Live broadcast, July 24-today is the 60th birthday of NBA celebrity Carl Malone. Let’s wish him a happy birthday!

Carl Malone was born on July 24, 1963in samufield, Louisiana, USA. In the NBA draft in 1985, Malone was selected by the Jazz in the 13th order in the first round. Malone spent the first 18 seasons of his career in the Jazz team, and the “black and white Double Evil” composed of Stockton was a momentary hit. The two led the Jazz to the NBA Finals twice, but they failed to win the championship. In the last year of his career, Malone joined the Lakers and formed F4 combination with Kobe Bryant, O’Neal and Peyton, and reached the NBA finals for the third time, but he still regretted losing the championship.

In 1997 and 1999, Malone won the regular season MVP twice. Ma Long’s career has been selected into NBA All-Star Lineup for 14 times, all-star MVP for two times, NBA best lineup for one time for eleven times, NBA best team for two times, NBA best team for three times in 2001, he was selected for three times as the best defensive team in NBA for a while, and was selected as the second best defensive team in NBA in 1988. In terms of the national team, Malone won the Olympic men’s basketball gold medals with the Dream Team in 1992 and 1996.

In 1996, Malone was selected as the NBA50 superstar. On February 14, 2005, Malone announced his retirement. On March 23, 2006, the Jazz held a jersey retirement ceremony for Malone’s No. 32 jersey and erected a bronze statue for him in the Delta Center Square. On April 6, 2010, Malone was selected into the NAI Smith Basketball Hall of Fame. In October 2021, Malone was selected as the NBA75 superstar.

Malone played 1476 games in his career (sixth in history), scored 36928 points (third in history) and grabbed 14968 rebounds (eighth in history). Average game contribution 25 points 10.1 rebound 3.6 assists 1.4 steals 0.8 caps, field goal percentage 51.6%, free throw hit rate 74.2%.

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