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Ask the expert: Jazz ever close to trading Malone?
By Steve Luhm
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 08/10/2007 08:46:56 PM MDT
Posted: 11:04 AM-
"The Garnett trade to Boston got me thinking. As far as the NBA goes, there
are always rumors of blockbuster trades that never happen. Karl Malone was
often the subject of trade rumors but, as we all know, none of them ever came
to fruition. My question: how close did the Jazz ever come to actually trading
the Mailman, or Stockton for that matter?"
-- Chris Blakesley
I do not believe the Jazz ever came close to trading Malone or Stockton --
certainly not while they were in their prime.
In the 16 years I covered the Jazz on a day-to-day basis, I remember Malone
getting upset when Jazz owner Larry Miller would occasionally say complimentary
things about another power forward -- Larry Johnson, Joe Smith and Antonio
McDyess come to mind.
Usually, those comments came after the opposing power forward had a good game
(or good playoff series) against Utah, and Karl's reaction was fairly
predictable.
"If they like him so much," Malone would grumble, "they ought to trade me for
him."
As I said, however, I don't think the Jazz ever seriously considered it.
Malone and Stockton were such unique talents who fit the Jazz's system so
perfectly that there was no way Utah could have gotten equal value or
improved itself by trading either one of them.
I've heard one story on the subject that might be interesting.
Once the Jazz were no longer a legitimate championship contender -- sometime
after their 53-win season in 2000-01 -- there was a thought within the
organization that it was time to consider trading Malone and/or Stockton and
start rebuilding.
The idea was certainly logical: get something for the future Hall of Famers
while they still had value. But it was never pursued because Miller firmly
vetoed it.
http://www.sltrib.com/jazz/ci_6592652
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