{"id":66,"date":"2003-07-10T18:08:04","date_gmt":"2003-07-10T22:08:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tradermike.net\/movethecrowd\/2003\/07\/karl_malone_signs_with_lakers\/"},"modified":"2003-07-10T18:08:04","modified_gmt":"2003-07-10T22:08:04","slug":"karl_malone_signs_with_lakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/07\/10\/karl_malone_signs_with_lakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl Malone Signs with Lakers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh boy, it’s really on now! – Malone makes move, heads to Lakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Malone showed strong interest in the Lakers from the start of the free-agent negotiations on July 1, to a degree that the Hall of Fame-bound power forward is apparently willing to join the dethroned champions for a mere $1.5 million — a cut of almost $18 million from his 2002-03 salary<\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oh boy, it’s really on now! – Malone makes move, heads to Lakers. Malone showed strong interest in the Lakers from the start of the free-agent negotiations on July 1, to a degree that the Hall of Fame-bound power forward is apparently willing to join the dethroned champions for a mere $1.5 million — a… Continue reading Karl Malone Signs with Lakers<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":232,"url":"http:\/\/www.michaelseneadza.com\/blog\/2003\/10\/27\/shaq_kobe_feuding_again\/","url_meta":{"origin":66,"position":0},"title":"Shaq & Kobe Feuding Again","date":"October 27, 2003","format":false,"excerpt":"Looks like the Lakers may be unravelling already. 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