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John Stockton

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Born: 03/26/62
Height: 6-1 / 1.85
Weight:175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.
Earnings: $65,975,000 ($104,714,538*)
Born: 03/26/62
Height: 6-1 / 1.85
Weight:175 lbs. / 79.4 kg.
Earnings: $65,975,000 ($104,714,538*)

Karl Malone: “I love Chris Webber but this was one time where I wanted to kick his ass. Right? So we had been wearing them out – at home – and Chris Webber started at half court looking for John Stockton. On the flip side, I say ‘Good on you Chris for studying the playbook. And we ran that four up and he didn’t even care. He hit Stockton right in the sternum with his elbow. I damn near felt it and [it] hurt. …I felt so bad I went over to Coach [Jerry] Sloan and I said, ‘Coach, don’t run that again, please.’ Stock[ton] looked at me and said ‘No, I’m good’ and the next play– well, you know.”
The biggest controversy surrounding the selection of the team centered on Knight’s decision to cut Charles Barkley. Over time, the omissions of Karl Malone, John Stockton and others would join that conversation. Many thought Knight could have picked two teams strong enough to win Olympic gold.
Meanwhile, Jordan was the best perimeter player of the ’90s. And the second-best was … John Stockton? Clyde Drexler? Grant Hill for that one year? Especially after Magic Johnson retired in 1991, nobody came anywhere close. Instead, Jordan’s era was one where Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson, Karl Malone, Charles Barkley, Patrick Ewing and a young Shaquille O’Neal were the dominant forces. Malone and Barkley were the players who beat him out for MVP awards, while Olajuwon pushed Jordan down to third in 1993 and Robinson finished second, third and third at various points. No sane person considered another perimeter player ahead of Jordan on their MVP ballot from 1991 to 1998. In the two years Jordan (mostly) sat out, 193 of the 202 first-place MVP votes went to the bigs I listed above. Just nine went to perimeter players of any stripe. The six bigs I named above were the top six players in the 1995 MVP vote; only then did other perimeter players become a topic.

Kyle Goon: LeBron made quick work of the milestone he was set to pass tonight: He’s now ahead of John Stockton (1,839) in all-time playoff assists for No. 2. The leader, of course, is Magic Johnson (2,346).
Alberto de Roa: Winning three-pointers at the buzzer in Conference Finals games: 1997 Eddie Johnson (Houston), 1997 John Stockton (Utah), 2002 Robert Horry (LA Lakers), 2009 LeBron James (Cleveland), 2020 ANTHONY DAVIS (LA Lakers). It has never happened in the NBA Finals.
Jorge Sierra: LeBron James needs another 53 assists to move ahead of John Stockton for No. 2 all-time in the playoff assists ranking. A GUY WHO’S NOT A POINT GUARD 🤯

Justin Kubatko: Chris Paul recorded his 100th steal of the season this afternoon. It’s the 13th time he’s reached that mark. The only players in NBA history to do so more often are Jason Kidd (18), John Stockton (17), and LeBron James (14).