Not being flashy and being honest a native European hurt him to me he is in my top 3 cause you can't be the all time leader in assist and seals and not be the in the top 3 but look at Kareem
This must be a generational thing cause as a 38 year old NBA Fan John Stockton has always been seen as one of the greatest players of all time. The way one associate Rodman with rebound is the way my generation associate him with assist.
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Stockton had his own idea of basketball: get it done, and do it efficiently and getting everybody involved. He was unselfish and this somehow brought him away from the spotlight. He's like Steve Nash, yeah everybody knows he is a great player, but since he passes more than he scores, somehow people give him less credit than someone who scores 30 ppg - even if they are less efficient or do not work as well in a team environment
I agree that people nowadays look down upon pass first point guards and put more value on pg's that score 30 and give 5 assists. Just crazy. That's why I think Steph is a great player but I can't put him in top 3 or even top 5 point guards all time
Dude was the "iceman". He never broke a sweat. He was the personification of a Point God. Bulldog on defense and a savant on offense. MJ had the upmost respect for him, says alot when the GOAT respects you.
Stockton was super passive. LIke Zeke said Stock should've been more aggressive scoring wise. They might of won a ring or two. I felt Stockton should have the mentality like I'm going to put 30 on your head like today's PG. He would be more revered. But he still is one of the greates PG of all time top 8 or 6.
Yes but let’s keep in mind some of that was era the scoring pg is a relatively new phenomena up until the mid to late 90’s the pg was always seen as the set up guy his job was to orchestrate the offense get his guys in their correct spots keep the ball movin and run the offense know their we’re definitely og’s who could score but no where like today you really didn’t see og’s in that era averaging 25, 27 ,30 plus points a game you really didn’t see og’s winning scoring titles or leading the league in scoring
He was a pass first point guard. Nothing wrong with that. The name of the game is to put the ball in the hoop. He facilitated a lot of that. He's an all time player no shame in that.
Back then scoring PG's like Isiah and Magic only averaged 18 to 20 ppgs. It was a different league back then. Just compare AI who averaged 25 FG's attempt a game and averaged 30 PPG , and John who attempted 11 FG's per game and averaged 15 to 17 ppgs. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Only thing that matters is winning, and John was always on a winning team his entire career. Absolute legend.
He put a lot of other ppl in position to score, but I'm sure if he had a scorers mentality he could've averaged 22- 25ppg taking 15 shots a game.Guys like him and Jason Kidd are a joy to play with, because if you run the floor they will find you.Always thought pass first, second and score third.I personally saw JKidd get Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson more money because he made them look better on the offensive end.
Dude, this is the first one I've disagreed with you. John Stockton is in the running for 2nd greatest PG ever. There's no way his growth was stunted. He maximized his ability
@@FoxNewsChannelSux i honestly think he's not even in the running for second best point guard. In the running implies there is a competition. My list top 3 is magic, Steph, Zeke, and Stockton is nowhere near any of those 3.
@@fallout560 10x All-Star All Star Game MVP 9x assists leader 2x steals leader. Guy's the all-time leader in assists and steals by such a wide margin that the guys in 2nd place would have to play at least 3 years at peak performance to break them. Like, seriously?
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Great video bro, loved Stockton's game. He was surely an all time great yet we must acknowledge Karl's impact on Stockton's career. Karl Malone simply doesn't get the respect he deserves, and his numbers are what ALL TIME GREATS are made of.
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99 was their best chance. Back to back finals losses, vet team ready to pounce after the lock out. Those finals losses. If you look at the stats, the games were all very close. I'm not sure if any other perimeter player, especially in 98 could've done what MJ did..literally the biggest stunt for John and em..MJ. appreciate this one.
All time leader in Assists and Steals, he held his own. The master of the Pick and Roll. Stockton to Malone. He is a dope quiet storm, just because he didnt win a chip, he did become 1/2 of why they went to the promise land. Jordan at the time was in God mode. A Utah pizzeria tried to make Jordan sick, but he came and scored 37 on them while dealing with the Stomach flu! Crazy series.
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There's only so much someone can do, it's not like he didn't pass the ball or play defense.. An assist is pretty much points this man did his job and did it very well.. it wasn't like he was in a weak league of players either.. when it comes to it you have to give this man best point gaurd period.. they should make a statue of this man like they did Rocky.. I'm serious too.. all 82 games for 17 seasons.. come on now give it to the man..👍🏿
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@Payton pritchard better than Stephen curry Oscar wasn't better than Magic. And why hold Magic's height against him? He was 6'9 and and had some of if not the best guard skills of all time. He was a born leader. At 20 he gave arguably the best finals performance of all time. Also has the highest assists per game average of all time. No point guard ranks above Magic.
Respect as a professional is the comment that sticks out the most to me regarding the career of John Stockton, and I think that his game would translate well into any era of basketball. With the new “small ball” and position-less basketball, I have no doubt that the name John Stockton would be much higher up on the all time “3” ball shooters as well as the assists and steals categories.
Subscribed to your channel after running into this Stockton clip. "Stockton open three.... Yes! John Stockton sends the Utah Jazz to the NBA Finals"! A day that will live for infamy in Utah and my childhood years. Peace out gentlemen and remember not to simp over these 304.
He's easily the best all around PG in NBA history, there's no even close to him. And back when i was more engaged with the NBA a little les than a decade ago, he was pretty much universally considered to be the greatest, the notion that he's isn't considered by people anymore is kind of a shock, I literally had no clue this was the case until i got recommended this video today. There are plenty of great passers, great scorers, and great defenders at PG, and a small number are great at two of those. Then there's Joh, who was phenomenal in all three. Magic was a great passer, but didn't have anywhere near the handles John had, nowhere near as deadly from mid-range or behind the arc, and most importantly wasn't anywhere close to being the absolute ball-hawk Stockton was. Which is why Magic, as amazing as he was, simply wasn't nearly as great of an all-around player John was. I guess the only reason people couldn't is because, even though he certainly could and did score pretty damn proficiently, he just was the dominant scorer of many current PG's. Personally I despise scoring-PG's, especially if and when they have other great scorers on their teams. PG's were meant to be the distributor first above all else, and scoring PG's hurt the flow of a teams offense, (unless that is if the team really doesn't have many if any descent scorers). Perfect example was my Blazers teams back in 2012 to 2015. Those years Lillard was an amazing scorer, as he still is to this day, but those teams had plenty of other guys who could score more easily than he could, be it Lamarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews, and then add the fact that they also had some decent scorers off the bench to boot, from Dorell Wright, CJ to McCullom, to Allen Crabbe, to Chris Kaman, to Meyers Leonard, and for one year Aaron Afflolo. That team simply didn't need a PG scoring 200+ every game. Batum was in his prime and was pretty much unstoppable due to his deadly outside shooting, great mid-range game, great post moves against smaller wings, and had a deceptively quick first step and pretty freakish athleticism allowing him to drive to the hoop and then finish above the rim - and yet he'd only average 10 to 15 a night, because you had LA, (who was is his prime as well and even more unstoppable than Batum was, either in the post or hitting outside jumpers), was still primarily the go-to guy with Wesley Matthews doing a lot of scoring as well - with Lillard doing as much shooting back then, alot of those were attempts that would have - and imo should have gone to Batum, especially because Batum back then simply could score in more ways than Lillard while also being able to score easier than him too. Im not saying Lillard shouldn't have ever shot the ball or something, but that team back then really needed was a guy who was pass-first and a great on-ball defender, who would hit the open shot or step up and score if the other scorers had a bad night, and Matthews. A guy like Terry Porter for example, or better yet - John Stockton would have made that team far more successful back then. Im not saying that im against scoring PG's in every situation though, just when there's other scorers who aren't getting as many shots as they deserved, and those teams would be better for it. But if your talking about Portland post LA leaving, (and them stupidly trading away Batum who they massively under-utilized), those teams really needed Damian to step up and do the sort of scoring he was doing because they had also lost a bunch of other players who put up alot of points for them. Stockton, had Malone, Hornacek, and earlier - Jeff Malone as well, which is why they really didn't need John to put up over 20 a game night in - night out, but could if he was required to.
"John Stockton was harder to guard than Micheal Jordan"- Gary Payton To me he is one of the greatest PGs ever behind Magic. One thing people forget was that not only was he a great passer and could strip you of the ball, he shot a career field goal percentage of 51%! That's super efficient for a point guard.
@@ryanr20091 Yeah, but putting up points wasn't his role. Facilitating, controling the offense, playing the passing lanes, that's what he was good at. At one point he could get close to 20 a game. But at that stage in his career he was only getting 10-15 a game so an extra 5 points in the Finals wasn't going to make that much difference. The Jazz had other guys that could score.
Jazz never had a true consistent 3rd option in their runs. It took someone like Big Dawg Antoine Carr to step up in game 5 to force a game 6 in the 98 finals. They never had a closer on their team in their runs sadly.
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Stunted Growth If u gonna do one on Stockton u gotta do one on Malone! 💪 This is my era when basketball was real when players really wanted to be the best and win at any means necessary
to be considered a top 5 point guard, and you don't have a ring speaks volumes, especially when the other pgs in the top 5 do Magic, Steph, Zeke, Oscar
@@ruxcooking Great point....Kidd, Paul, Nash and GP were 1st options for a few seasons at least, Stockton was never a #1 option. I mean with not just scoring but being the main focus on the floor by opposing coaches.
@@ruxcooking right although personally I’d take Stockton before nash or paul I’d say between Payton, Stockton, and kidd you have a crapshoot although I’d go Payton>kidd>Stockton
John was so efficient that he averaged 15 to 17 points per game during his prime attempting only 10 to 11 FG's per game. Imagine if John attempted 15 to 16 FG's per game, easily would average 20 plus. Plus he always shot over 50 percent from the floor. He scarified a lot of his scoring to get his teammates involved because John was all about the team. I'll take John over AI and even Steve Nash, because John was a better defender than Nash. Ill take Magic, Isiah, then a toss up between GP, Kidd, and Stockton for 3rd greatest.
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Stockton never had the flash and panache of other " true " point guards but for these reasons he deserved the title . 1. Assists , as you say it's not close . Ditto 2. Steals . 3 effective fg% the combo 2s,3s,and fts where only Nash superceded him 4. Durability 82s , in 19 seasons, 5. High motor low heart rate in the 40s, big hands palms with ease. He earned the moniker the " swiss watch" because he took a lickin and kept on tickin. ( payton the glove attests to it) . 6. Assist to turnover ratio. . His so so supporting cast didnt compare to the bulls pippen kukoc jordan and the 3 headed Cerberus centers , except Malone ( who was not exactly suburban) . He reached 2 finals when he got some shooting help in russell, hornacek, hansen. Eaton helped the early jazz in blocked shots but they were primarily a walk it up grinding defensive team as Sloan was a bull during karate kids days with van lier . The only year I think they had a chance to break through under his lead was during rockets reign but they were filled with shooters not so the jazz. You want a criticism they didnt go left enough. But his biggest clutch shots came from that side. He could occassionally be posted . Swiss watch just like his ancestry enough said. He could guard and he took charges and set hard screens.
There was no era like the “Dream Team” era!!! You made a great point about that timeframe between 93-95(also golden era in hi-hop).That was the time to win for the “Dream Teamers” because MJ wasn’t there or wasn’t fully back to being MJ! That moment was precious and Hakeem snatched it up!!!
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As a Laker fan of a certain age I got to witness his entire career. I still think he was so very technically sound. I have mad mad respect for him. And dirty? Well….in a game, I saw him dribble the ball up court and go from his left to his right as guard Derek Martin of the Clippers reached in for a steal. In one swift motion, John clocked Derek on the forehead with an elbow leaving him in the dust. It happened so fast, Derek did not see it coming.
How lucky are the Jazz to draft Stockton and Malone back to back seasons. And both were not even top 10 picks. With Stockton and Malone as teammates, they had 18 consecutive winning seasons in 3 different decades. Really impressive.
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Fourth stunt, that damn pick and roll with Malone. Obviously one of the best plays of all time leading to both players being all time leaders in assists and nearly in points but Malone was so good at finishing either around the rim or with his jumper as he got older it's almost like cherry picking assists
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Well let's just say he was and still is one of the smartest point gard in the game of basketball because he knew what he could do and he knew what he could not do on the basketball court and he was smart enough to always do what he could do and that allowed him to not make many mistakes and for that he was very smart on the basketball court
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I'm seeing people say Stockton couldn't score you obviously didn't watch the Houston series that year when he took over the game to get them to their first finals. Ask Gary payton reggie Miller Michael Jordan and every body that played in his era if he's not a top 5 pg the only knock was he didn't win other than that Stockton was great
I have always loved the Utah jazz!! I remember as a kid writing a letter to the team and enclosing 2 player cards of Karl Malone and John Stockton to be autographed by them.. I received a NOTE back on a blank piece of paper with only the Utah jazz letterhead that read: "SORRY, KARL & JOHN DO NOT SIGN ANY PLAYER CARDS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES". I was bumbed out. I don't believe they even returned my 2 cards either. GOOD VIDEO TOO BRO
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The answer to why John Stockton statically the best PG in NBA history isn't spoke about much or more popular is because(drum roll)... because John Stockton is like the Spurs.. they are good or great and foundationally sound and get the job done... but B B B B O O O O O R R R R R R R I I I I I I I I I I I N N N N N N N G G G G G G G to watch and the other always MOST over looked reason. John is a private person. Its been documented that he is a strong family man .. so he would be with his family and out of the spotlight his own career and into retirement as well. But Stockton is a great and he is 1 of the BEST PG's . Great Video!!
This episode is a stretch. John Stockton is in class with Magic and Isiah Thomas when it comes to greatest PGs of all time. And his run of greatness spanned more time than Isiah.
It spanned longer than magic's too. Magic just happened to win 5 championships. Both Thomas and Magic played 13 years. He retired in 91 and then returned in 95-96 then retired for good. This video isn't a stretch though because Stockton couldn't control the game like Thomas or Magic with that balance of scoring and passing. Yeah Stockton could get you 15 to 20 points, but he wasn't going to carry the scoring load if Malone was off his game. Thomas could get 15 assists, but he could also drop 30 on your head. Now I will say this I think Stockton is still very close to both in terms of goat pgs.
Another thing that was missing from Stockton's game was that he couldn't play off the ball. Isiah used to run the two guard sometimes and play the catch and shoot game. Go watch his old high school tape in 78 when he was playing for St. Joe's. In the L Zeke had Vinnie Johnson and Joe Dumars who could handle the point guard position too. That would have taken the pressure off Stockton. Now in Stockton's defense, he didn't have the personnel at the guard position to do that either. However, I look at the eye test and body mechanics on a player's movements and physical range of motion. Stock had a quick release on the three point shot, but he couldn't run to a spot on the floor, catch it, and let it fly like Jeff Hornacek or Reggie Miller and then transition back to point guard. This is what makes Curry so deadly. He doesn't need the ball in his hands. He can sprint to a place and spot up in one fluid motion. Every point guard though could get open and move well without the ball and then get it back, but to some playing off the ball will have them lost. Chris Paul can't play off the ball either. His rythym would be out of sink.
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The basketball fan in me: Not the greatest point guard ever but definitely one of the greatest. The Rockets fan in me: Great player but was dirtier than muddy water. Don’t even bring up the 97 Western Conference Finals. 😡
Its crazy bc stock could of scored anytime he wanted to like in the high 20s. He could shoot ,handle the ball, and he was an underrated finisher around the basket.
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Before Chris Paul he was considered the best PG. I'm 36 and watched him in the 90s. He wasn't flashy and doesn't have highlight real stuff, plus his attachment to Malone takes away from how good he was. Every coach I ever had wanted a Stockton-like PG
@@chrisisslick Curry plays in this hands off Era, so I can't compare. Kidd - he's up there, not better than Stockton without bias lenses on. Payton? You wildin. Magic is like Lebron, point forwards. Show some respect to small guys. Nobody ever cares to or wants to. People are already talking about guys like Ben Simmons and Luka as pure point guards because they dribble it across half smh.
@@Onitlikethat how is kidd not better when he was a wayyyy better rebounder and was a walking triple double and just as good if not a better on ball defender? You can't penalize magic for being tall lol. He was still a pg in every sense of the word. Trippin with Payton where? I'd still take cp3 over Stockton. You didn't say anything at all about Isaiah. I guess you know he's also better. Curry would've killed in any era with that kinda skill (handles, best shooter, off ball play). It is what it is. 🤷♂️
I glad you did this one on Stockton I also think he was underated but you know he was never going be better than magic. I think he was the best born white PG from America. in this age of basketball he would be a monster probably the best look at my boy Luka.
I always say, Stockton was like Hank Aaron. Never THE guy, but near elite for an ungodly amount of time. Unfortunately the guys who were more athletic than be was generally exposed him straight up. One of the reasons his playoff resume isn't stellar. The other reason being Karl Malone chokes harder than CP3 and Harden combined.
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Cuz people claim Stockton wouldn't be anything without Malone but yet everyone they consider the best had better players/more stars. Stockton is the best pg ever Magic had loaded teams his entire career which is the only reason he got rings. Stockton was a better shooter, passer and defender
He's the all time leader in both assists and steals. I think he maximized his potential to the highest level. His bland personality and 2 words stopped that...Michael Jordan
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I think what hurts him is the fact he lacked a left hand and wasn't a leaper or burner. Most gaurds handle in the 90's were limited to one side but they had strength or the athletic edge to say "still cant stop it even if you know I cant drive left." John had none of that besides being crafty with his right and the benefit of Malone to stop teams from keying in on his weakness going left. Crafty in sports is very underappreciated and forgotten cause it doesnt show well on highlights.
To me Stockton was very similar to Mo Cheeks.They both took care of the ball and was very efficient when it comes to scoring consistent with that 15- 17 foot shot.Not overly fancy but went behind the back or between the legs only when necessary.It was always pass first and hit the open shot, never forcing either.I remember reading in one book where Stockton basically said he was motivated to get ALOT better when he was in HS and went to a tournament where he saw Isiah Thomas dominate and just couldn't believe how good Isiah was,knowing he would have to get much better if he was to even play in college.That respect for Isiah continued throughout his career all the way to the HOF when he had Isiah walk him up to the stage to be inducted.
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For me, Stockton was the quintessential point guard...pass first, shoot second, be tenacious on defense, make your teammates better, and score when you have to. I only put Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas ahead of him by a small margin and only because he didn't win a championship.
Stockton’s game wasn’t predicated on shooting the ball more and ultimately that’s the difference in point guards now vs back then. Unless you have a skill or trait that is that bending to the defense you can’t win a title with that being the best player on the team.
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Great players often don't make great coaches. The only Hall of Fame level & Championship winning NBA players to also win rings as coaches were Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, Bill Sharman, KC Jones, Billy Cunningham, and Larry Costello. Bird had good run in his brief stint at Indiana, but left finding it too stressful, McHale didn't have much success at Houston, nor did Ainge at Phoenix, though he enjoyed success as GM for Boston especially in 2008. Hornacek tried at New York, look how that worked out for him. Stockton likely wouldn't have fared any better if he tried coaching. Jordan himself said he doesn't have any patience to be a coach, and Magic Johnson didn't enjoy much success either as coach. Great coaches usually come from the average player types, like Pat Riley, Phil Jackson or someone never made it past college ball like Gregg Popovich or Erick Spoelstra.
Mad love Stunted Growth. It's a shame those two Jazz finals were against the best Bulls team and debatably the GOAT team to win a chip. Bit harder to take over the game when you're not 6'6 with huge wingspan and ability to break the rim with ya head. John is the PG GOAT in my opinion though. If he had another couple of good pieces around him they could have had a 3 peat easy. Look at that Bulls team!! Hornaceck is the third best player?!! Bulls had Rodman, Luc Longley and Steve Kerr!!
@@FoxNewsChannelSux I agree but not Rodman and my point is Bulls starting 5 was all elite in their respective roles. Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and even Luc Longley were great defenders too. Stockton was a great defender for Jazz but then who else?
@@joshforest304 Nobody considered Luc Longley elite. Haven't you seen the footage of Shaq & them clowning Longley? Jordan, Pippen, & Rodman were all elite, true. Kerr an elite shooter off the bench when needed, but the rest of those dudes, nah. "Y'all can't ball like Chicago centers" was a hot line for a reason.
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Man being from Houston. That last second shot he hit against the rockets in 98 to keep the rockets from going to the finals hurted. And robbed us of that much talked about rockets vs bulls finals
This comment section includes the word IF so much I actually stopped counting 🤣. I swear folks put the word IF in front of anything & instantly all positive things are possible.
Another great video! However, this might be the first time that I have disagreed w/ you. His only Stunt was MJ. He was a superb and All-Time great PG. It all depends on what an organization or coach is looking for in a PG. Its like this Bron and KG nonsense debate. They're both great players it all depends on preference. Either way you can't get it wrong just like Stockton.
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Stockton is mostly on everyone’s top 5 PG’s ever list. The only reason why he’s not viewed as number one on those list is because he wasn’t known to take over the game with his scoring. Magic, Oscar, Isiah, Nash, Kidd, Payton, Paul and now Curry all have that potential to carry a scoring load during key parts of the game, Stockton was just too unselfish of a player, thus rendering the Jazz to be seen as a team with onl y one superstar player. If Stockton upped his scoring by seven points, they would’ve been a more dangerous team.
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1- Small market- 16th overall draft pick by The Utah Jazz out of Gonzaga (1984) 2- Utah faced The Sonics and Rockets in the playoffs all throughout the 1990s 3- Jordan’s Bulls were better than Stockton’s Jazz which is why Chicago beat Utah in the 97 & 98 finals 4- Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas were the best point guards of the late 80s-early 90s (both players led their teams to championship titles) 5- Stockton didn’t do enough scoring when his Utah jazz needed him most in the postseason
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Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more. ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast. czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
All time assist leader, by a lot. All time steals leader, by a lot. Tough as nails and never quit ever. There's a lot to be said for high level effort on a continuous basis. Too bad Jazz ownership sucked so bad that they could never seem to get anyone to come play with there.
Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more. ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast. czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Because People are only consistent when it fits the narrative. Stockton was the perfect "pure" pg. More "pure" than Magic. But he wasn't the box office show that Magic was. Steph Curry is the box office show, but he isn't a "pure" pg like Magic. See how people change the requirements? Fact is people want entertainment and want it tombe validated by enjoyment. Being in Utah with no rings doesn't help either
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I’ve seen plenty of dumb comments on this thread. Whoever says that John Stockton do not belong on the NBA greatest of all-time point guards list, need to shut the hell up!
Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more. ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast. czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more. ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast. czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Great new interview here with John Stockton John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more. ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast. czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Should John Stockton be considered the best PG ever, even though he never won a chip?
Considered yes. But realistically he top 4 or 5. Not being alpha was his only stunt in my opinion.
Not being flashy and being honest a native European hurt him to me he is in my top 3 cause you can't be the all time leader in assist and seals and not be the in the top 3 but look at Kareem
No there are great players who does not have a chop he was not as lucky also there are bust and bad role players who has a ring.
Antoine Walker video please!!!! Thought he was going to be an all time great!!!
@@locojet6174 he already did Antoine
This must be a generational thing cause as a 38 year old NBA Fan John Stockton has always been seen as one of the greatest players of all time. The way one associate Rodman with rebound is the way my generation associate him with assist.
Your old
And steals
Fax.
@@fc775 *you're
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Played 82 games 17 out of 19 seasons? That is insane😳
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And still never won. Mj made sure of that
Stockton had his own idea of basketball: get it done, and do it efficiently and getting everybody involved. He was unselfish and this somehow brought him away from the spotlight. He's like Steve Nash, yeah everybody knows he is a great player, but since he passes more than he scores, somehow people give him less credit than someone who scores 30 ppg - even if they are less efficient or do not work as well in a team environment
Everybody involved? You must've meant pass it to Karl every chance he gets.
And he still doesn't equal a pimple on IT11's ass.
I agree that people nowadays look down upon pass first point guards and put more value on pg's that score 30 and give 5 assists. Just crazy. That's why I think Steph is a great player but I can't put him in top 3 or even top 5 point guards all time
@@12savage68 bc of his work in the pick and role yeah exactly the point being made doofus
Aka Carmelo Anthony lol
Dude was the "iceman". He never broke a sweat. He was the personification of a Point God. Bulldog on defense and a savant on offense. MJ had the upmost respect for him, says alot when the GOAT respects you.
Stockton was super passive. LIke Zeke said Stock should've been more aggressive scoring wise. They might of won a ring or two. I felt Stockton should have the mentality like I'm going to put 30 on your head like today's PG. He would be more revered. But he still is one of the greates PG of all time top 8 or 6.
Yes but let’s keep in mind some of that was era the scoring pg is a relatively new phenomena up until the mid to late 90’s the pg was always seen as the set up guy his job was to orchestrate the offense get his guys in their correct spots keep the ball movin and run the offense know their we’re definitely og’s who could score but no where like today you really didn’t see og’s in that era averaging 25, 27 ,30 plus points a game you really didn’t see og’s winning scoring titles or leading the league in scoring
He was a pass first point guard. Nothing wrong with that. The name of the game is to put the ball in the hoop. He facilitated a lot of that. He's an all time player no shame in that.
Back then scoring PG's like Isiah and Magic only averaged 18 to 20 ppgs. It was a different league back then. Just compare AI who averaged 25 FG's attempt a game and averaged 30 PPG , and John who attempted 11 FG's per game and averaged 15 to 17 ppgs. It's like comparing apples to oranges. Only thing that matters is winning, and John was always on a winning team his entire career. Absolute legend.
He put a lot of other ppl in position to score, but I'm sure if he had a scorers mentality he could've averaged 22- 25ppg taking 15 shots a game.Guys like him and Jason Kidd are a joy to play with, because if you run the floor they will find you.Always thought pass first, second and score third.I personally saw JKidd get Kenyon Martin and Richard Jefferson more money because he made them look better on the offensive end.
John is the best the perfect PG
Nah bruh, when you grow up hating on someone that didn't play for YOUR team, you know he's great
Stockton was "THAT" man
Dude, this is the first one I've disagreed with you. John Stockton is in the running for 2nd greatest PG ever. There's no way his growth was stunted. He maximized his ability
Man hell no u need to put down the weeeeeeeed
Steph is literally better.
@@fallout560 I said "in the running", not definitively. Do you know what that means?
@@FoxNewsChannelSux i honestly think he's not even in the running for second best point guard. In the running implies there is a competition. My list top 3 is magic, Steph, Zeke, and Stockton is nowhere near any of those 3.
@@fallout560
10x All-Star
All Star Game MVP
9x assists leader
2x steals leader.
Guy's the all-time leader in assists and steals by such a wide margin that the guys in 2nd place would have to play at least 3 years at peak performance to break them.
Like, seriously?
Love how you shifted your channel to have a discrete analytical thesis on the great ones who doesn’t get the credit as they should.
Yup I have no problem with and hope he does more his next one should be Moses Malone that dude is criminally underrated
Stockton gets too much credit
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his controversial vaccine stance, more
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Anybody that Played from 93 to 98 their Stunt Will Always Be Michael Jordan 😩😩😩
Great video bro, loved Stockton's game. He was surely an all time great yet we must acknowledge Karl's impact on Stockton's career. Karl Malone simply doesn't get the respect he deserves, and his numbers are what ALL TIME GREATS are made of.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his controversial vaccine stance, more
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99 was their best chance. Back to back finals losses, vet team ready to pounce after the lock out. Those finals losses. If you look at the stats, the games were all very close. I'm not sure if any other perimeter player, especially in 98 could've done what MJ did..literally the biggest stunt for John and em..MJ. appreciate this one.
All time leader in Assists and Steals, he held his own. The master of the Pick and Roll. Stockton to Malone. He is a dope quiet storm, just because he didnt win a chip, he did become 1/2 of why they went to the promise land. Jordan at the time was in God mode. A Utah pizzeria tried to make Jordan sick, but he came and scored 37 on them while dealing with the Stomach flu! Crazy series.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his controversial vaccine stance, more
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That's a lie. Utah didn't do anything like that cuz that's cheating and criminol
his handles were underrated he can crossover anyone
There's only so much someone can do, it's not like he didn't pass the ball or play defense.. An assist is pretty much points this man did his job and did it very well.. it wasn't like he was in a weak league of players either.. when it comes to it you have to give this man best point gaurd period.. they should make a statue of this man like they did Rocky.. I'm serious too.. all 82 games for 17 seasons.. come on now give it to the man..👍🏿
The Jazz needs one more super or good top score to get them over the hump...but it didn't happen.
Bro, there is a statue of Stockton in SLC outside the Jazz arena.
Malone has a statue there too.
If Stockton won a couple of titles, he would have still been behind Magic.
@Payton pritchard better than Stephen curry Who's Dumbass? Are you referring to Stockton?
@Payton pritchard better than Stephen curry If you heard the video, he said Stock would be the best PG if you won a couple of titles.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his controversial vaccine stance, more
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@Payton pritchard better than Stephen curry Oscar wasn't better than Magic. And why hold Magic's height against him? He was 6'9 and and had some of if not the best guard skills of all time. He was a born leader. At 20 he gave arguably the best finals performance of all time. Also has the highest assists per game average of all time. No point guard ranks above Magic.
@Payton pritchard better than Stephen curry I'm from the old school too buddy. Magic was better.
Respect as a professional is the comment that sticks out the most to me regarding the career of John Stockton, and I think that his game would translate well into any era of basketball. With the new “small ball” and position-less basketball, I have no doubt that the name John Stockton would be much higher up on the all time “3” ball shooters as well as the assists and steals categories.
Subscribed to your channel after running into this Stockton clip. "Stockton open three.... Yes! John Stockton sends the Utah Jazz to the NBA Finals"! A day that will live for infamy in Utah and my childhood years. Peace out gentlemen and remember not to simp over these 304.
He's easily the best all around PG in NBA history, there's no even close to him. And back when i was more engaged with the NBA a little les than a decade ago, he was pretty much universally considered to be the greatest, the notion that he's isn't considered by people anymore is kind of a shock, I literally had no clue this was the case until i got recommended this video today. There are plenty of great passers, great scorers, and great defenders at PG, and a small number are great at two of those. Then there's Joh, who was phenomenal in all three. Magic was a great passer, but didn't have anywhere near the handles John had, nowhere near as deadly from mid-range or behind the arc, and most importantly wasn't anywhere close to being the absolute ball-hawk Stockton was. Which is why Magic, as amazing as he was, simply wasn't nearly as great of an all-around player John was. I guess the only reason people couldn't is because, even though he certainly could and did score pretty damn proficiently, he just was the dominant scorer of many current PG's. Personally I despise scoring-PG's, especially if and when they have other great scorers on their teams. PG's were meant to be the distributor first above all else, and scoring PG's hurt the flow of a teams offense, (unless that is if the team really doesn't have many if any descent scorers).
Perfect example was my Blazers teams back in 2012 to 2015. Those years Lillard was an amazing scorer, as he still is to this day, but those teams had plenty of other guys who could score more easily than he could, be it Lamarcus Aldridge, Nicolas Batum, Wesley Matthews, and then add the fact that they also had some decent scorers off the bench to boot, from Dorell Wright, CJ to McCullom, to Allen Crabbe, to Chris Kaman, to Meyers Leonard, and for one year Aaron Afflolo. That team simply didn't need a PG scoring 200+ every game. Batum was in his prime and was pretty much unstoppable due to his deadly outside shooting, great mid-range game, great post moves against smaller wings, and had a deceptively quick first step and pretty freakish athleticism allowing him to drive to the hoop and then finish above the rim - and yet he'd only average 10 to 15 a night, because you had LA, (who was is his prime as well and even more unstoppable than Batum was, either in the post or hitting outside jumpers), was still primarily the go-to guy with Wesley Matthews doing a lot of scoring as well - with Lillard doing as much shooting back then, alot of those were attempts that would have - and imo should have gone to Batum, especially because Batum back then simply could score in more ways than Lillard while also being able to score easier than him too. Im not saying Lillard shouldn't have ever shot the ball or something, but that team back then really needed was a guy who was pass-first and a great on-ball defender, who would hit the open shot or step up and score if the other scorers had a bad night, and Matthews. A guy like Terry Porter for example, or better yet - John Stockton would have made that team far more successful back then. Im not saying that im against scoring PG's in every situation though, just when there's other scorers who aren't getting as many shots as they deserved, and those teams would be better for it. But if your talking about Portland post LA leaving, (and them stupidly trading away Batum who they massively under-utilized), those teams really needed Damian to step up and do the sort of scoring he was doing because they had also lost a bunch of other players who put up alot of points for them. Stockton, had Malone, Hornacek, and earlier - Jeff Malone as well, which is why they really didn't need John to put up over 20 a game night in - night out, but could if he was required to.
"John Stockton was harder to guard than Micheal Jordan"- Gary Payton
To me he is one of the greatest PGs ever behind Magic. One thing people forget was that not only was he a great passer and could strip you of the ball, he shot a career field goal percentage of 51%! That's super efficient for a point guard.
he should have helped out malone more in the finals . he would average less than 10ppg thats not going to cut it great players have to do more
@@ryanr20091 Yeah, but putting up points wasn't his role. Facilitating, controling the offense, playing the passing lanes, that's what he was good at. At one point he could get close to 20 a game. But at that stage in his career he was only getting 10-15 a game so an extra 5 points in the Finals wasn't going to make that much difference. The Jazz had other guys that could score.
@@goodfellabeats i saw him play he was fast as hell....he looked like the flash running down the court
Jazz never had a true consistent 3rd option in their runs. It took someone like Big Dawg Antoine Carr to step up in game 5 to force a game 6 in the 98 finals. They never had a closer on their team in their runs sadly.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
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John Stockton to me is the best pass point guard ever
And he still hold the assists and steals record TO THIS DAY !!!!!
They won't be broken IMO
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Ain’t nobody catching that dude.
Outside of Chris Paul, this was the last of the pure basketball point guard.
Rondo and Jason Kidd? 🤦🏻♂️
Steve Nash?
Stunted Growth If u gonna do one on Stockton u gotta do one on Malone! 💪 This is my era when basketball was real when players really wanted to be the best and win at any means necessary
You on fire bro with this series keep it up
to be considered a top 5 point guard, and you don't have a ring speaks volumes, especially when the other pgs in the top 5 do Magic, Steph, Zeke, Oscar
Big facts
I don't know. I love Stockton but is he really better than Kidd or Paul? Nash or Payton? It's just a really tough position.
@@ruxcooking Great point....Kidd, Paul, Nash and GP were 1st options for a few seasons at least, Stockton was never a #1 option. I mean with not just scoring but being the main focus on the floor by opposing coaches.
@@ruxcooking right although personally I’d take Stockton before nash or paul I’d say between Payton, Stockton, and kidd you have a crapshoot although I’d go Payton>kidd>Stockton
The difference was not they were better they had stacked teams
You failed to mention that he's a member of the '92 Dream Team.
I feel his problem was that he was never an aggressive scorer
John was so efficient that he averaged 15 to 17 points per game during his prime attempting only 10 to 11 FG's per game. Imagine if John attempted 15 to 16 FG's per game, easily would average 20 plus. Plus he always shot over 50 percent from the floor. He scarified a lot of his scoring to get his teammates involved because John was all about the team. I'll take John over AI and even Steve Nash, because John was a better defender than Nash. Ill take Magic, Isiah, then a toss up between GP, Kidd, and Stockton for 3rd greatest.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his controversial vaccine stance, more
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why didnt he play better against the 97 98 bulls ?
Stockton never had the flash and panache of other " true " point guards but for these reasons he deserved the title . 1. Assists , as you say it's not close . Ditto 2. Steals . 3 effective fg% the combo 2s,3s,and fts where only Nash superceded him 4. Durability 82s , in 19 seasons, 5. High motor low heart rate in the 40s, big hands palms with ease. He earned the moniker the " swiss watch" because he took a lickin and kept on tickin. ( payton the glove attests to it) . 6. Assist to turnover ratio. . His so so supporting cast didnt compare to the bulls pippen kukoc jordan and the 3 headed Cerberus centers , except Malone ( who was not exactly suburban) . He reached 2 finals when he got some shooting help in russell, hornacek, hansen. Eaton helped the early jazz in blocked shots but they were primarily a walk it up grinding defensive team as Sloan was a bull during karate kids days with van lier . The only year I think they had a chance to break through under his lead was during rockets reign but they were filled with shooters not so the jazz. You want a criticism they didnt go left enough. But his biggest clutch shots came from that side. He could occassionally be posted . Swiss watch just like his ancestry enough said. He could guard and he took charges and set hard screens.
There was no era like the “Dream Team” era!!! You made a great point about that timeframe between 93-95(also golden era in hi-hop).That was the time to win for the “Dream Teamers” because MJ wasn’t there or wasn’t fully back to being MJ! That moment was precious and Hakeem snatched it up!!!
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
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Great interview. John Stockton would be too tough for these soft cats in this league today. Top 5 point guard of all time!
As a Laker fan of a certain age I got to witness his entire career. I still think he was so very technically sound. I have mad mad respect for him.
And dirty? Well….in a game, I saw him dribble the ball up court and go from his left to his right as guard Derek Martin of the Clippers reached in for a steal. In one swift motion, John clocked Derek on the forehead with an elbow leaving him in the dust. It happened so fast, Derek did not see it coming.
Maybe because he wasn’t a scoring machine. He’s definitely someone you’d want on your team though.
How lucky are the Jazz to draft Stockton and Malone back to back seasons. And both were not even top 10 picks. With Stockton and Malone as teammates, they had 18 consecutive winning seasons in 3 different decades. Really impressive.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
czcams.com/video/DAKIsvcnGLQ/video.html
Fourth stunt, that damn pick and roll with Malone. Obviously one of the best plays of all time leading to both players being all time leaders in assists and nearly in points but Malone was so good at finishing either around the rim or with his jumper as he got older it's almost like cherry picking assists
The Jazz needed a Mitch Richmond/Allan Houston/Eddie Jones to complete their team. If they had any of those 3, they'd be sitting on a few rings imo
Folk don't know how much of a beast Stockton was!
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Well let's just say he was and still is one of the smartest point gard in the game of basketball because he knew what he could do and he knew what he could not do on the basketball court and he was smart enough to always do what he could do and that allowed him to not make many mistakes and for that he was very smart on the basketball court
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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I'm seeing people say Stockton couldn't score you obviously didn't watch the Houston series that year when he took over the game to get them to their first finals. Ask Gary payton reggie Miller Michael Jordan and every body that played in his era if he's not a top 5 pg the only knock was he didn't win other than that Stockton was great
I have always loved the Utah jazz!! I remember as a kid writing a letter to the team and enclosing 2 player cards of Karl Malone and John Stockton to be autographed by them.. I received a NOTE back on a blank piece of paper with only the Utah jazz letterhead that read: "SORRY, KARL & JOHN DO NOT SIGN ANY PLAYER CARDS UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES". I was bumbed out. I don't believe they even returned my 2 cards either. GOOD VIDEO TOO BRO
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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The best 1-2 punch in NBA history. John Stockton to Karl Malone or Stockton to Malone back to Stockton Score....lol, loved him.
I think he is but he's very underrated point guard.
He’s not lol
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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okay you didn’t have to add that he looks like he sells vacuum cleaners to old widows 😂😂😂😂 i’m weak asfffff it caught me so off guard
The answer to why John Stockton statically the best PG in NBA history isn't spoke about much or more popular is because(drum roll)...
because John Stockton is like the Spurs.. they are good or great and foundationally sound and get the job done... but B B B B O O O O O R R R R R R R I I I I I I I I I I I N N N N N N N G G G G G G G to watch and the other always MOST over looked reason. John is a private person. Its been documented that he is a strong family man .. so he would be with his family and out of the spotlight his own career and into retirement as well. But Stockton is a great and he is 1 of the BEST PG's . Great Video!!
This episode is a stretch. John Stockton is in class with Magic and Isiah Thomas when it comes to greatest PGs of all time. And his run of greatness spanned more time than Isiah.
It spanned longer than magic's too. Magic just happened to win 5 championships. Both Thomas and Magic played 13 years. He retired in 91 and then returned in 95-96 then retired for good. This video isn't a stretch though because Stockton couldn't control the game like Thomas or Magic with that balance of scoring and passing. Yeah Stockton could get you 15 to 20 points, but he wasn't going to carry the scoring load if Malone was off his game. Thomas could get 15 assists, but he could also drop 30 on your head. Now I will say this I think Stockton is still very close to both in terms of goat pgs.
Another thing that was missing from Stockton's game was that he couldn't play off the ball. Isiah used to run the two guard sometimes and play the catch and shoot game. Go watch his old high school tape in 78 when he was playing for St. Joe's. In the L Zeke had Vinnie Johnson and Joe Dumars who could handle the point guard position too. That would have taken the pressure off Stockton. Now in Stockton's defense, he didn't have the personnel at the guard position to do that either. However, I look at the eye test and body mechanics on a player's movements and physical range of motion. Stock had a quick release on the three point shot, but he couldn't run to a spot on the floor, catch it, and let it fly like Jeff Hornacek or Reggie Miller and then transition back to point guard. This is what makes Curry so deadly. He doesn't need the ball in his hands. He can sprint to a place and spot up in one fluid motion. Every point guard though could get open and move well without the ball and then get it back, but to some playing off the ball will have them lost. Chris Paul can't play off the ball either. His rythym would be out of sink.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his controversial vaccine stance, more
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Stockton & Malone Cooked all day with that Pick n Roll 🔥🏀🔥
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The basketball fan in me: Not the greatest point guard ever but definitely one of the greatest.
The Rockets fan in me: Great player but was dirtier than muddy water. Don’t even bring up the 97 Western Conference Finals. 😡
Fax. He used to get away with a lot because he looks like a choir boy.
Its crazy bc stock could of scored anytime he wanted to like in the high 20s. He could shoot ,handle the ball, and he was an underrated finisher around the basket.
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Before Chris Paul he was considered the best PG. I'm 36 and watched him in the 90s. He wasn't flashy and doesn't have highlight real stuff, plus his attachment to Malone takes away from how good he was. Every coach I ever had wanted a Stockton-like PG
He was never considered a better PG than Magic lets be real here. Magic has always and still is the best PG for most people.
@@k-ri2023 he's also behind curry, Thomas, kidd, and Payton in terms of ability (not stats) imo
@@chrisisslick Yea he's like Larry Fitzgerald in a way . Played longer then a lot of guys but just not flat out better
@@chrisisslick Curry plays in this hands off Era, so I can't compare. Kidd - he's up there, not better than Stockton without bias lenses on. Payton? You wildin.
Magic is like Lebron, point forwards. Show some respect to small guys. Nobody ever cares to or wants to. People are already talking about guys like Ben Simmons and Luka as pure point guards because they dribble it across half smh.
@@Onitlikethat how is kidd not better when he was a wayyyy better rebounder and was a walking triple double and just as good if not a better on ball defender? You can't penalize magic for being tall lol. He was still a pg in every sense of the word. Trippin with Payton where? I'd still take cp3 over Stockton. You didn't say anything at all about Isaiah. I guess you know he's also better. Curry would've killed in any era with that kinda skill (handles, best shooter, off ball play). It is what it is. 🤷♂️
Bruh like Jay-Z in the 2000s with music artists, it’s looking like MJ was the reason for damn near all of 90s basketball players lmao
“When you see him, he doesn’t look like a basketball player” - Kenny “the dummy” Smith
underated
I glad you did this one on Stockton I also think he was underated but you know he was never going be better than magic. I think he was the best born white PG from America. in this age of basketball he would be a monster probably the best look at my boy Luka.
What do u say at the end of the intro? Sounds like "askadaban" to me
One of my favorite players of all times...he did that
Hands down top 10 point guard without a 💍!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always say, Stockton was like Hank Aaron. Never THE guy, but near elite for an ungodly amount of time. Unfortunately the guys who were more athletic than be was generally exposed him straight up. One of the reasons his playoff resume isn't stellar. The other reason being Karl Malone chokes harder than CP3 and Harden combined.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Cuz people claim Stockton wouldn't be anything without Malone but yet everyone they consider the best had better players/more stars. Stockton is the best pg ever Magic had loaded teams his entire career which is the only reason he got rings. Stockton was a better shooter, passer and defender
can u make a video abt michael's college teammate sam perkins? he was the 4th pick right after him too
He's the all time leader in both assists and steals. I think he maximized his potential to the highest level. His bland personality and 2 words stopped that...Michael Jordan
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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I think what hurts him is the fact he lacked a left hand and wasn't a leaper or burner. Most gaurds handle in the 90's were limited to one side but they had strength or the athletic edge to say "still cant stop it even if you know I cant drive left." John had none of that besides being crafty with his right and the benefit of Malone to stop teams from keying in on his weakness going left. Crafty in sports is very underappreciated and forgotten cause it doesnt show well on highlights.
To me Stockton was very similar to Mo Cheeks.They both took care of the ball and was very efficient when it comes to scoring consistent with that 15- 17 foot shot.Not overly fancy but went behind the back or between the legs only when necessary.It was always pass first and hit the open shot, never forcing either.I remember reading in one book where Stockton basically said he was motivated to get ALOT better when he was in HS and went to a tournament where he saw Isiah Thomas dominate and just couldn't believe how good Isiah was,knowing he would have to get much better if he was to even play in college.That respect for Isiah continued throughout his career all the way to the HOF when he had Isiah walk him up to the stage to be inducted.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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For me, Stockton was the quintessential point guard...pass first, shoot second, be tenacious on defense, make your teammates better, and score when you have to. I only put Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas ahead of him by a small margin and only because he didn't win a championship.
Stockton’s game wasn’t predicated on shooting the ball more and ultimately that’s the difference in point guards now vs back then. Unless you have a skill or trait that is that bending to the defense you can’t win a title with that being the best player on the team.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Stunted growth #4. Playing in a small market
It took him 2 decades to pass Magic on the assists
Stunted Growth Do a video on Cuttino Mobley because I what to see how good was he than just a spot up shooter
Why isn't John Stockton not coaching in the NBA, he is very intelligent and would make a great coach.
Great players often don't make great coaches. The only Hall of Fame level & Championship winning NBA players to also win rings as coaches were Bill Russell, Tom Heinsohn, Bill Sharman, KC Jones, Billy Cunningham, and Larry Costello. Bird had good run in his brief stint at Indiana, but left finding it too stressful, McHale didn't have much success at Houston, nor did Ainge at Phoenix, though he enjoyed success as GM for Boston especially in 2008. Hornacek tried at New York, look how that worked out for him. Stockton likely wouldn't have fared any better if he tried coaching. Jordan himself said he doesn't have any patience to be a coach, and Magic Johnson didn't enjoy much success either as coach. Great coaches usually come from the average player types, like Pat Riley, Phil Jackson or someone never made it past college ball like Gregg Popovich or Erick Spoelstra.
“I thank my God every time I remember you.”
Philippians 1:3 😊
Mad love Stunted Growth. It's a shame those two Jazz finals were against the best Bulls team and debatably the GOAT team to win a chip. Bit harder to take over the game when you're not 6'6 with huge wingspan and ability to break the rim with ya head. John is the PG GOAT in my opinion though. If he had another couple of good pieces around him they could have had a 3 peat easy. Look at that Bulls team!! Hornaceck is the third best player?!! Bulls had Rodman, Luc Longley and Steve Kerr!!
Hornacek was better than Luc Longley and Steve Kerr, come on.
@@FoxNewsChannelSux I agree but not Rodman and my point is Bulls starting 5 was all elite in their respective roles. Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and even Luc Longley were great defenders too. Stockton was a great defender for Jazz but then who else?
@@joshforest304 Nobody considered Luc Longley elite. Haven't you seen the footage of Shaq & them clowning Longley? Jordan, Pippen, & Rodman were all elite, true. Kerr an elite shooter off the bench when needed, but the rest of those dudes, nah.
"Y'all can't ball like Chicago centers" was a hot line for a reason.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
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Man being from Houston. That last second shot he hit against the rockets in 98 to keep the rockets from going to the finals hurted. And robbed us of that much talked about rockets vs bulls finals
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This comment section includes the word IF so much I actually stopped counting 🤣. I swear folks put the word IF in front of anything & instantly all positive things are possible.
Another great video! However, this might be the first time that I have disagreed w/ you. His only Stunt was MJ. He was a superb and All-Time great PG. It all depends on what an organization or coach is looking for in a PG. Its like this Bron and KG nonsense debate. They're both great players it all depends on preference. Either way you can't get it wrong just like Stockton.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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#23 and the Bulls crushed his championship dreams.
You should do a video, on Luke Harangody.
Stockton is mostly on everyone’s top 5 PG’s ever list. The only reason why he’s not viewed as number one on those list is because he wasn’t known to take over the game with his scoring. Magic, Oscar, Isiah, Nash, Kidd, Payton, Paul and now Curry all have that potential to carry a scoring load during key parts of the game, Stockton was just too unselfish of a player, thus rendering the Jazz to be seen as a team with onl y one superstar player. If Stockton upped his scoring by seven points, they would’ve been a more dangerous team.
No he isn't
Prototypical point! Great player! Great basketball mind!
I always preferred John over Magic because he actually played defense. Imagine what he could have done with just a few better players.
Magic Johnson, to answer the title of the vid
If he played on another team like the Sonics , the blazers or the Barkley suns he would’ve had one ring
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He was not better than a prime kevin Johnson
Sells vacuum cleaners door to door to old widows 🤣😭
1- Small market- 16th overall draft pick by The Utah Jazz out of Gonzaga (1984)
2- Utah faced The Sonics and Rockets in the playoffs all throughout the 1990s
3- Jordan’s Bulls were better than Stockton’s Jazz which is why Chicago beat Utah in the 97 & 98 finals
4- Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas were the best point guards of the late 80s-early 90s (both players led their teams to championship titles)
5- Stockton didn’t do enough scoring when his Utah jazz needed him most in the postseason
Great new interview here with John Stockton
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He’s my favorite Point Guard.
In my opinion the GREATEST point EVER…
STATS DON’T LIE…
John is 1-2 vs Gary Payton’s Sonics in the playoffs 2-2 vs Olajuwon’s Rockets in the playoffs 0-2 vs Jordan’s bulls in the finals
You should do a video on Jared sullinger, he had Ohio state looking good and was ok with Boston but just vanished
Those 97 98 finals could’ve gone either way. It was definitely a series of inches. Jordan was just too damn good lol.
It wasn't John Stockton's fault he never won the chip🏆
it's because the Mailman couldn't deliver at the free throw line & in the clutch!!!
The mail man don't deliver on Sundays🤪
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
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Stockton is Derek Jeter without the rings
All time assist leader, by a lot. All time steals leader, by a lot. Tough as nails and never quit ever. There's a lot to be said for high level effort on a continuous basis. Too bad Jazz ownership sucked so bad that they could never seem to get anyone to come play with there.
Man I swear I thought I was the only one that respected John Stockton
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
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Stockton the best pound for pound pg. A top 5 pg in the game
Because People are only consistent when it fits the narrative. Stockton was the perfect "pure" pg. More "pure" than Magic. But he wasn't the box office show that Magic was. Steph Curry is the box office show, but he isn't a "pure" pg like Magic. See how people change the requirements? Fact is people want entertainment and want it tombe validated by enjoyment. Being in Utah with no rings doesn't help either
To answer the title he wasn't Uber Athletic or Flashy and he played in Utah.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
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@@tonyjones4606 Good looking out
I’ve seen plenty of dumb comments on this thread. Whoever says that John Stockton do not belong on the NBA greatest of all-time point guards list, need to shut the hell up!
Magic, Curry, Zeke, Big O, CP3
Payton, Kidd, Westbrick, Stockton
Can you do Aaron brooks?
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
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10:37 😅😅😅😅🤣
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
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I’d put him on the same level as CP3 in the big picture. If anyone should have ring chased it was Stockton.
Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his mini van
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Great new interview here with John Stockton
John discusses short shorts, the 97-98 season, dream team, his durability, toughness, karl malone, Coach Sloan, the missed shot vs. Bulls, Tim Donaghy scandal, explains his minivan, more.
ITunes, Spotify,Pandora, etc. Has 15 extra mins. DNP-CD Sports Podcast.
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Because there's a guy named Earvin "Magic" Johnson.