It appears that a new feud has broken out between Utah Jazz owner Greg Miller and 14-time All Star Karl Malone. It started when Miller took to his blog and said that Malone was “too unreliable and too unstable” to be an assistant coach for the NBA team. He then went on further to say that Malone lied in a recent interview in which he said the only way he could watch the Jazz play was through a scalper ticket. Miller then added fuel to the fire by writing the following on his twitter account, “Hey Karl – you’re lying. You have my number. Next time you need a seat to a Jazz game, call me. You can have mine.” The tension started when Malone commented on the handling of Dereon Williams claiming that the team gave him too much power and it was his coach, Jerry Sloan, who had to pay the price. Williams and Sloan were another pair that never really clicked, but the tension came to a head during a game against the Chicago Bulls shortly before Williams was traded to the New Jersey Nets in which Williams refused to follow the plays Coach Sloan had called causing Sloan to want to discipline the stubborn star. However, no one supported Sloan’s discipline idea causing the fallout with the coach and the team. Upon hearing this, Miller made some comments about Malone that showed that their relationship is not exactly the greatest. One of the comments he made is “Karl is still as high-maintenance as he ever was”. It seems more like Malone is just trying to become relevant again. If he had come to the Coach’s defense when the incident had occurred I could understand this feud, however, this just seems like unnecessary drama.
