16 years ago, fans around the Wasatch Front were dumbstruck when their guy, two-time NBA MVP and two-decade Utah Jazz star Karl Malone sold his soul and joined Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant with the LA Lakers. Sure, Malone’s time in the 801 had run its course, but seeing him ply his trade in the purple and gold was still hard to stomach.
Fast-forward to now, and there’s a chance we could be seeing Stockton leading the Lake Show’s attack on the hardwood.
No, not Malone’s running mate John Stockton, but the Hall of Fame point-man’s son — and a former Jazzman in his own right — David Stockton.