SALT LAKE CITY — Before we move on from the Jazz family reunion, will someone explain what just happened?
They held a 20-year reunion of the 1997 NBA Finals team at halftime of Wednesday’s Jazz-Knicks game — and Karl Malone didn’t show up.
He sent a video instead.
Would the "Seinfeld" cast hold a reunion without Jerry, even if George and Kramer could be there? Would the Beach Boys reunite without Brian Wilson? Would the 49ers' Super Bowl team get together again, sans Joe Montana?
Speculation ran wild about Malone’s absence. It was so difficult to believe that he would really miss the event that many — including John Stockton — expected Malone to arrive at the last moment, unannounced, Favre-like.