page_title: Karl Malone
section_title: Post-NBA career
hierarchical_section_title: Karl Malone / Post-NBA career
caption_attribution_description: English: 110801-N-TT977-278 NBA Legend Karl Malone visits with Soldiers assigned to Bagram Mortuary Affairs, Afghanistan, August 1, 2011. Malone, along with magician David Blaine are on a five-day USO tour with Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visiting troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released)
context_page_description: Karl Anthony Malone is an American retired professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Mailman", he played the power forward position and spent his first 18 seasons in the National Basketball Association with the Utah Jazz and formed a formidable duo with his teammate John Stockton. Malone also played one season for the Los Angeles Lakers. He 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. His 36,928 career points scored rank second all-time in NBA history behind Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and he holds the records for most free throws attempted and made, in addition to being tied for the second-most first-team All-NBA selections with Kobe Bryant and behind LeBron James. He is considered one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history.
  Malone played college basketball at Louisiana Tech University. In his three seasons with Louisiana Tech, he helped the Bulldogs basketball team to its first-ever NCAA tournament in 1984 and to first place in the Southland Conference in 1985. The Utah Jazz selected him in the first round of the 1985 NBA draft with the 13th overall pick.
context_section_description: The Utah Jazz retired Malone's jersey number 32 on March 23, 2006, when the Jazz hosted the Washington Wizards. He was also honored with the unveiling of a bronze statue outside the EnergySolutions Arena next to teammate John Stockton, and the renaming of a portion of 100 South in Salt Lake City in his honor. The location where the statues stand is now the intersection of Stockton and Malone.
  On May 31, 2007, Malone became director of basketball promotion and assistant strength and conditioning coach at his alma mater Louisiana Tech University and donated $350,000 to the university athletic department.
  On May 29, 2013, Malone returned to the Utah Jazz to work as a big man coach.
caption: Malone visits U.S. base in Afghanistan.
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