There are many "uncrowned kings" in the NBA, such as Answer, Nash, Baylor, Malone, Maddie, etc., their strength is undoubtedly strong, but for various reasons can not win the championship, among which Malone is called the ceiling of the "uncrowned king" because he lost to Jordan, who is regarded as the "god of basketball" in both finals, which is why fans often put him in the second place in the all-time power forward rankings.
But since Ma Long's strength is so strong, and he is only under "God" at the same time, why did he not win the championship in the 2 years that "God" retired? In fact, I personally think that Malone is an infinitely overrated person, without Jordan, he can't win two championships, two FMVPs, he has reached a total of two finals in his entire career (the number of finals has nothing to do with Jordan), even without Jordan, his historical status is not high, he is just a dragon in the regular season.
Malone is definitely not an uncrowned king, and Ma Long is slightly inferior to other opponents of his contemporaries, Olajuwon, Ewing, Barkley, Kemp, these top inside lines can teach Malone to be a person. If Malone is really that powerful, Jordan's retirement in 94 and 95 years was knocked down by Olajuvon playoffs for two consecutive years; In 96, he was taught by Camp and Payton; 97, 98 was restrained by Rodman; Jordan retired in '99, only to be wiped out by the Trail Blazers led by Rashid Wallace.
To be honest, if it weren't for technical fouls and injuries, Malone couldn't enter the Finals in '98, and the first round of the Rockets was abolished by Malone with a 2-1 lead, and David Robinson was injured in the second round, Malone's real level, is really the ability to lead the playoffs too average, and entering the finals in 97 is the top.
Throughout NBA history, it can be said that from the refrigerator retirement to 95 years ago, the league's largest was Barkley, and after 98 years it was Duncan, and Malone ruled for a very short time, and anyone who has watched Malone know that the Jazz's offense basically depends on blocking.
Malone is dominated by blocking and rubbing, and there is still a distance compared to Barkley's rich independent offensive ability. Now it is touted like this, it is completely stained with the light of two finals against Jordan, if Camp or Barkley score again, it will be these two, in fact, 97 years are also possible.
Malone's unique skill is to shoot from the middle, but Mallon's flaws are also obvious, and his key ball ability is poor. So a big part of Malone's success is due to Stockton and Sloan. Of course, his diligence is impeccable, but the ball quotient is really not high.
In addition, Malone has a very poor ball quality, and there are many unsportsmanlike practices on the court. To put it bluntly, play fiercely. Among Jordan's generation of stars, in addition to the gang owner and Pi Er, my favorite star is Miller, who has no good impression of Malone, although in terms of personal strength, Malone is obviously much higher than Miller.
In order to win, it is okay to use some off-the-board tricks, such as Miller will spray trash talk and push people, but deliberately hurting people, or even ruining other people's health and career, is unacceptable to anyone, as some fans say, Malone is too bad for his football and character, God will not give him the championship. Do you remember how Ma Long bullied the honest good boy Yao Ming in the 04 playoffs?
In the historical inside line, the dark horse dragon should be ranked first, and Ranbir is second. Because Ranbil's evil is clear, the righteous bad guy, and Malone's bad is yin, so that the bad man is very despised. In the last season, F4 was formed to break out of the West, and Uncle Ma was a great contributor. Francis burst into rudeness, Nash was smashed in the face, Malone killed red eyes for the ring, and in the end he still didn't bring the ring or maybe it was really providence.