<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Former Utah Jazzman Karl Malone has hired a real estate auction company to sell his Salt Lake mansion in the Upper Avenues. "I'm ready to make a smooth transition to the next phase of my life, and while I plan to maintain a smaller residence in Utah, I won't be there enough to justify a home of this size," Malone said in a statement issued through J.P. King Auction Co. of Gadsden, Ala. The Malone family has not lived in the home since he left the Jazz to join the Los Angeles Lakers a year and a half ago. Last month he announced his retirement from the NBA.</div> Source
