Question: are karl malone and john stockton friends?
Answer: The friendship began in a lunchroom at the U.S. Olympic basketball tryouts in 1984. There were 400 players in camp, and dozens of places to sit in the cafeteria. But Karl Malone and John Stockton ended up at the same table and met each other for the first time. ... He didn't know me, and I didn't know him," Malone said.