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Reed said he received a surprising phone call while the former Utah Jazz standout was fishing in Alaska. "Being a homeboy," said Reed, 68, who, like Malone, is also a Louisiana native, "he likes to hunt and fish like me. That's one of the things I admired about Karl is his great work ethic. "But I thought he would've asked (former Jazz coach Jerry) Sloan or (teammate John) Stockton."
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