About Jeff Malone
Jeffrey Nigel Malone is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs, and is mostly known for his time with the Washington Bullets (1983–1990) of the National Basketball Association (NBA), where he was an NBA All-Star twice, playing the shooting guard position. He also played for the Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and Miami Heat. Malone is the nephew of the late Vivian Malone Jones, the first African American graduate of the University of Alabama, and Dr. Jeff Malone averaged 18.6 points per game in his first year in Utah, and shot 91.7 percent on free throws, good for second in the league (narrowly losing the free throw title to Indiana's Reggie Miller, who shot 91.8 percent that season). Following a Pistons timeout with a second left, Bill Laimbeer hit a 25-footer, which appeared to give Detroit the victory but it was waived off as it came after the buzzer, and the Bullets won 103-102.
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