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Built to bash: the Lakers didn't just add on; their new guest quarters--Karl Malone and Gary Payton--are as swank as the main house. Now they're really livin' large.(NBA preview: under construction)

The Sporting News

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Karl Malone still is not quite sure what is going on. How did he wind up here, in a humid gym on the campus of the University of Hawaii, anyway? What's he doing with a and purple uniform and No. 11 on his back? Why is he spending his time wandering in a triangle, when he should be picking and rolling like always? And--wait a minute, did he really agree to an $18 million pay cut to be here?

"It's a little bit of a curveball for me, yeah,' Malone says. "It will take some getting used to."

Gary Payton knows how he feels. Sitting a bounce pass away from Malone, the 14-year point guard says he has yet to tune in to the reality of his new situation: playing in ...

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