Jody Genessy of the Deseret News reports:
You can bet John Stockton and Jerry Sloan will be at the Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony next month when Karl Malone and the original Dream Team are among the inductees.
Surprisingly, though, neither of them will be presenting The Mailman on his big night.
Per Malone’s request, that honor has been bestowed upon a fellow Louisiana legend.
“Willis Reed is presenting me at the Hall of Fame, which I think is pretty cool,” Malone said Friday night while visiting with Utah media at his auto dealership.
Though many people thought either Stockton or Sloan would be chosen as his presenter — a privilege only current Hall of Famers are allowed to do — Malone went back to his youth to make the selection.
Reed, who’s 21 years older than the 47-year-old birthday boy Malone, grew up in the town of Bernice, La.
