I've said this before.
If it's not for

, Karl Malone wins 5 scoring titles, 2 NBA championships and is absolutely viewed as an all-time to10-15 player.
Duncan just lucked into getting on a team, that's the best organization in sports, that has the best coach in the world, a hall of fame big man in David Robinson, and 2 more Hall of Famers in Parker & Ginobli
Plus Karl Malone stayed loyal to Utah. He didn't punk out like Durant did. He stayed there until he was old as fukk.
Utah was never gonna attract any great free agents, so basically him & Stockton were on their own.
if the jazz had duncan instead of malone they would have won one

Yeah, TD & John Stockton beat Pippen, Rodman, &
Please, Popovich is the best coach of the past 40 years and he played with 3 other Hall of Famers on the best organization in the NBA
Then what do you call the 2004 Lakers that had Kobe, Shaq, and Payton and still lost to a Pistons team that had no superstars in only 5 games and that's with home court advantage.
Dude, Malone & Payton were 150 years old each.
That's like saying Muhammad Ali was trash because he lost to Trevor Berbick.