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Tommy Dee: Wiggy asked Ewing who JR reminded him of without hesitation? "A more athletic Starks"... LOL #tkbtruth Twitter @TommyDeeTKB

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Because of his devotion, Starks is both trusted and beloved by a significant portion of the city's metropolitan area. Given that connection, you can expect many of them to start driving Fords and Lincolns any day now. As seen in the ad above, Starks is now shilling for Ford Lincoln of Queens, aka "The Boulevard's Best." Clearly, the dealership's new owners know exactly how to attract and expand their potential client base. Yahoo! Sports

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The Dallas Mavericks went from NBA pretender to contender and ousted the Lakers from the playoffs by focusing on defense. And if the Knicks hope to go from mere playoff participant to Eastern Conference force, they'll need to do the same thing. So say former Knicks John Starks and Walt Frazier. "Hopefully, the team understands that next (season) is going to be a totally different situation where the emphasis is a little bit more on defense," Starks said Monday night at the Evelyn Sachs Steiner Home for Girls Benefit Dinner in New Rochelle. "You look at Dallas. They concentrated on offense for so long and they never got over the hump. This year they became a good defensive team ... and they beat the world champions." New York Daily News

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Ex-Knick superstar John Starks has unveiled a new basketball sneaker he says he wishes he had during his heyday playing against Michael Jordan and Reggie Miller. The shoe is billed as the first kind of sneaker to prevent ankle injuries, Starks told the Daily News recently. "It's 99.9% affective against ankle sprains," Starks said. The shoe is tightly secured to the foot with a strap, and the side features a protruding bumper designed to keep players from rolling their ankles. "Once I put the shoe on, and strapped it in, immediately you feel secure in the shoe, and you feel like this is the shoe that's going to protect your foot," said Starks, who now works in the New York Knicks front office. "I had many ankle injuries, some that put me out a day, some that put me out a week or two," said the 6-foot-2 former shooting guard. "I wish this shoe was out on the market at the time that I was playing." New York Daily News

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