Question: The 1998–99 Utah Jazz season Most Valuable Player was a player known by what nickname

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2015–16 Utah Jazz season: The 2015–16 Utah Jazz season was the 42nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 37th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.  Utah missed the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, but remained in playoff contention until the final regular season game.

2013–14 Utah Jazz season: The 2013–14 Utah Jazz season is the franchise's 40th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 35th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.  The season ended with the Jazz finishing last in their respective division and conference.  The season also concluded with the release of coach Tyrone Corbin.

2012–13 Utah Jazz season: The 2012–13 Utah Jazz season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 34th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.  Despite a 43-39 record, the Jazz missed the playoffs.

List of Utah Jazz seasons: This article is a list of seasons completed by the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA).  The Jazz joined the NBA as the New Orleans Jazz, an expansion team that began play in the 1974–75 season.  The Jazz relocated from New Orleans to Salt Lake City, Utah for the 1979–80 season.  As of April 15, 2015, the Utah Jazz are the last franchise to not record a 60-loss season.

2017–18 Utah Jazz season: The 2017–18 Utah Jazz season will be the 44th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the 39th season of the franchise in Salt Lake City.  On the 4th of July, Gordon Hayward announced he would leave the Jazz and sign with the Boston Celtics.

1998–99 Utah Jazz season: The 1998–99 NBA season was the Jazz's 25th season in the National Basketball Association, and 20th season in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Having lost back-to-back NBA Finals to the Chicago Bulls for the past two seasons, the Jazz were hoping a third time would be a charm as the Bulls' dynasty ended.  During the offseason, the team re-signed free agent Thurl Bailey, who came out of his retirement.  The start of the Jazz season was delayed by a four-month lockout.  When the season finally started, the Jazz got off to a 19–4 start, and then posted an 11-game winning streak in April.  However, they struggled a bit down the stretch as they lost their grip on first place.  They finished with a league best record of 37–13.  However, their record was tied by the San Antonio Spurs, who won the Midwest Division by a tie-breaker.  Karl Malone was named Most Valuable Player of the Year for the second time.

Jazz Bear: Jazz Bear is the mascot for the Utah Jazz, a National Basketball Association (NBA) franchise based in Salt Lake City, Utah.  Jazz Bear was introduced to the league on November 4, 1994.  Since Jazz Bear's introduction, he has performed at over 800 Jazz home games.  Utah Governor Gary Herbert declared October 10, 2013 as "Jazz Bear Day" in recognition of his 20th season as the Utah Jazz' mascot, and also his countless hours of community and public service and his standing as an important citizen of Utah.  In 2006, Jazz Bear was inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.  The Bear has suffered many injuries while performing, including tearing his bicep and rupturing a tendon in his calf.

2010–11 Utah Jazz season: The 2010–11 Utah Jazz season was the 32nd season of the franchise in Salt Lake City, and the 37th overall in the National Basketball Association (NBA).  On February 10, 2011, legendary Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan resigned in the middle of the season.  Tyrone Corbin was named the new head coach.  On February 23, 2011, the Jazz traded star player Deron Williams to the New Jersey Nets for two 1st round draft picks (New Jersey's 2011 and Golden State's conditional 2012) and players, Derrick Favors and Devin Harris.

Karl Malone: Karl Anthony Malone (born July 24, 1963) is an American retired professional basketball player.  Nicknamed "The Mailman", Malone played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasons (1985–2003) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton.  Malone also played one season for the Los Angeles Lakers.  Malone was a two-time NBA Most Valuable Player, a 14-time NBA All-Star, and an 11-time member of the All-NBA first team.  He scored the second most career points in NBA history (36,928) (second behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), and holds the records for most free throws attempted and made, in addition to co-holding the record for the most first team All-NBA elections in history (tied with Kobe Bryant and LeBron James).  He is considered one of the best power forwards in NBA history.

2006–07 Utah Jazz season: The 2006-07 Utah Jazz season was the team's 33rd in the NBA.  They began the season hoping to improve upon their 41-41 output from the previous season.  They managed to improve by 10 games, finishing 51-31, and qualifying for the playoffs.The Jazz met the Houston Rockets in the First Round, and defeated them in seven games.  Then, they met the Golden State Warriors, who just came off a stunning upset in the First Round, in which they defeated the first-seeded Dallas Mavericks in six games in the Semifinals, but the Jazz swiftly dispatched the Warriors in five games, moving on to the Western Conference Finals.  However, their playoff run ended with a defeat to the eventual champion San Antonio Spurs in five games.  The Spurs would go on to win their fourth NBA Championship after sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in that year's NBA Finals.  Their Western Finals trip made this the most successful recent Jazz season as of 2017.

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Answer: "The Mailman"