"When you look at Paolo’s body, he has a Karl Malone body … He’s built like that at 19" - Marc J. Spears compares Paolo Banchero to Zion Williamson and Nikola Jokic
Revisited: "He has cat-quick reflexes, he just stole it" - Karl Malone believes Michael Jordan did not foul him in the steal before the shot in the 1998 NBA Finals
“He was the only one keeping Shaq and Kobe from killing each other” - Howard Beck says Karl Malone was the glue of the 2003-04 LA Lakers team with tensions between Kobe and Shaq
“He is the kind of media manipulation, he is the king of setting the narrative” - Skip Bayless on LeBron James overtaking Karl Malone in the 3-point era
“Johnny Davis, Keegan Murray, Jaden Ivey, Chet Holmgren, I’ll take all those guys before Paolo Banchero” - Seth Greenberg says he wouldn’t pick Banchero higher than 5th in NBA draft
“Michael was more of a s**y player” - Charles Oakley says Michael Jordan was the ‘it factor’ as he talks about the differences between him and Patrick Ewing
“Malone could score when he had hair, and he could score when the hair was gone” - Shaun Powell talks about Karl Malone’s ridiculous scoring levels, says it’s a mark of an all-time great
“A better talent than Karl Malone, a better talent than John Stockton” - Stephen A. Smith says Donovan Mitchell is the greatest talent in Utah Jazz History
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