However, when the topic turned to Karl Malone, he became quite talkative. "...Karl Malone can't learn to protect the ball. Back in the day, Michael and I would steal it from him, and now Little Sheep Su Xi steals it from him. It's not a good thing for any team he's on to make it to the Finals."
Pippen didn't like Malone.
Because Malone had compared Su Xi to Pippen.
Besides, Malone's reputation among the superstars of their generation was probably the worst.
Charles Barkley was sitting next to him. The fact that he wasn't kicking Malone while he was down was a testament to his professionalism.
In fact, even Kenny Smith disliked Karl Malone; he had also been on the receiving end of Malone's iron elbows.
Malone had injured countless people throughout his career.
His pair of iron elbows had left so many with lifelong regrets.
Therefore, there were a great many people who didn't want to see Karl Malone win a championship.
The game continued.
