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s_knight8

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:16 am
Post subject: Malone "Why isn't my picture on a box of cereal?"
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http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/3398836

While he justly received credit for being a good guy in the eye of the
season-long media hurricane that assaulted the Lakers last year, Malone was
deemed by his teammates in Utah to be a back-biting, inordinately
self-protective presence in the locker room. And no one who ever played with
Malone, and was aware of his numerous extra-curricular entertainments, was
even slightly surprised by his alleged flirtatious manner with Vanessa
Bryant.

Here are a pair of stories that reveal what kind of a guy Malone really is:

Malone was a member of a USA team that was playing Panama as part of the
qualifying procedure for the 1992 Olympic Games. International protocol
calls for the two competing teams to meet on-court prior to the game to
exchange symbolic gifts. After the USA routed Panama by 60 points, Malone
voiced his displeasure: "We gave them nice T-shirts and they only gave us
tiny little pins." This, even though Malone's annual salary was three times
Panama's GNP.

One day a few years back, Malone charged into the office of his agent, tore
open his shirt to show his chest, and said, "Look at me. I've got a better
physique than Michael Jordan. I'm more handsome than Michael Jordan. And I'm
a better player than Michael Jordan. So why isn't my picture on a box of
cereal?" Then he pounded his fist on his agent's desk and stormed off.

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Ray Costanzo

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:59 pm
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"PeterL" <peterl RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Maybe Malone was good for the Lakers last year. But everytime I see his
> name I associate him with his comments when Magic got HIV.

What were those comments? I've been searching, but can't find anything.

Thank you,

Ray at work

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Larry Coon

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 12:59 pm
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Ray Costanzo wrote:

> What were those comments? I've been searching, but can't find anything.

He expresssed concern about Magic potentially transmitting
HIV if he played, and suggested he shouldn't.

My opinion about it is that if Magic had no problem with
Malone becoming a Laker, then who am I to hold a grudge?


Larry Coon
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igor eduardo küpfer

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:21 pm
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In rec.sport.basketball.pro on Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:59:33 -0500 "Ray
Costanzo" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:

>
>"PeterL" <peterl.RemoveThis@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:37k3mjF5b8bt4U1@individual.net...
>>
>> Maybe Malone was good for the Lakers last year. But everytime I see his
>> name I associate him with his comments when Magic got HIV.
>
>What were those comments? I've been searching, but can't find anything.
>

It's funny, but I can't find any exact quotes anywhere online. Plenty of
references to Malone expressing discomfort at playing with Johnson on the
Olympic team, and that this was a widely held opinion among players at the
time, and that this directly contributed to Johnson's retirement. Malone
later made semi-apologetic "I didn't really know what I was talking about"
statements, which sounded sincere enough, as far as they went.

It was a funny time, I remember, when not many people wanted to face up to
the implications of HIV, preferring instead to ostracise its victims. Malone
was hardly the only one, and not even close to the worst.
--

all the best,
ed

Epitome:
Nice kid, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
NBA Stats:
http://members.rogers.com/edkupfer/nba/nba_2005.htm
Email:
edkupfer. It's a gmail addy.
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PeterL

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:21 pm
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"igor eduardo küpfer" <edkupfer.TakeThisOut@example.com> wrote in message
news:sln911tl64d6vsfvvu89l5eo1upqi22r9f@4ax.com...
> In rec.sport.basketball.pro on Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:59:33 -0500 "Ray
> Costanzo" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
>
> >
> >"PeterL" <peterl.TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:37k3mjF5b8bt4U1@individual.net...
> >>
> >> Maybe Malone was good for the Lakers last year. But everytime I see
his
> >> name I associate him with his comments when Magic got HIV.
> >
> >What were those comments? I've been searching, but can't find anything.
> >
>
> It's funny, but I can't find any exact quotes anywhere online. Plenty of
> references to Malone expressing discomfort at playing with Johnson on the
> Olympic team, and that this was a widely held opinion among players at the
> time, and that this directly contributed to Johnson's retirement. Malone
> later made semi-apologetic "I didn't really know what I was talking about"
> statements, which sounded sincere enough, as far as they went.
>
> It was a funny time, I remember, when not many people wanted to face up to
> the implications of HIV, preferring instead to ostracise its victims.
Malone
> was hardly the only one, and not even close to the worst.

No Malone was definitely not the worse. Reagan was the worse, as his
inaction directly contributed to the death of thousands.

But we are talking about NBA players here.


> --
>
> all the best,
> ed
>
> Epitome:
> Nice kid, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
> NBA Stats:
> http://members.rogers.com/edkupfer/nba/nba_2005.htm
> Email:
> edkupfer. It's a gmail addy.
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Fred

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:46 pm
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<bryguy58.DeleteThis@sbcglobal.net> wrote

>Bush loving, vainglorious dipshit.

speaking of which, did everyone notice that Kid Rock got arrested in a strip
club for beating up the dj?
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:26 am
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>> From the Daily Show last night...
>>
>> http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/movies/ds021605bloggers.html
>
> epic...
>
You're not going to get any better than that.


td
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GMAN

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:08 am
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In article <37k68vF5foss8U1 RemoveThis @individual.net>, "PeterL" <peterl RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>"igor eduardo küpfer" <edkupfer RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
>news:sln911tl64d6vsfvvu89l5eo1upqi22r9f@4ax.com...
>> In rec.sport.basketball.pro on Thu, 17 Feb 2005 12:59:33 -0500 "Ray
>> Costanzo" <my first name at lane 34 dot commercial> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"PeterL" <peterl RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> >news:37k3mjF5b8bt4U1@individual.net...
>> >>
>> >> Maybe Malone was good for the Lakers last year. But everytime I see
>his
>> >> name I associate him with his comments when Magic got HIV.
>> >
>> >What were those comments? I've been searching, but can't find anything.
>> >
>>
>> It's funny, but I can't find any exact quotes anywhere online. Plenty of
>> references to Malone expressing discomfort at playing with Johnson on the
>> Olympic team, and that this was a widely held opinion among players at the
>> time, and that this directly contributed to Johnson's retirement. Malone
>> later made semi-apologetic "I didn't really know what I was talking about"
>> statements, which sounded sincere enough, as far as they went.
>>
>> It was a funny time, I remember, when not many people wanted to face up to
>> the implications of HIV, preferring instead to ostracise its victims.
>Malone
>> was hardly the only one, and not even close to the worst.
>
>No Malone was definitely not the worse. Reagan was the worse, as his
>inaction directly contributed to the death of thousands.
>

Thats like blaming Clinton's inaction of getting Bin Laden in his second term
for the death of the 3000 plus WTC victims. Hey? Wait a minute!


>But we are talking about NBA players here.
>
>
>> --
>>
>> all the best,
>> ed
>>
>> Epitome:
>> Nice kid, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.
>> NBA Stats:
>> http://members.rogers.com/edkupfer/nba/nba_2005.htm
>> Email:
>> edkupfer. It's a gmail addy.
>
>
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