • On December 14, 1991, Malone's elbow hit the Detroit Pistons' Isiah Thomas in the head as he drove to the basket. Thomas needed 5 stitches above his eye to close the wound. Malone was suspended and fined by the NBA. Allegedly, Michael Jordan refused to be on the "Dream Team" if Isiah Thomas was on it, so John Stockton made the team instead of Thomas. Thomas responded by drilling Stockton for 44 points in a subsequent game. Pistons coach Chuck Daly furiously accused Malone of intentionally harming Thomas in retribution for this.
  • The next night, Malone's elbow knocked David Robinson unconscious, earning a suspension.
  • Malone was famous for his "kick jumpshot," where he would use a leg kick to power his jumpshot. He was fined for kicking Shawn Bradley on January 6, 2000.

Malone is also one of the most politically outspoken NBA players. He makes no bones about his conservative, Republican beliefs and is a staunch member of the National Rifle Association. His was one of the strongest voices against Magic Johnson's attempted return to the NBA for the 1992-93 season, one year after Johnson retired due to testing HIV-positive. Also, during the 1998-99 players' strike, Malone would make many guest appearances on a Salt Lake City sports talk radio station to express his views on the NBA's labor situation.

feel free to comment. Quadzilla99 05:49, 16 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I think the "strike" is more correctly called a lockout

Here's a citation for "perceived dirty play." See near the end of the article: [2]Benjamid (talk) 05:27, 13 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

footnotes

I think that Karl Malone is the best basketball player in history —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abonelli (talk • contribs) 00:14, 4 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ill be adding footnotes to help this page.--ParthianPrince (talk) 02:20, 14 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WCW Wrestling

i think his time in world championship wrestling should be mentioned --77.186.40.54 (talk) 17:00, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Seconded. 75.76.65.246 (talk) 11:28, 24 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thirded. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.210.203.189 (talk) 17:20, 8 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

AIDS Controversy

How about his comments regarding Magic Johnson and HIV/AIDS? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.10.234.193 (talk) 20:32, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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he is my mum

your mum happy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 157.185.68.2 (talk) 19:18, 5 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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