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Through Pat Sullivan — one of Davis’ assistant coaches, whom Malone knew from their overlapping NBA days — Malone attended multiple UNC practices. The first time, a manager led him to the traditional second-level viewing area, only for Davis to call for Malone to join him on the floor. Davis even had Malone address the team, something Malone said he deeply appreciated after being fired by Denver just one year ago. Malone brought a notebook to those practices, his basketball juices flowing as he scribbled. “He said, ‘I was not trying to be critical, I was being curious’ — and that’s just the way he is,” said incoming UNC athletic director Steve Newmark. “He’s a basketball junkie.”
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