Malone can't do it, he won't shoot threes, can't change direction while dribbling to face the basket for a breakthrough, doesn't have nimble and varied footwork, his turnaround speed isn't fast enough, his step-back can be used occasionally but isn't skilled, these things require talent, Malone can't learn them.
But day in and day out, he has honed his muscles and the skills he can use: corner jump shot, top of the arc jump shot, turnaround fadeaway shot, hook shot, fast break catch and lay-up.
Everything he does follows patterns, often his offense adheres to certain predetermined tracks, repeating over and over, much like the dumbbells and equipment repeatedly lifted and lowered in the gym.
This season, while undertaking a lot of one-on-one isolations, Karl Malone has raised his two-point shooting percentage to the second-highest of his career at 55%—very close to Ah Gan's rookie season.
