I saw Malone play a lot, I'd put him first, if you need points, and you do to win, he's the best of three to get them.
I think of Duncan as a center, as a PF KG is better. He didn't outplay KG in their matchups, I saw quite a few of them and KG usually won.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... =garneke01And Malone torched KG more often then not.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/pla ... =malonka01I think Malone was the best PF, then KG; the stats seem to agree with my eyeballs.
Honestly, I think if Karl had been in NY or LA he would get more respect, the Media didn't care for him and his tiny market. Fun story;
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/ ... one-at.htmBecause he played in a small media market and shared top billing with John Stockton, Malone has never been as popular as such superstars as Charles Barkley and Patrick Ewing. In 1990, fans around the NBA voted the Los Angeles Lakers A.C. Green to start for the Western Conference in the All-Star Game.
Incensed by what he considered a snub, Malone rang up 61 points and 18 rebounds in only 33 minutes against the Milwaukee Bucks on January 27, 1990. His total included 21 field goals and 19 free throws. Then Malone announced that he was abandoning his threat to boycott the All-Star Game. (Ironically, he never played in the game because of an injury.)