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Must be the number
Karl Malone was in elite company while wearing No. 32 for the Utah Jazz. Other prominent NBA players who wore No. 32 included Bill Walton, Magic Johnson, Kevin McHale, Billy Cunningham, Brian Winters and Sean Elliott. Today, Amare Stoudemire and Rip Hamilton wear the number.
Iron man
Karl Malone ranks second all-time in NBA history in minutes played with 54,852.
Quotable
"Pound for pound, he was maybe the best power forward to play the game, in terms of doing everything. Scoring the ball. Passing the ball. Rebounding the ball. He did everything at the highest level."
- Jerry Stackhouse, Dallas Mavericks, on Karl Malone
