In his 52 years, Karl Malone has been all around the world from Japan to Amsterdam, but he's still a country boy at heart.
So, the Summerfield, La. native isn't impressed with your newfangled, fancy telecommunications device. Saturday, just days after the domestic release of the iPhone 6s, the the basketball Hall of Famer and Olympic gold medalist, pulled out a flip phone on national television while watching his son, LSU guard K.J. Malone, play against Syracuse. It might be the biggest dad moment of 2015.
MORE: How the top 25 fared | How good is Leonard Fournette
Karl Malone celebrated LSU's TD with a little dance and a text... on his flip phone. https://t.co/A54bNkDDIZ
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 26, 2015
Karl Malone was in his zone.
Since we're already enjoying a laugh at Karl Malone's expense, why don't we all enjoy Jimmy Kimmel's masterful impersonation of the former power forward's penchant for speaking in third person.
P.S. Karl Malone has an estimated net worth of $75 million. So, the jokes really on us. Well, most of us.