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Malone destroying Robinson's face

Seriously, there's video of Malone destroying that crappy Knicks manager, Isiah whatever. There's a video of Malone destroying Nash. A few of Malone destroying Rodman and Kareem. But nothing for destroying Dave Robinson? This was probably the worst one of all of them in that he knocked Robinson out cold.

Anyone have this footage? Put it up on youtube for all to see please!
 
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I hated this one.
Robinson has always been one of my favorite players.
He is a class person, and was a great player.
 
I love Karl Malone and will defend him endlessly but that was probably the dirtiest play of his career. Granted, it was a standard move for him to flail his arms toward the basket (whether he had the ball or not - which in this case he didn't) to sell it to the refs that he was shooting but he was clearly trying to hit Robinson with his left elbow - not to give him a concussion but definitely to send a message. The bizarre thing is Robinson was called for a foul on the play on a reach.

Later in that game, Duncan and Will Perdue tried to retalitate with cheap shots of their own, but Malone took them pretty well. Then in the playoffs Robinson and Popavich argued that Malone was kicking them on his shots - which was absurd.
 
vslice02 said:
I love Karl Malone and will defend him endlessly but that was probably the dirtiest play of his career. Granted, it was a standard move for him to flail his arms toward the basket (whether he had the ball or not - which in this case he didn't) to sell it to the refs that he was shooting but he was clearly trying to hit Robinson with his left elbow - not to give him a concussion but definitely to send a message. The bizarre thing is Robinson was called for a foul on the play on a reach.

Later in that game, Duncan and Will Perdue tried to retalitate with cheap shots of their own, but Malone took them pretty well. Then in the playoffs Robinson and Popavich argued that Malone was kicking them on his shots - which was absurd.
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Totally absurd.
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The Thriller said:
Seriously, there's video of Malone destroying that crappy Knicks manager, Isiah whatever. There's a video of Malone destroying Nash. A few of Malone destroying Rodman and Kareem. But nothing for destroying Dave Robinson? This was probably the worst one of all of them in that he knocked Robinson out cold.

Anyone have this footage? Put it up on youtube for all to see please!
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No one wants to see it except you. Anyone who has ever been in a fight knows it was a cheap shot, a bitch move.
 
He definitely kicked them, the absurdity was that the Spurs claimed it was intentional and should be a foul. Malone would kick out his legs on a fadeaway or off-balance runner and lead with his knee and elbow going to the rim. Everyone knew that - the Spurs were just trying to milk the Robinson elbow into transforming everything Malone did into a dirty play.
 
vslice02 said:
Then in the playoffs Robinson and Popavich argued that Malone was kicking them on his shots - which was absurd.
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vslice02 said:
He definitely kicked them, the absurdity was that the Spurs claimed it was intentional and should be a foul. Malone would kick out his legs on a fadeaway or off-balance runner and lead with his knee and elbow going to the rim. Everyone knew that
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lol - What exactly are you saying? Claims that Malone kicking in the playoffs were absurd, or everyone knew he kicked, therefore, they shouldn't have said anything?
 
The picture you posted wasn't from the '98 playoffs, it was from a regular season game played 2 seasons after the elbow/kicking accusations. Robinson claimed Malone kicked him on a running jumper that put Utah ahead late in a close game 1. Malone made the same move in late in game 2 that resulted in a 3pt play to put Utah ahead and Popavich went crazy. That was nothing more than the Spurs trying to plant a bug in the referee's ear.
 
karl was one of the dirtiest players in the league when he played, but he was ours so we loved him! those pics are awesome!
 
He did kick out at times to intentionally draw fouls imo. Was it naturally part of his shot? A bit. But he exaggerated it when necessary.
 
LiemD said:
i forget what happened. did he knock out the admiral with his elbows or did he just punch him?
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Elbow - Robinson reached in to deflect a pass that was coming to Malone (Robinson was actually called for a foul on the play) and Karl pivoted with his left elbow above shoulder-height and caught Robinson on the left side of his head. Very dangerous. Robinson was out cold.
 
I would take a dirty HOF anytime that didn't put up with crap than any of our nice players that let Lebron, Kobe, or Dwade do whatever they wanted.

Dirty is exactly what this team needs right now.

As Jerry would say, "we have too many guys wanting to play with tuxedos on."

One of the main reasons why I like Fess is that he changes the entire game with his physical play. Even if he's not trying to play physical, his huge body is usually felt by the other team out there.

Just imagine how much better we'd be right now if someone other than Deron showed some fire. It's too bad our highest paid players are often times the softest (Boozer in years past, AK, even Jefferson and Millsap are playing like pansies right now).
 
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