Team: Jazz
English name: john houston stockton.
Born on: 1962-3-26
Height: 185
Weight: 79 kg
Country: USA
Personal profile
He and his wife Nada have two daughters: Lindsay and Laura; Four sons: Houston, Michael, David and Samuel; He was born in Washington state and has lived in Salt Lake City ever since. His father owns a bar in his hometown and broadcasts every jazz competition via satellite.
John stockton was born on March 26th, 1962, and his height is1.85m. He was elected NBA assists king for nine times in a row, NBA All-Star Team for nine times, 1993 All-Star Game MVP, 1992 and 1996 Olympic gold medals. He is the best passing expert in NBA history and the most exciting.
John stockton was born in Spokane, Washington. In high school, he was an amphibious star of school baseball and basketball. The university studied at Gonzaga University. 1984 was selected by Utah jazz in the first round of NBA draft. Although stockton doesn't have the amazing jumping ability of dunk and robertjoseph cousy's fancy passing, he has keen observation, amazing speed, omnipotent passing ability and accurate 3-point long-range shooting ability. In the Jazz, he and Carmelo became the best partners in NBA history, known as the Utah Double Evil. They learn from each other's strengths and make each other better while giving full play to their own advantages. Once a teammate, especially Malone, is attacked by an opponent, stockton can break the opponent's defense with a three-pointer at any time. If the opponent dares to press him, he will quickly break into the basket, or score a layup, or divide the ball and assist. Defensively, as long as the opponent is slightly negligent, it will break the ball like lightning, with both offensive and defensive capabilities. Their cooperation lasted until the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996, which made great contributions for the United States to win the Olympic gold medal.
At present, stockton has almost all the assist records: 15806 assists, and was elected as the assist king for 9 consecutive times. The maximum number of assists in a season is1164 (1991year), and the average number of assists in a season is 14.5(65438). NBA career average assists 1 1.6. The number of assists in seven seasons exceeded 1000. There are 35 games with more than 20 assists. In addition, he has a record of 3265 steals in the NBA.
In addition, stockton is a hard-working and energetic iron man. 1996- 1997 before the start of the season, he missed only four of the 984 games in 12 NBA career. In the 1993 season, he won the title of Most Valuable Player in the All-Star Game with Malone. 1992 and 1996 were both selected for the American men's basketball dream team and won two Olympic gold medals. At present, 36-year-old stockton shows no signs of aging physically or physically. Winning the NBA championship is his only pursuit with Malone. Being in the same era as Jordan is very sad. Stockton's championship dream was shattered twice by Jordan at 1997 and 1998, and rejected by the Blazers at 1999. The championship ring seems to be getting farther and farther away from him.
Review of NBA career
During stockton 19' s NBA career, he left the same impression on everyone-low-key, peaceful and silent. Only on the court did he show his burning desire for victory and never gave in.
Legendary coach john wooden once said: stockton is one of his favorite NBA players and the only one who makes him willing to pay for it. Another legendary coach, Jack Ramsay, also said: stockton is the "ultimate team player" and the best half-court defense in history.
When it comes to physical condition, stockton may be only 100 short, but the NBA is more than physical condition. When it comes to fancy dribbling, Jason Williams can compete with him, but the NBA is more than fancy dribbling. Stockton is such a person. On the court, you will never see his fancy dribbling, only the most basic hitting, passing and pick-and-roll cooperation. So the basketball played by stockton is the real basketball.
Robertjoseph cousy, the greatest point guard in the last century, once said passionately: If there is the word point guard in the dictionary, his explanation must be john stockton. Yes, stockton almost played a sad role in his 19 career. He has no glory that bill russell's hands can't bear; Without speight Webber's amazing bounce; There is no "triple double" like jason kidd; Without gary payton's chattering mouth ... he has nothing, not even a championship ring, so what Cousy said may be the highest honor in stockton's life. However, it is such a white guard who is only 1.85 meters tall, but it is remembered by all the people who love NBA all over the world and changed their views on basketball and white guards.
On October 22nd, 2004, the Jazz played against the Hornets at home. This is a big day. He doesn't usually pay much attention to clothes. Today, he is wearing a gorgeous black suit. During the intermission, stockton walked slowly into the stadium. He was very familiar with every floor under his feet, because he had left his tears and laughter here. He picked up the receiver only to find that he had nothing to say. He can only express his feelings with "thank you". After a little calmness, he said, "Thank you for your support since 19. I feel very happy here. This is my home. " Numerous fans applauded and cheered for him. These are old jazz fans. They were fascinated by the old man's performance. With the help of his family, stockton's 12 jersey slowly rose and hung on the dome of Delta Center, next to his former teammate 14 Jeff Hornacek's jersey. Will inspire new members of the jazz team to fight and fight. After all this, stockton wants to leave the stadium peacefully and return to his seat, just like 19 after each game.
People attending the retirement ceremony of stockton jerseys are: Frank? Leiden, Mark? Eaton, Larry? Miller, Jerry Sloan, Jeff? Hornacek and an official of the US Senate, and Carl, the "postman" who arrived in Salt Lake City from Los Angeles thousands of miles away? Malone. After the game, jazz boss Larry? Miller said emotionally, "No matter what he did, we will thank him and love him." "Thanks for his contribution to the Jazz on 19, and we will always remember him." At this point, Miller couldn't help crying.
Off-site, the bronze statue of stockton has been erected, which will always accompany Delta Arena, Salt Lake City and Utah Jazz, and will become the symbol of Salt Lake City.
Stockton's only regret is that he didn't win the championship. 1997 and 1998, stockton led jazz into the finals, which brought him very close to the championship. However, he met the bull and the "flying man" Jordan. Two people 2-4, let stockton hate Salt Lake City.
But this can't hide his honor:
Career total assists: 15806 times, ranking first in NBA history (more than Magic Johnson 1/3).
Career average assists: 10.5 times, ranking second in NBA history.
Average assists in the playoffs: 10. 1 time, the second in NBA history.
The highest number of assists in a single season:1164 (1990-1991).
The highest average assists per game in a single season:14.5 (1989-1990).
Maximum assists per game: 28 times ranked third in NBA history.
The average number of assists per game in the playoffs is the highest: 24 times ranked first in NBA history (tied with Magic Johnson)
Become the king of assists for 9 times in a row.
The total number of steals in his career: 3,265, ranking first in NBA history (432 more than Jordan).
Total career score:19,711ranked 33rd in NBA history.
Career shooting percentage: 5 1.5%
All-star game assists in a single season: 9 times (1989), ranking first in an all-star season.
Total career participation: 1504, ranking third in the NBA.
On behalf of the same team: 1504 NBA games ranked first.
10 all-star selection
1993 won the Salt Lake City All-Star MVP (and won the cup with teammate "postman" karl malone).
1992 and 1996 were selected as "Dream 1 Team" and "Dream 3 Team" respectively, and won two Olympic gold medals.
1996 was selected as one of the top 50 NBA50 superstars.
He was elected to the American Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.
As 18 karl malone, an old comrade-in-arms "postman" who worked with stockton, said: "There will never be a second john stockton-never."