Gordon Malone (born July 17, 1974) raised in

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, is a former basketball player who played college basketball for West Virginia. In high school, Malone was the most feared block specialist in the northeast. He once blocked a ball so hard it popped and they had to stop the game. He was selected 43rd overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the

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, but was cut in training camp. He subsequently played professional basketball in Europe, China, and Canada. He played for the

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of the

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. Previously, he had spent time with the Saskatchewan Hawks in the

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. Malone also played in China, Greece, Poland and Argentina and with the Harlem Globetrotters.

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