John Stockton
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John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is an American retired professional basketball player.
He spent his entire NBA career (1984-2003) as a point guard for the Utah Jazz, and the Utah Jazz won the playoffs in each of his 19 seasons.
Stockton led the Jazz to their only two NBA Finals appearances in 1997 and 1998, as well as his longtime colleague Karl Malone.
Stockton is a ten-time NBA All-Star and a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (in 2009 for his individual contributions and as a member of the 1992 United States Olympic basketball team "Dream Team" in 2010.
He was named one of the best players in NBA history in 1996.
Stockton holds the NBA record for most career assists and robs by wide margins, and is regarded as one of the top point guards of all time.
Early years
Born in Spokane, Washington, to Clementine (née Frei) and Jack Stockton. He attended grade school at St. Aloysius and then moved on to Gonzaga Prep high school and graduated in 1980, breaking the city's record for points scored in a single basketball season.
Personal life
Hust Stockton, Stockton's grandfather (born John Houston Stockton) played for the Frankford Yellow Jackets in the 1920s; Stockton was a member of the 1926 NFL Championship team.
Stockton and his family, former Nada Stepovich (the granddaughter of Matilda Stepovich and Mike Stepovich, Alaska's last territorial governor), reside in Spokane. They have two daughters (Lindsay and Laura) and four sons (Houston, Michael, David, and Samuel). Stockton and his family are Roman Catholics.
For the University of Montana Grizzlies, the Houston Stockton played college football as a defensive back. Michael Stockton, a basketball player at Salt Lake City's Westminster College, has joined BG Karlsruhe in Germany's second basketball division in 2011. Michael joined BG Göttingen in Germany's first basketball division, the Basketball Bundesliga, in 2017. David Stockton played basketball for Gonzaga in 2014 and then played for the Reno Bighorns in the NBA's Development League, and later on for the Sacramento Kings and Utah Jazz. Lindsay Stockton played basketball for Montana State University, while Laura Stockton played basketball at Gonzaga. Laura signed her first professional contract with Herner TC in Germany in 2020.
Stockton has a brother and three nephews who have participated in college basketball. Steve Stockton, his brother, played for the University of Washington. Steve Stockton Jr.'s oldest son, Mackton, attended Whitworth College; Shawn Stockton's son completed his college basketball career at the University of Montana in the 2011-2012 season; and Steve Stockton's youngest son, Riley, played for Seattle Pacific.
College career
After considering Don Monson's offer at Idaho and Mike Montgomery at Montana, the Big Sky Conference Stockton decided to remain in Spokane and play college basketball for Dan Fitzgerald at Gonzaga University. He was the third generation of his family's at GU; grandfather Houston Stockton was a well-known football player for the Bulldogs in the 1920s. Fitzgerald was also the athletic director, after Stockton's freshman year and promoted assistant Jay Hillock to head coach.
Stockton averaged 20.9 points per game shooting 57% from the field during his senior year with the Bulldogs in 1984. The Zags posted a 17–11 record, their highest level in 17 years, and Stockton led the West Coast Athletic Conference in scoring, assists, and thefts. He was named WCAC Player of the Year for his contribution, marking the first-ever Gonzaga player to receive the award.
He was one of 74 college players invited to the spring tryouts for the 1984 U.S. Olympic team, with Bob Knight coaching. Stockton made the initial cut in April to the final 20, but he was one of four players cut in May (with Charles Barkley, Terry Porter, and Maurice Martin) in the penultimate cut to 16 players. Despite being unnoticed, the opportunity brought him to meet his future teammate and mentor, Karl Malone.
Professional career
Stockton was picked by the Utah Jazz in the first round of the 1984 NBA draft for the 16th overall pick. Despite being relatively unknown early in his college career, his popularity increased sharply in the months leading up to the draft. Nonetheless, the news of his appointment to the thousands of Jazz followers assembled at the Salt Palace on draft day was met with a stunned silence. During a loss to the Denver Nuggets on November 10, 1984, Stockton had his highest scoring game as a rookie, scoring 19 points in 19 minutes in 19 minutes.
In the 1987-88 season, Stockton became the Jazz's starting point guard. He appeared in his first All-Star Game in 1988–89 and led the NBA in assists per game for the first time in nine seasons.
Stockton won by 20 points and a franchise record 28 assists in a 124–102 home victory over the San Antonio Spurs on January 15, 1991. Stockton almost scored a triple-double on February 12, adding 19 points, 11 assists, and 9 steals in a 113-92 victory over the Houston Rockets.
Stockton and the Jazz were in the Western Conference Finals for the first time in 1992, but the Portland Trail Blazers defeated them in six games. Stockton was named co-MVP of the All-Star Game in 1993, alongside Malone, and the game was held in Salt Lake City.
Stockton set many records during the 1994-95 season. Magic Johnson (who had 9,921 assists) was the NBA's all-time leader in assists as he dishested out 16 assists in a 129-98 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets. He had 9,937 assists for his career at that point. "You are the best team boss I have ever played against," Magic Johnson said in an interview with Stockton. Stockton dished out 15 assists in a 108-98 victory over the Boston Celtics. His 15 assists gave him a career total of 10,008 assists, making him the first player to have disheyed out 10,000 assists in his career. Stockton made his second appearance in NBA history on March 25, beating the Dallas Mavericks by 117-110.
Stockton and the Jazz reached the Conference Finals again in 1994 and 1996, but lost to the Houston Rockets and the Seattle SuperSonics, respectively.
In the 1996–97 season, Utah set a franchise record and led the Western Conference with 64 victories. The team made it to the Western Conference Finals once more. Stockton scored 25 points, gave out 13 assists, and made a buzzer-breaking three-point shot over the Rockets' Charles Barkley in Game Six of the Conference Finals. "The Shot" became Stockton's game-winner. Stockton defeated the Houston Blazers in Game 3 of the 1997 NBA Finals, scoring 17 points, 7 rebounds, and 12 assists. In the Finals, the Jazz were defeated by the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls in six games.
Stockton missed the first 18 games of the 1997-98 season due to a knee injury, but the Jazzmen returned to the NBA Finals and met the Bulls for the second time. Stockton led the Jazz with a three-pointer with 41.9 seconds left in Game 6 of the 1998 NBA Finals, but Bulls guard Michael Jordan made two field goals to put his team ahead 87-86. Stockton missed a three-point shot with 5.2 seconds remaining on a post-game interview, but he was positive the shot would go in. In six games, the Bulls defeated the Jazz again.
During Stockton's 19-year NBA career, the Jazz made the NBA playoffs every season.
Stockton resigned in a tweeted statement rather than the customary news conference on May 2, 2003. In which Salt Lake City renamed the street in front of the venue then known as Delta Center (now Vivint Arena), where the Jazz then played, John Stockton Drive, the Jazz later held a retirement celebration for him. Stockton would later say that despite being content with the game and how well he was doing, his growing family made him feel that "sitting in the hotel room waiting for games wasn't making up for what I was missing at home."
The Jazz cut Stockton's number 12 jersey after a game on November 22, 2004. In front of Vivint Arena, a statue of Stockton can be seen; a companion statue of Karl Malone was unveiled nearby on March 23, 2006. The Malone and Stockton statues stand on a bronze plaque recognizing their joint work. In 2009, Stockton was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2010, Stockton and the rest of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team were also inducted into the Hall of Fame.