Karl Malone says Zion needs to get into shape

[NatiboyB]

Low key dudes like buck Williams, Kevin Willis, David Robinson, Otis Thorpe, and a few others were in great shape. But even a dude like anthony mason was playing a lot of minutes and he was a 6th man

 

[NYC Rebel]

Low key dudes like buck Williams, Kevin Willis, David Robinson, Otis Thorpe, and a few others were in great shape. But even a dude like anthony mason was playing a lot of minutes and he was a 6th man

Those dudes were Greek statues. Straight carved.

 

[nieman]

Who is playing 40 minutes a game? Since when has that been the case for damn near any player?

But why isn't that the case? Ain't Lebron still at like 38? You're young, you should be able to handle 40. Zion should be in the 37-39 minute range. By next year, he should be at least at 36.

 

[KingJay]

Zion shouldn't be playing 40mpg in the regular season, no one days these days, especially with pacing and the size of this kid. He'll continue to get into better shape, but he already has made big strides in that area, and he will continue to do so.

Averaging 32.6mpg is a perfectly fine number, people want to hate on the kid he's played 36 career games

 

[NYC Rebel]

But why isn't that the case? Ain't Lebron still at like 38? You're young, you should be able to handle 40. Zion should be in the 37-39 minute range. By next year, he should be at least at 36.

No he shouldn't.

This isn't yesterday's game where players who played those minutes didn't do much on one side of the court. Ask yourself what happens to Thibs players who see all those minutes and are out of gas by the end of the season.

And Lebron being a genetic injury free for most of his career freak shouldn't be a use case for other NBA players.

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

Malone is equating Zion being out of shape the reason he not playing 40mins .

Malone was in pristine shape & not playing 40 , what does that tell you .

Also when was this statement made ?

Malone played 40mpg twice in his career. Averaged 37 for his career.

 

[CarltonJunior]

 

[Gator48]

I wouldn't take advise from a child rapist

 

[Jesus Is Lord]

He said Buck Williams and Maurice Lucas. He told a story about how he hit a and 1 on Lucas and than bumped him. And at the free throw line Lucas told him never do that shyt again. And he just responded with yes sir

What’s crazy is, I remember an old Sports Illustrated piece on Karl, and he actually said the opposite about Lucas. I remember clear as day, he said that Lucas was the first to try to intimidate him, so during the game he caught a hard dunk close to Lucas and screamed, “I won’t be intimated!”. I promise you he said that. Lol!

 

[Sccit]

At 21, Karl Malone averaged 30 minutes a game.

This NBA fan and former player culture is toxic as fukk.

AND FROM 87 TO 97, MALONE AVERAGED 39 MPG, WITH MULTIPLE 40 MPG SEASONS

IN CONTRAST, THE MPG LEADER LAST SEASON WAS DAMIAN LILLARD WIT 37 MPG

THE NBA WENT SOFT..... STARS GET CODDLED.... GET OVER IT

 

[Bledswole]

Didn't Zion already lose like 20 or 25lbs? It's going to take time but he is slimming downMalone could've simply said I can help him out with getting in shape instead of being a dikkhead Then again he's a piece of shyt so Zion stay far away

Nah sorry he’s a world class athlete in the best league there is for basketball on top of all the cardio nba players do on top of the extra work he can choose to do he should’ve came into the season in shape,apart of him is lazy

 

[NatiboyB]

AND FROM 87 TO 97, MALONE AVERAGED 39 MPG, WITH MULTIPLE 40 MPG SEASONS

IN CONTRAST, THE MPG LEADER LAST SEASON WAS DAMIAN LILLARD WIT 37 MPG

THE NBA WENT SOFT..... STARS GET CODDLED.... GET OVER IT

Exactly seems like basically the past 10 years the minutes leader dropped until last season. Allen Iverson and Anthony Mason were playing 43 minutes a night.

 

[NatiboyB]

Nah sorry he’s a world class athlete in the best league there is for basketball on top of all the cardio nba players do on top of the extra work he can choose to do he should’ve came into the season in shape,apart of him is lazy

brother can legit put a peleton or some other cardio machine in every room of his house along with a cryo chamber and get prescribed the best of the best HGH.

 

[Luke Cage]

You dug deep on that google search. I can tell you a lil young nikka. Its pretty universally known that Karl Malone was always in top shape.

Yall try to discredit anything man.

He actually made that up, Karl didn't even play in the NBA at 21 . He was 22 his rookie season

 

[Sccit]

Exactly seems like basically the past 10 years the minutes leader dropped until last season. Allen Iverson and Anthony Mason were playing 43 minutes a night.

YUP .. PRETTY WEAK TBH

FROM 2000-2007, KOBE AVERAGED 40 MPG