SALT LAKE CITY — As Utah Jazz players lock arms before home games at Vivint Arena, they likely glance atop the building as the national anthem is being performed.
Among the retired jerseys dangling up there is Karl Malone’s No. 32.
Outside the arena, there’s an 8-foot-tall bronze statue of Malone — the No. 2 all-time NBA scorer — on the downtown Salt Lake City corner near Karl Malone Drive.
“He’s a legend. You saw Aaron Gordon (recently) pay tribute to his dunk and little things like that, so he’s a legend throughout the league,” said current Jazz star Donovan Mitchell.