[ESPN NBA Guru] Tomjanovich believes Mailman will stay in L.A.

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New Lakers coach confident Malone won't leaveHOUSTON -- Rudy Tomjanovich, who leaves Houston to begin his new coaching job with the Los Angeles Lakers this weekend, said he's confident that Karl Malone will stay with the Lakers.Tomjanovich said he met with Malone recently and believes the power forward, who went down with a knee injury in December, won't leave."He wants to do it the right way. He is a man of principle," Tomjanovich, former coach of the Houston Rockets, told Houston
television station KRIV on Wednesday....

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