Chapter 129 - Chapter 46: [What Goes Around Comes Around, Destroying His Own Iron Elbow]

He had a terrible reputation in the league; almost no one liked him. When he won the regular season MVP in 1997, even Hakeem Olajuwon, a superstar who never made enemies, came out and said it was "all thanks to his superb acting and flopping." The famously humble David Robinson also offered up a curse word starting with "B." Barkley, on the other hand, said, "When Malone faces someone weaker than him, he throws an elbow. When he faces someone stronger, he flops."