The NBA has introduced Karl Malone as one in all this 12 months’s Slam Dunk Content material judges and NBA Twitter is roasting the choice resulting from Malone’s darkish previous.
When he was a 20-year-old star at Louisiana Tech College, Malone impregnated a 13-year-old woman.
The woman’s household may have pressed statutory rape expenses however they didn’t, as a result of in response to them, Malone was “a neighborhood child.”
He additionally had twins when he and his companion Bonita Ford had been each 17 however settled paternity fits so he didn’t need to publicly acknowledge that they had been his children, and till his kin had kids, he remained out of their lives.
On high of that, he has additionally been accused of harassing Vanessa Bryant, Kobe Bryant’s spouse, in the course of the Lakers’ 2004 season.
He went on to turn into a Corridor of Famer and now has a statue in-built Utah in his honor.
The NBA has lengthy tried to place itself as essentially the most progressive league in sports activities, so the choice to get him concerned at All-Star Weekend has individuals slightly confused.
The countless stream of reactions throughout Twitter says all of it:
Karl Malone when he sees them 13 12 months outdated ladies sitting courtroom aspect on the all star recreation:pic.twitter.com/mhDxZpo7R0
— Liz #FirePatRiley (@HeatSznlol_) February 15, 2023
He agreed to do it as a result of he will get to take a seat subsequent to a Miner.
— Victrola Depot (@VictrolaDepot) February 15, 2023
Karl Malone when he finds out the 9s and 10s are the scores of the dunk contest and never the ages of the contestants pic.twitter.com/lYRINHpQUN
— Artwork Vandelay (@KingFavre) February 15, 2023
