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description: Read on your PC Mac smartphone tablet or Kindle device!In Karl The Remarkable Story of One of Basketballs Greatest Power Forwards  you'll read about the inspirational story of basketball's premier power forward Karl Malone. Karl Malone also known more commonly as The Mailman dominated the post during his NBA career from 1985 to 2004. Filled in era of greats like John Stockton Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley Karl Malone played in one of the most exciting eras of modern basketball. Though Karl Malone never won an NBA championship with the Utah Jazz he left a lasting legacy in Utah and on the game of basketball.Karl Malone retired from the NBA as a two time Most Valuable Player along with fourteen All-Star nominations. He is one of the most decorated power forwards to ever play the game of basketball. This Karl Malone biography will bring you along every highlight of Karl's journey in the NBA.Here is a preview of what is inside this An excerpt from the Fans adorned in navy blue and purple at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City watched as one of their past heroes officially became an immortal when his number was raised to the rafters. There it would hang forever as a testament to the legend that the man was and will forever be. On March 23 2006 the Utah Jazz retired the number 32 before they took on the Washington Wizards. The number 32 has become forever synonymous with consistent delivery and the hard work of the player known as The Mailman for fans of the Jazz. Karl Malone spent the first eighteen years of his professional NBA career with the Jazz forming a historic partnership with his teammate and fellow Hall of Famer John Stockton before joining the Los Angeles Lakers for his final year.Malone is considered by many to be one of the greatest power forwards of all time in the NBA. With 36928 points throughout his nineteen professional seasons he has the second highest amount of points ever among players. To add to his accomplishments the Mailman was named MVP of the league twice named to the All-NBA team eleven times and he made the All-Star team fourteen times. If there is anything more to further cement his legacy in basketball Malone was a part of the historic Dream Team representing the United States national team during both the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympic games which resulted in gold medals on both occasions.At the same time there are a few critics who argue that Malone is one of basketballs biggest villains. Malone had a body made of muscle weighing 256 pounds with less than 5% body fat that he threw around - particularly his elbows. Several instances involving the Mailman elbowing rival players stirred up controversies during his playing career. Fines and suspensions came Malones way and caused blemishes on how fans viewed him.The accomplishments of Malones basketball career are extraordinary but so too are the circumstances that paved the way for them to be possible. karl malone the mailman nba nba greats john stockton utah jazz dante exum shaquille o'neal magic johnson kobe bryant scottie pippen michael jordan patrick ewing kareem abdul-jabbar hakeem olajuwon charles barkley david robinson
language: English
title: Karl Malone: The Remarkable Story of One of Basketball's Greatest Power Forwards
publisher: Calvintir Books, LLC