re: Is Karl Malone the best basketball player born in Louisiana?

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You clearly don't understand an era when defense was valued more than offense. H

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wrong. contrary to all the ignorance, defense was only valued in the late 80's and most of the 90s

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He was one if not the best defender of all time.

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you seem to have missed the point. he played against very little competition. people like shaq would have destroyed him. Bill would have been better than average but he would not have been considered all time top 10 if he played post 1980