I never understood why people undermined his abilities. There are 5 main stats on the stat sheet for an NBA player. Points, assists, rebounds, steals, and blocks. He leads two of the 5 categories, and second place isn’t even close in either of them. Easily the best point guard of all time.
steals don’t really matter and only LeBron won a ring averaging more then 10 assists. A crazy number of assists doesn’t contribute to winning basketball.
@@Andandand25 steals don't matter?? wtf? It means if you can steal the ball every other exchange (just using that for simpler math) you have TWICE as many attempts. Of course if you steal the ball it matters... they were going for two or three points, and you just decided to take the ball from them. Assists also matter... especially when you're getting them in high numbers... it means in generally when you dish the ball to someone you're making a good decision that leads to a point. Sometimes it's the assist that makes the point (like it's such a good assist all you got to do is dunk, or shoot an unguarded three, or a 5 foot jumper). The assist is almost like you being the puppeteer that is making the play happen. You're able to see the whole court, who's where, and who is gonna make the point... and doing all of that in split seconds.
Sorry, can't be the greatest point guard of all time without a championship. He's definitely one of the top 3-4, but winning matters. Especially at that position. It's Magic Johnson and no one else is close. Unless you want to say "pure point guard" which is just a qualifier to let someone other than Magic have an argument.
I really don’t think legendary sums him up. I’m a Bulls fan! But dude was a nightmare for FANS. That whole team is a group of GOATS. please don’t for Jeff! But Stockton was a beast on NBA live95.
The 19 seasons with the same team isn't really the legendary part. As a matter of fact, it was due to that era that the Salary Cap was put in place to rid the league of dynasties.
@Shottimus Nah, it isn't that HE did it. They all had so called "Big 3's" back then. I grew up on 80s and 90s bball. It is hard to do but back then, before they adjusted the cap, teams had legendary squads for decades.
As a Bulls and Jordan fan I agree with you. Their system (offense) was probably just as good as the Triangle with Jordan. Utah's pic and roll was unstoppable. I think Chicago defensive intensity (fueled by Jordan) was the difference in that series. Jerry Sloan may be one of most underrated coaches of all time as well. Basketball in general was much better back then. Defense was a priority (for Championship teams).
So true. And it’s even more impressive when you consider Gary Payton’s ‘personality’. Payton was one of the biggest trash talkers, and one of the most vicious players in the history of the Sport. He’s the last guy you’d expect-to give another player a compliment lol. So, hearing him talk about Stockton the way he does-really says a lot.
It probably has a lot to do with being around washington state basketball, he's like Babe Ruth in Spokane, the whitest basketball town in America by a large margin
As impressive as his untouchable records is his durability. In 19 seasons, he didn't miss a game in 17 of them. At 3.72, one of the best assist-to-turnover ratios ever. Excellent shooter. Led the league in assists nine consecutive years. Almost unheard of for a PG to play until age 41 and still averaged a career double double. Also didn't have an agent. He'd sit down with the owner, agree on what was fair and get back on the court. Magic was the best. Isiah, Nash, Kidd, etc. were phenomenal. But Stockton is still the best pure PG ever. Pound for pound, probably the toughest player ever. Consummate professional.
Yeah I'll always say magic has an argument for best to played the point gaurd position but for me there's no argument for anyone but John to be the best representation for what a pure point gaurd is
@@Bijorak He wouldn’t have scored at that kind of rate but I expect in today’s game he’d be putting up 18-20 ppg & 10-12 assists a year. He shot 38.4% from three for his career. He’d be shooting 5 or 6 a game instead of 1 or 2.
You don't have to emulate John Stockton's game, you don't even have to like his game, but I promise kids, if you emulate his work ethic, his loyalty, and his toughness you'll do something great in your life.
I met John Stockton a few years ago in an airport. I heard someone ask me ask me a question and I turned around and it was John Stockton. I had about a 5 minute conversation with him. He was a great guy and I'll always remember that.
Man, I watched Stockton for every one of his 19 years. Never a contract dispute, never off the court drama, never anything but tough, hard-nosed b-ball. Broke the mold on this dude!
Stockton played the game with class, dignity and toughness and you will never ever see that again from another player! He doesn’t need an NBA championship to be great. What makes him great is his devotion to his family and his love for the game!!!!
People forget this guy was on the dream team because he never spoke during or after about it. He was peers with a large portion of the absolute best players in the history of the sport
He holds the all-time records for two of the five major stats measured...people know who he is haha. You're right he's underrated by kids these days though.
he also had a broken leg on the dream team he broke his fibula playing jordan one on one but stayed on the team if it wasn't for the broken leg we would have been starting pg of the dream team
As a Sonics fan living in Seattle in the 90s, the competition between Payton/Kemp and Stockton/Malone were the most entertaining and exciting games of the season.
@@drdre4397 I'm one of the youngheads bruh and I have the maddest respect for both the glove and Stockton 💪 two greats who made people see PG's for the animals they can be
My favorite story about him is when he talked about being in Barcelona in '92. He was in the team bus with his family, asked the driver to stop, and they just disappeared into the crowd while the other players just watched in awe. All they wanted was to do what John Stockton just did: blend into the crowd.
Thing about Stockton too: Everyone talks about the assists/steals from Stockton but he was also a really capable 3 point shooter and incredibly efficient as a shooter. Jason Kidd (one of the best pgs ever) shot 40 percent for his career and never had a season shooting over 44 percent from the field. John Stockton shot 52 percent for his whole career, and had 12 different seasons shooting over 50 percent from the field. Shooting over 50 percent as a PG is flat out incredible. Shooting 52 percent from the field/38 percent from 3 is really efficient. Stockton was a BEAST, great leader and two way player.
As a die hard Jazz fan who went to many games back in those days, John wasn’t flashy. A simple pass would do. But there are things about Stocktons game that won’t show up on any stat sheet but tells the story. He was tough as nails. Some say he played dirty, but that’s how the league was played back then. He wasn’t afraid to get underneath the basket and fight for a rebound. He was very dedicated. He and Malone would run the hills behind Malone’s home, and it turned into a competition between them. They would not let the other outwork them. Back then, fans were allowed to go watch practice. My father and I went one Sunday. We see this mini van pull up, and out jumps John, in his full church attire. He hated the media and hated being in the public eye. His IQ was off the charts. He had huge hands which helped him tremendously getting those steals. He was clutch, he was a leader, a winner, and he hated to lose. He is severely underrated. In my eyes, he is the best pure PG to ever play. Magic was great, but I view that he was more of a utility player since he could, and often did play multiple positions during games. John was your prototypical PG. a leader, a coach on the floor, leader in the locker room. Many like to debate who was better between John and Karl. I’ll put it this way, Malone was our best player. But our most important player was John. Without John, we were a typical playoff team that would get bounced. With John, we were contenders. It’s very unfortunate he didn’t win a ring, and which is why many people undervalue Stockton
Yup,agree with everything you've said. I could only watch all the games on TV in the nineties being from Scotland. I am a Bulls fan. But Stockton always stood out for me. Best out and out PG there's been.
I didn't know about his hands. They def give an advantage if you know how to use them on defense in that era as Stockton is a very good on ball defender at the perimeter. But yeah Stockton value to the team is both an important floor and ceiling raiser. Outside of Malone who could get his shot, there weren't many others who can do damage off the dribble per se so Stockton having the best handles and eyes for the team to get teammates open shots for classic hockey puck assists for scores was absolutely invaluable. The one real trait about Stockton I feel people easily look over is his toughness. Dude is 170 lbs but he is willing to set screens against bigger guys. There aren't many guys with that size in league history willing to be physical against much bigger players to take that beating and still get up. Even mentally as very few things rattle him and his focus is legendary.
Easily....easily the most underrated NBA player of all time. Efficient, durable, TWO-WAY player. Nobody will ever have more assists, nobody will ever have more steals. Basketball greatness!
As the game changes and progresses, athletes get better etc. His and many other records that people never thought would be broken will eventually be overcome.
@@luangj5928 I agree with the idea that records are meant to be broken. However, to break those 2 it would take : -A return to the pure point guard role, which is not favoured in today's NBA -An athlete gifted with particularly great offensive AND defensive IQ -A exceptionally long career with an even more exceptional "prime" by today's standards I'm not sure this is going to happen any time soon. And even then, I'm not convinced that one guy will hold both records ever again.
Stockton was simply a relentless machine, who felt no pain, had no emotion, never got tired, never showed weakness, and calculated every angle and trajectory the ball could take at every moment and made the right play over and over and over and over and over again, and pushed his opponents mentally to get them as frustrated and confused as possible so they would be distracted and off their game for as long as possible. He was also a very good shooter. Almost forgot about that. And he did it for two decades.
His field goal percentage was high and free throw percentage too. So basically he will score no matter what you do to him. Whether he passes or takes the shot or free throw you will get points no matter what.
John's defense was very underrated, I'm gonna give you all a statistic...he had 263 steals in a season, the fourth most in a single season of all time. He also had 244 steals in a season a couple years later, no one has had more than that since, that was 30 years ago.
@@Imabirdhaww Is it possible that Stockton never got a ring because the flip side of consistent is "predictable." In that final game, Jordan was able to strip Malone because he knew exactly what play was coming.
I wonder sometimes how Malone/Iverson would have done against Jordan and the Bulls. Iverson was that tricky little guy who could just take over a game in ways you could never quite anticipate.
Stockton unsurprisingly has a way with words. You wouldn't expect that from a man who doesn't talk too much. Even when in the book he speaks off his opinions on how he is anti-abortion, I could respect his belief even tho I have a different stance on it. I believe he recently came out as an anti-vaxx guy as well. He has a very orthodox background and mentality but the way he expresses it is absolutely applaudable.
I played professionally for ten years and played a retired Stockton to 5. I lost by 5 but the sad part is the other 4 guys to play him didn’t score either. Yeah we were young but even though we were bigger he pushed us around like a bitch and he was several years retired. Much respect with a high basketball iq and Thor like strength.
Its a testament to Stockton that almost every all time great point guard calls John Stockton the greatest ever. You can say whatever you want as a commentator, a fan, even an NBA player who played a different position...but when legendary point guards call you the greatest, that means something.
He looks like a guy who teaches shop class at the local HS. But when he laced them up, he was one of the toughest and most skilled PG's in the game. He always had that ice cold game time look on his face, I loved watching him play.
The Jordan era was the best era and Stockton came into the league with him so it was a great time to be watching basketball during the 80s and 90s. That Jazz Bulls finals in 98 is still the highest rated finals of all time.
An underdog draftpick booed by the crowd. Leading in steals and assits to this day by large margins. Got 2 leads out of 5 categories(points rebounds assits steals blocks) which was never done before. One of the best point guards without a ring. A monster in short shorts, reliable freethrow, 2 and 3 pointer all throughout his career but is most defined by his decision making and seeing opportunities in taking shots and mostly passing the ball. Praised by peers and opponents alike. Refuses to talk trash and very rarely be provoked. Underrated, subtle and lowkey. Wife drops him off and picks him up after plays in a minivan with his kids. Takes time with fan letters and even tmz paparazzi. Goes to basketball events with only a handful of people recognizing him. Stayed loyal to 1 team even with bigger offers outside. Praised everyone he could remember in his retirment speech which is a moment he had earned for himself, from his gym mate who helped him through hamstring cramps and his kids and wife who was his "best decision" where he was famous for making. Referring to Karl as the best without acknowledgement of his role in that. This is a guy who has waived the right to question himself as a good man in and outside the ring. If you're reading this: I started watching basketball because of you and sadly lost my passion for it when you retired. Defended you from my other family members from the bulls while I'm the lone jazz, and boy was it worthit. If I ever get my Visa approved, Id like to buy you a beer. 5 minutes will last me a lifetime. You will probably refuse this part as I will tell the guys in the bar who this man is blending in a sea of anonymity . A whole page of nba cards are waiting for your signature. (I even got mj's but I traded them for you) I'll go out of my way just give me a date. I'll cross states if I have to. Still a Jazz fan. - Mark from the Philippines.
@@lostchild2003 It's because he had a disease in the family, (Stockton explains it) couldn't be there because he had to take care of that illness to one of his dears.
Stockton is truly the best true point guard ever. I used to love watching him play. There is story about the dream team. We're the bus was bombarded with fans and bus couldn't move. So Stockton just got out and blended with the crowd. And everyone in the bus was envious of him.
John Stockton was such a fun player to watch and I still enjoy watching his highlights. Leading the league in assists and steals to this day is insane. He’s also got two rings if the jazz played anyone but the goat. The craziest thing about him is that he was just so consistent day in and day out. I don’t remember who said it but someone said that “you don’t even notice he’s having a great game until he has 25 and 10 in the 4th quarter.” I think that sums it up perfectly to how great he was. John Stockton is the best PG to EVER play and was a better PG than Magic. No one’s changing my mind
My all time favorite player! A true hero, I’m proud to have grown up idolizing. He never took any credit, just passed it to others. Absolutely the toughest player to ever play the game.
I grew up in that era as a point guard so I was always a huge fan of Stockton. If you’re one of the rare players that enjoys passing more than scoring, he was your guy.
My favorite player of all time. Watching him hit the game winner to send the Jazz to the finals with my Dad in our basement and us jumping up and down together is one of my most cherished memories of my entire life. Thanks for the video 🥲
I also watched this in the basement, but with some friends. One of them was 6'9". He jumped up and put his head into the ceiling! One of my all-time favorite Jazz memories!
He was flat out awesome one of best point guards to ever play basketball When people talk about point guards and the best to ever do it they should always have John Stockton in the conversation
We can all go back and forth about who's better at each position. But one thing that can't be denied is the respect that he earned from his competitors. If they consider him one of the greatest, who the hell are we to argue?
Yeah we don’t pay enough attention to what the players think in those kind of debates. Too many people look at statistics out of context and try to say Kobe isn’t top 5, but basically every NBA player will disagree. Same thing people try to say Stockton only had like 12 ppg so he wasn’t one of the best PG’s ever, but Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, and Steve Nash all disagree. Random people really think they know basketball better than NBA players lol.
Yeah Stockton may truly be the definition of your favorite players 'favorite player'. The casuals/new fans won't know him because he blew up at an age where social media was nonexistent and Stockton didn't care for the media. But among his basketball peers they have the utmost respect for him as a player and as a human being.
@@Masterdebater14 he said “by casuals” and he’s right. Young fans don’t know about him; he was just before the highlights ers.. DP and ESPN hadnt “Booya’d” yet.
When the Jazz drafted the relatively unknown Stockton many fans booed the pick. Coach Frank Layden said, "he's Irish & his Dad owns a bar." The Jazz got the last laugh!
Easily one of the most underrated superstars of all time. Dude leads the league in two of the most important categories in basketball and doesn’t even get mentioned in greatest pg conversations because he’s so forgotten.
People are fucking idiots. You can't judge the difficulty by the output. Obviously, John Stockton physically beat people up a lot more than MJ. Also, people are thinking too much in terms of exertion instead of how tricky Stockton was to guard. Stockton was far better at out maneuvering his opponents than any player that ever played. This guy could send everybody in the wrong direction on a screen on either side of the court. On defense, he always knew where his guy was going and he was able to beat the guy to the stop. On offense, he would send his man and his team mate's man the wrong direction on every screen. Other teams would beat on him until they were exhausted and/or foul out. It was ridiculous. Hit him ... and he just gets up. The ref calls a foul and it didn't wear on this little dude a bit.
@Mr. Vain your list is decent overall but when you put Magic Johnson 4th or 5th among Point Guards and Drexler over Kobe and Wade. It destroys your credibility.
@@teofemo7000 Or anything they said about Lebron. Insane how people are still this delusional regarding him. Lebron is easily 1st or 2nd best player of all time.
It didn't do him justice to watch him play on TV. Seeing him in person - his energy was unreal. He moved so effortlessly up and down the court on both sides.
What’s amazing is how he truly taught guys how to be a professional. Made the game better. Made guys (like Gary Payton) better people and better players.
John Stockton filmed a video when he was on the dream team of him walking around and no one knew who he was, so no one came up to him and asked for pictures or bothered him, he literally went up to a girl wearing a shirt with al of their faces and she still didn’t know it was him! That’s the best story I’ve heard about John Stockton. Sorry if someone else mentioned that in the comments, I haven’t read them.
I remember that! And he just kept talking to people about how great the dream team was, and they never recognized him! The best part about it was that John Stockton had so much fun doing that. We got to see how cool his personality was.
One of the best ever to play the game! Grew up watching him play almost every night. We named our second son Stockton; one of the best decisions I ever made. :)
I had season tickets for 15 of Stocktons 19 years. This guy never ceased to amaze me, never. I watched so many times he would leave defenders standing flat footed like he had nailed their shoes to the floor! He had big mitts, he would reach out 1 handed, catch a hard pass and pass it back off faster than it came to him. John was an incredibly quick, smart, wise, fun to watch player. I was very fortunate to get to watch such a player!
If you're not happy in your present situation and you have the freedom to go elsewhere, I have no problem with that. If you choose to stay with the same team for 15-20 years, I applaud that too. If you're happy being with that same team for that long, cool, but keep in mind, loyalty goes both ways. There's a reason why only a minute number of players stay with the same team.
That's not loyalty that's slavery lol it's not a good thing to have a franchise hold you hostage it's not admirable to stay in a bad situation Kevin Garnett never gets a ring on the wolves dude and he is honestly one of the best power forward of all time but he didn't win as much as Duncan yet kg is actually better
The only DREAM TEAM member who stepped out of the team bus and walked with his family along a park in Spain full of people and not get noticed...HIs teammates in awe,saying they'd give anything to be able to that as well...
This was a lot of fun watching. Brought back some great memories. I think that shot he made in Houston was as big a deal for every Jazz fan as it was for him. Thanks.
The best point guard to ever play the game. He wasn't flashy but he was effective every single night, and he made everyone around him better. That is what makes him the best.
John Stockton having the all-time record in steals, validates Michael Jordan's greatness. In their respective era, Jordan was second in steals. Both athletes were defensive beasts!
Awesome video!!! Born and raised in Philly, grew up loving all my Philly teams but I was a closet Utah Jazz fan for years. This man was the reason why. Favorite non Philly athlete of all time
Another reason why I love living in this era of the internet. Where else are you going to find footage like this...especially the ones who will produce it in a package like this! Thank you @Nick Smith NBA
The fact that the Utah Jazz got to the NBA Finals two years in a row is enough for me to respect John Stockton. It's the stories of the reverence for Stockton that I like to hear.
Damn those were still great years... but it still hurts to have lost to Jordan's Bulls ...twice. I still see Jrdans shot over David Benoit in my nightmares
I remember Jordan getting asked about Stockton one time. Jordan just talked about the USA team and how no one really knew what was wrong with Stockton cause he didn't say a word about it. When ii came out that Stockton played THAT WHOLE OLYMPICS with the broken Fibula. Everyone on the USA team legit called him and asked why he didn't say anything about it. Stockton was said to have responded with "cause you guys needed me to play". After that Jordan said no one ever doubted Stockton and if he deserved to be on the Olympic or All Star teams.
One of the most unselfish point guards in the game. His ability to read the game is legendary. It doesn’t matter whether you are a superstar or an average player but as long as you are in a good position to score he’ll pass to you.
He handled the rock like the Rock of Gibraltar. Honestly, he not only controlled the ball, but the game, and the pace of the game. That IQ is indispensable in a point guard.
I remember when Gary Payton said that John Stockton was tougher to guard than Michael Jordan. A lot of people thought Payton had lost his mind, but forgot that he was a top 5 defender who played against both guys, with two very different play styles in two different positions. Stockton was a Swiss Army knife on the court who averaged a double-double overall (and against Payton). Give this man his respect.
Yeah, plus it's always individual. Some guys with their playstyles just straight up confuse/mess up certain players with other playstyles for one reason or another.
Almost a half hour vid that felt like 5min. Flew by man I wanted to hear more! As a Lakers fan I hated the Jazz cuz of this man & Malone just pick n rolling my squad to death. Unstoppable. Mad respect...
In my playing days I would love to see the greatness of that combo of Stockton and Malone. Even though I never played pro ball I admired Stocktons ability as point guard.
Ironically the loudest man who played gave voice to maybe the quietest man that played. Good job mr.Payton giving voice to one of the best if not the best to do it.
We get to see better more talent more skills better basketball. And we have this thing called TH-cam we have plenty of Stockton footage dude should I envy you that never saw George Mikan play? You sound funny
A lot of players can run the fast break and dish a great or fundamental pass for a dunk or layup. Stockton was a master at the post-entry pass which allowed the post player (usually Malone) to explode into his post move for an easy score before the defender could react. I saw Malone let the pass dictate the move he was going to do and beat the defender. Stockton and Malone could do this as they got older, beating younger and more athletic opponents. That's true skill, experience and team work.
I'm not a huge basketball fan, but there was a time I watched a lot of it and what I remember about John Stockton was a man amongst giants. That means your damn good and if you watched him play you'd eventually know he deserved to be there. He was damn good.
I love John Stockton, IMO he is the greatest pure PG of all time. Strong player, efficient and humble. I know people say Magic is the greatest and also talk about Isaiah, Nash and Kidd, but for me its Stockton all day.
Growing up as a teenager in Australia in late 80's, i only had 2 nba players posters encompassing all my 4 bedroom walls.... michael jordan and john stockton 👊...
Aussie here.. also had Jordan and Stockton on my walls, also alongside Rodman. I wear #12 on my jersey after Stockton, but I also have #10 for Rodman. Before each game, I decide which number I'll wear depending if I'm gonna be Rodman tonight, or Stockton. 😉👉
underrated in part due to injuries. But he's the opposite spectrum of Stockton's game where he went for the offensive end and utilized his high tier shot release and shooting skills to kill opponents when they give him his space.
If you're building the best starting 5 lineup of all time it has to have Stockton. Aside from his personal skill, even if you think someone is better, he makes the other 4 so much better with the steals and assists and attitude that there can be no competition.
Leads the NBA all time in assist and steals and hardly anyone picks him for an All Time Starting 5 squad..I’m picking him everytime..leadership, shooting, passing, defense and toughness💯💯
Honestly there are cases where I'd take him over Magic too. He's still my #2 at the position overall but that's literally because of Magic's talent not skill. Some teams in that era would go small on purpose but he didn't even take advantage of that. Like...what if Stockton had been 6'9? 😆. There might not be much a debate between them. Magic still the best though, and I grew up in Utah during all this.
He's my pick ever since. Him and malone. Stockton Curry Rodman Malone Chamberlain Jordan used to be up there but i need more ourside shooting. The core of my team is stockton and malone
The curse of the past think of it like this I'm 30 and Steve Nash is my Stockton I pick him first to start my team but kids born now will have no idea how good Nash or Stockton was let's not talk about Kevin Johnson
These are easily the best NBA videos on TH-cam.
Appreciate that so much!
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I never understood why people undermined his abilities. There are 5 main stats on the stat sheet for an NBA player. Points, assists, rebounds, steals, and blocks. He leads two of the 5 categories, and second place isn’t even close in either of them. Easily the best point guard of all time.
Because he wasn't flashy player,never exposed himself,never talked back. But he was deadly consistent,as GP said.
steals don’t really matter and only LeBron won a ring averaging more then 10 assists. A crazy number of assists doesn’t contribute to winning basketball.
Underrated* no one undermined his abilities. Unless you’re saying they spiked his drinks etc.
@@Andandand25 steals don't matter?? wtf? It means if you can steal the ball every other exchange (just using that for simpler math) you have TWICE as many attempts. Of course if you steal the ball it matters... they were going for two or three points, and you just decided to take the ball from them.
Assists also matter... especially when you're getting them in high numbers... it means in generally when you dish the ball to someone you're making a good decision that leads to a point. Sometimes it's the assist that makes the point (like it's such a good assist all you got to do is dunk, or shoot an unguarded three, or a 5 foot jumper). The assist is almost like you being the puppeteer that is making the play happen. You're able to see the whole court, who's where, and who is gonna make the point... and doing all of that in split seconds.
Sorry, can't be the greatest point guard of all time without a championship. He's definitely one of the top 3-4, but winning matters. Especially at that position. It's Magic Johnson and no one else is close. Unless you want to say "pure point guard" which is just a qualifier to let someone other than Magic have an argument.
Spent 19 seasons with the same franchise. Made the playoffs in every season. That’s a legendary basketball player.
I really don’t think legendary sums him up. I’m a Bulls fan! But dude was a nightmare for FANS. That whole team is a group of GOATS. please don’t for Jeff! But Stockton was a beast on NBA live95.
The 19 seasons with the same team isn't really the legendary part. As a matter of fact, it was due to that era that the Salary Cap was put in place to rid the league of dynasties.
to think Tim Duncan did that too with multiple championships
@Shottimus Nah, it isn't that HE did it. They all had so called "Big 3's" back then. I grew up on 80s and 90s bball. It is hard to do but back then, before they adjusted the cap, teams had legendary squads for decades.
@@chibill467 tim duncan didnt have to deal with mj
As a Utah kid in the 90s....i can say there was NOTHING better than sitting down with my father, ordering a pizza and watching Stockton & the Jazz...
As a Bulls and Jordan fan I agree with you. Their system (offense) was probably just as good as the Triangle with Jordan. Utah's pic and roll was unstoppable. I think Chicago defensive intensity (fueled by Jordan) was the difference in that series. Jerry Sloan may be one of most underrated coaches of all time as well. Basketball in general was much better back then. Defense was a priority (for Championship teams).
Not even sex?
A shame MJ stopped a championship happening for you but that’s life. That would have been a moment for you both.
Amen man
@@patalberta5493 stfu ya name pat , you don’t no what sex is lmao
Gary Patton’s love for Stockton is beautiful 😂 I swear every time he gets a chance to talk about him he takes it
It definitely makes you respect a player more when he can admit another players greatness
So true.
And it’s even more impressive when you consider Gary Payton’s ‘personality’.
Payton was one of the biggest trash talkers, and one of the most vicious players in the history of the Sport. He’s the last guy you’d expect-to give another player a compliment lol.
So, hearing him talk about Stockton the way he does-really says a lot.
@@CipherSerpico that's the thing i love about GP he was hard to impress because he was such a hartdnose defender but if real recognizes real
@@l3ftie578 💯💯
It probably has a lot to do with being around washington state basketball, he's like Babe Ruth in Spokane, the whitest basketball town in America by a large margin
The story about him turning up to home games in a minivan with his kids is wonderful. He was so deeply uncool that his IDGAF attitude made him cool.
He was so tough... Physically and mentally a tough guy!
Well said ... IMO that's the definition of cool, just being yourself and not caring what anyone else says or thinks.
He had that Suburban Dad power.
That's a confident man who knows his place in life, and he's comfortable with it. That's cool as hell.
And one of the dirtiest players ever. Answer.
Stockton is that dude that gets picked last at LA Fitness, but turns out to be a monster on the court.
@Barry Obama that's the craziest thing I've ever heard about an older baller
I never tell people I can ball . Never judge a book by its cover
@Barry Obama lol! Damn. That's a boss.
... and never gets off the court.
Stat line for said game: 1 pt, 9 ast, 6 reb, 7 steals, 1 block.
As impressive as his untouchable records is his durability. In 19 seasons, he didn't miss a game in 17 of them. At 3.72, one of the best assist-to-turnover ratios ever. Excellent shooter. Led the league in assists nine consecutive years. Almost unheard of for a PG to play until age 41 and still averaged a career double double. Also didn't have an agent. He'd sit down with the owner, agree on what was fair and get back on the court. Magic was the best. Isiah, Nash, Kidd, etc. were phenomenal. But Stockton is still the best pure PG ever. Pound for pound, probably the toughest player ever. Consummate professional.
Surprised his ration isn’t the best
Yeah I'll always say magic has an argument for best to played the point gaurd position but for me there's no argument for anyone but John to be the best representation for what a pure point gaurd is
Definitely my favorite player ever.
i always say he could have averaged over 30 points a game easy but he always looked for the pass first.
@@Bijorak He wouldn’t have scored at that kind of rate but I expect in today’s game he’d be putting up 18-20 ppg & 10-12 assists a year. He shot 38.4% from three for his career. He’d be shooting 5 or 6 a game instead of 1 or 2.
You don't have to emulate John Stockton's game, you don't even have to like his game, but I promise kids, if you emulate his work ethic, his loyalty, and his toughness you'll do something great in your life.
Yes I agree 100% with your statement. And just as important is having the love for what you choose to do.
Incredibly well said. Great comment!
He mad underrated by the casuals these days
bingo 👍🖖
and his Faith 😄🙏🏼🙌🏼
I met John Stockton a few years ago in an airport. I heard someone ask me ask me a question and I turned around and it was John Stockton. I had about a 5 minute conversation with him. He was a great guy and I'll always remember that.
how many of his wives did he have?
He's white, he played for Utah those are the ressons
@@markkostka6897 How many wives do you have?
@@dillponis7286 That's a pretty racist thing to say.
@@markkostka6897He’s Catholic, married to one woman, and had six children.
Man, I watched Stockton for every one of his 19 years. Never a contract dispute, never off the court drama, never anything but tough, hard-nosed b-ball. Broke the mold on this dude!
Yet he is now a Chad!
Stockton played the game with class, dignity and toughness and you will never ever see that again from another player!
He doesn’t need an NBA championship to be great. What makes him great is his devotion to his family and his love for the game!!!!
People forget this guy was on the dream team because he never spoke during or after about it. He was peers with a large portion of the absolute best players in the history of the sport
He holds the all-time records for two of the five major stats measured...people know who he is haha.
You're right he's underrated by kids these days though.
Peers with a large portion of the absolute best players? Bruh, he’s one of the best point guards (if not the best) to ever live.
he also had a broken leg on the dream team he broke his fibula playing jordan one on one but stayed on the team if it wasn't for the broken leg we would have been starting pg of the dream team
As a Sonics fan living in Seattle in the 90s, the competition between Payton/Kemp and Stockton/Malone were the most entertaining and exciting games of the season.
Stockton and GP are two legends of this game
@@dusk6159 Who often I see getting completely disrespected by youngheads...
The days when every team had 2 badass players each. I miss that NBA
@@drdre4397 I'm one of the youngheads bruh and I have the maddest respect for both the glove and Stockton 💪 two greats who made people see PG's for the animals they can be
I lived and breathed Supersonics basketball back then, and I loved/hated Utah.
People forget he only missed 22 games in a 19 season career
That might be his craziest stat of all. And he's got some crazy ass stats.
18 came in one year..at the end of career 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾 the best pg EVER
Fuck load management! He’s the best point guard of all time I’m not a Jazz fan either.
@@philipdileo3750 magic Johnson?
@@biscaynejay Magic was very good too
My favorite story about him is when he talked about being in Barcelona in '92. He was in the team bus with his family, asked the driver to stop, and they just disappeared into the crowd while the other players just watched in awe. All they wanted was to do what John Stockton just did: blend into the crowd.
Chris Mullin coulda done it. Christian Laettner perhaps.
Well it’s Europe…
There’s video of this. Stock had his own camcorder and recorded it himself.
ACTUALLY MOST OF IF TODAY'S PLAYERS CAN DO IT TODAY. THEY have no personality
Thing about Stockton too: Everyone talks about the assists/steals from Stockton but he was also a really capable 3 point shooter and incredibly efficient as a shooter. Jason Kidd (one of the best pgs ever) shot 40 percent for his career and never had a season shooting over 44 percent from the field. John Stockton shot 52 percent for his whole career, and had 12 different seasons shooting over 50 percent from the field. Shooting over 50 percent as a PG is flat out incredible. Shooting 52 percent from the field/38 percent from 3 is really efficient. Stockton was a BEAST, great leader and two way player.
I always tell people that stockton could have easily averaged 26-28 points a game or more and i get laughed at.
As a die hard Jazz fan who went to many games back in those days, John wasn’t flashy. A simple pass would do. But there are things about Stocktons game that won’t show up on any stat sheet but tells the story. He was tough as nails. Some say he played dirty, but that’s how the league was played back then. He wasn’t afraid to get underneath the basket and fight for a rebound. He was very dedicated. He and Malone would run the hills behind Malone’s home, and it turned into a competition between them. They would not let the other outwork them. Back then, fans were allowed to go watch practice. My father and I went one Sunday. We see this mini van pull up, and out jumps John, in his full church attire. He hated the media and hated being in the public eye. His IQ was off the charts. He had huge hands which helped him tremendously getting those steals. He was clutch, he was a leader, a winner, and he hated to lose. He is severely underrated. In my eyes, he is the best pure PG to ever play. Magic was great, but I view that he was more of a utility player since he could, and often did play multiple positions during games. John was your prototypical PG. a leader, a coach on the floor, leader in the locker room. Many like to debate who was better between John and Karl. I’ll put it this way, Malone was our best player. But our most important player was John. Without John, we were a typical playoff team that would get bounced. With John, we were contenders. It’s very unfortunate he didn’t win a ring, and which is why many people undervalue Stockton
Yup,agree with everything you've said. I could only watch all the games on TV in the nineties being from Scotland. I am a Bulls fan. But Stockton always stood out for me. Best out and out PG there's been.
I didn't know about his hands. They def give an advantage if you know how to use them on defense in that era as Stockton is a very good on ball defender at the perimeter. But yeah Stockton value to the team is both an important floor and ceiling raiser. Outside of Malone who could get his shot, there weren't many others who can do damage off the dribble per se so Stockton having the best handles and eyes for the team to get teammates open shots for classic hockey puck assists for scores was absolutely invaluable. The one real trait about Stockton I feel people easily look over is his toughness. Dude is 170 lbs but he is willing to set screens against bigger guys. There aren't many guys with that size in league history willing to be physical against much bigger players to take that beating and still get up. Even mentally as very few things rattle him and his focus is legendary.
The Batman & Robin doesn't hold water in Stockton and Malone.
Easily....easily the most underrated NBA player of all time. Efficient, durable, TWO-WAY player. Nobody will ever have more assists, nobody will ever have more steals. Basketball greatness!
As the game changes and progresses, athletes get better etc. His and many other records that people never thought would be broken will eventually be overcome.
And they looked so unathletic lol
@@luangj5928 no it won't cause the IQ has decreased. NOBODY is even close to his records
@@luangj5928 those records won’t be touched for a long time
@@luangj5928 I agree with the idea that records are meant to be broken.
However, to break those 2 it would take :
-A return to the pure point guard role, which is not favoured in today's NBA
-An athlete gifted with particularly great offensive AND defensive IQ
-A exceptionally long career with an even more exceptional "prime" by today's standards
I'm not sure this is going to happen any time soon.
And even then, I'm not convinced that one guy will hold both records ever again.
Stockton was simply a relentless machine, who felt no pain, had no emotion, never got tired, never showed weakness, and calculated every angle and trajectory the ball could take at every moment and made the right play over and over and over and over and over again, and pushed his opponents mentally to get them as frustrated and confused as possible so they would be distracted and off their game for as long as possible.
He was also a very good shooter. Almost forgot about that.
And he did it for two decades.
to me he was a pre Iverson
@@whidoineedthis Iverson was inefficient, turnover prone, selfish, and incredibly overrated by comparison.
His field goal percentage was high and free throw percentage too. So basically he will score no matter what you do to him. Whether he passes or takes the shot or free throw you will get points no matter what.
@@merlball8520 Iverson was more of a SG than a PG, but he's not overrated.
Perfectly said. The master in disguise. I’m glad I got to watch him play
John's defense was very underrated, I'm gonna give you all a statistic...he had 263 steals in a season, the fourth most in a single season of all time. He also had 244 steals in a season a couple years later, no one has had more than that since, that was 30 years ago.
-- at 6'1, he avg 3 steals per game...for 4 seasons.
From age 37-40, for four seasons, he played all 82 games.
“He would pull up in a mini van and bust us up” 😂😂😂
Lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Dying
Classic CWebb story
Gangster
I loved the way webber framed it up. "I used to make the rookies sit on the bus and tell them to watch the baddest man on the planet pull up."
John Stockton wasn't flashy but was hard working, consistent, professional, high basketball IQ and a true point guard.
But no Champion tho!
@@Imabirdhaww Is it possible that Stockton never got a ring because the flip side of consistent is "predictable." In that final game, Jordan was able to strip Malone because he knew exactly what play was coming.
I wonder sometimes how Malone/Iverson would have done against Jordan and the Bulls. Iverson was that tricky little guy who could just take over a game in ways you could never quite anticipate.
He made THE GOAT work extra hard.
Also dirty. Don't forget dirty.
His autobiography "Assisted" is one of the best books I've ever read. His character off the court is really what made him such a phenomenal player.
Stockton unsurprisingly has a way with words. You wouldn't expect that from a man who doesn't talk too much. Even when in the book he speaks off his opinions on how he is anti-abortion, I could respect his belief even tho I have a different stance on it.
I believe he recently came out as an anti-vaxx guy as well. He has a very orthodox background and mentality but the way he expresses it is absolutely applaudable.
I’m reading it now, and it is hard to put down!
I didn't know he wrote a book. I need to get myself a copy!
I played professionally for ten years and played a retired Stockton to 5. I lost by 5 but the sad part is the other 4 guys to play him didn’t score either. Yeah we were young but even though we were bigger he pushed us around like a bitch and he was several years retired. Much respect with a high basketball iq and Thor like strength.
Was this prior to you turning professional or during your career?
Its a testament to Stockton that almost every all time great point guard calls John Stockton the greatest ever. You can say whatever you want as a commentator, a fan, even an NBA player who played a different position...but when legendary point guards call you the greatest, that means something.
Magic & Stock are the best point guards I’ve ever seen
He looks like a guy who teaches shop class at the local HS. But when he laced them up, he was one of the toughest and most skilled PG's in the game. He always had that ice cold game time look on his face, I loved watching him play.
I love watching compilations of pick and rolls from those two...
He was all business. Not a cocky bone in his body. The kind of player coaches love.
Hell, not even shop class. He looks like the math teacher that is also the driver's ed teacher after school.
The Jordan era was the best era and Stockton came into the league with him so it was a great time to be watching basketball during the 80s and 90s. That Jazz Bulls finals in 98 is still the highest rated finals of all time.
Growing up watching 80's&90's NBA ball was a gift&then these interviews with legends are gold,game recognize game.
dont matter when u grow up watching nba theres always legends
80’s and 90’s NBA AND 80’s and 90’s college basketball was must watch. I rarely watch either anymore.
It's not even basketball that they play any more
yall old we get it
How do u like todays nba
An underdog draftpick booed by the crowd. Leading in steals and assits to this day by large margins. Got 2 leads out of 5 categories(points rebounds assits steals blocks) which was never done before. One of the best point guards without a ring. A monster in short shorts, reliable freethrow, 2 and 3 pointer all throughout his career but is most defined by his decision making and seeing opportunities in taking shots and mostly passing the ball. Praised by peers and opponents alike. Refuses to talk trash and very rarely be provoked. Underrated, subtle and lowkey. Wife drops him off and picks him up after plays in a minivan with his kids. Takes time with fan letters and even tmz paparazzi. Goes to basketball events with only a handful of people recognizing him. Stayed loyal to 1 team even with bigger offers outside.
Praised everyone he could remember in his retirment speech which is a moment he had earned for himself, from his gym mate who helped him through hamstring cramps and his kids and wife who was his "best decision" where he was famous for making. Referring to Karl as the best without acknowledgement of his role in that.
This is a guy who has waived the right to question himself as a good man in and outside the ring.
If you're reading this: I started watching basketball because of you and sadly lost my passion for it when you retired. Defended you from my other family members from the bulls while I'm the lone jazz, and boy was it worthit. If I ever get my Visa approved, Id like to buy you a beer. 5 minutes will last me a lifetime. You will probably refuse this part as I will tell the guys in the bar who this man is blending in a sea of anonymity . A whole page of nba cards are waiting for your signature. (I even got mj's but I traded them for you) I'll go out of my way just give me a date. I'll cross states if I have to. Still a Jazz fan. - Mark from the Philippines.
Stockton was a stone cold killer, master of the assist. Great defense, great jump shot, great moves to the hoop.
Stone Cold Stockton-SCS 👊🏼💪🏼✌🏼🤙🏼👏🏼🏀
I like how Malone speaks so highly of him. Giving credit where its due
And Stockton back to him, even at his own HOF speech. You love to see it.
where would Malone be without Stockton? take away about 25% of his totals.
@@dusk6159 But it said a lot about Malones character that he couldn't be bothered to attend Stockton's HOF induction.
@@lostchild2003 It's because he had a disease in the family, (Stockton explains it) couldn't be there because he had to take care of that illness to one of his dears.
@@dusk6159 Source? i couldn't find it. Thanks.
Stockton is truly the best true point guard ever. I used to love watching him play. There is story about the dream team. We're the bus was bombarded with fans and bus couldn't move. So Stockton just got out and blended with the crowd. And everyone in the bus was envious of him.
Haha that story is hilarious!
To be fair, Stockton looked like the team accountant.
😂😂😂
@@jasondyrkacz8270 that'll triple double you easily tho. Lol dude was a beast.
There's video of that its pretty funny. Look up the dream team documentary.
This dude is slept on by everyone. What a pure ball mover.
Pure ball mover is such a beautiful turn of phrase. Well done.
Which makes me think, every time Stockton moved a ball another tonnage of steals and assists were created.
Ayo
Let me guess, he also plays basketball really “hard” too
@@WyWid try again friend
Lots of respect for John especially after those two NBA Finals against the Bulls. It is a damned shame that he and Malone never got a title.
John Stockton was such a fun player to watch and I still enjoy watching his highlights. Leading the league in assists and steals to this day is insane. He’s also got two rings if the jazz played anyone but the goat. The craziest thing about him is that he was just so consistent day in and day out. I don’t remember who said it but someone said that “you don’t even notice he’s having a great game until he has 25 and 10 in the 4th quarter.” I think that sums it up perfectly to how great he was. John Stockton is the best PG to EVER play and was a better PG than Magic. No one’s changing my mind
I love how there's a ton of people who don't play basketball, and their telling Gary he doesn't know what he's talking about.
I was thinking the same thing
Yeah. That bothered me.
Especially the hole. Like chic this man played against him!
Exactly. Simple minds default to Jordan, Bryant etc. because they follow the crowd and do not think outside the box.
That was painful to watch. I wanted to jump through my phone & say STFU!
My all time favorite player! A true hero, I’m proud to have grown up idolizing. He never took any credit, just passed it to others. Absolutely the toughest player to ever play the game.
The respect kidd has for stockton is incredible
Gary payton and Jason Kidd really give Stockton the Hype he won't give himself.
I loved Stockton. His mental toughness and determination wasn't matched by anyone. You couldn't get under his skin for anything
I grew up in that era as a point guard so I was always a huge fan of Stockton. If you’re one of the rare players that enjoys passing more than scoring, he was your guy.
You know you on another level if you can get GP to stop talking.
🤣🤣
True
Even if it's briefly.
Facts
Lol Thats a fact
Their reaction to Steve Kerr “just letting it out” 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Reggie in particular. You gotta love Reggie, LOL.
My favorite player of all time. Watching him hit the game winner to send the Jazz to the finals with my Dad in our basement and us jumping up and down together is one of my most cherished memories of my entire life. Thanks for the video 🥲
I also watched this in the basement, but with some friends. One of them was 6'9". He jumped up and put his head into the ceiling! One of my all-time favorite Jazz memories!
Me too, my pops past away 6 years ago and I still find myself watching that moment, I'll never forget when he hit that shot!
Having shared memories with your pops that are great for both of you has to be one of the best things life has to offer.
Unrelated but I can relate when philly won SB 52 I wish my dad would’ve been able to see it. Glad you and yours got to share a great moment like that
He was flat out awesome one of best point guards to ever play basketball
When people talk about point guards and the best to ever do it they should always have John Stockton in the conversation
I love Kidd's answer: "Um, I think he had, um, 3000..." 😂
We can all go back and forth about who's better at each position. But one thing that can't be denied is the respect that he earned from his competitors. If they consider him one of the greatest, who the hell are we to argue?
Yeah we don’t pay enough attention to what the players think in those kind of debates. Too many people look at statistics out of context and try to say Kobe isn’t top 5, but basically every NBA player will disagree. Same thing people try to say Stockton only had like 12 ppg so he wasn’t one of the best PG’s ever, but Gary Payton, Jason Kidd, and Steve Nash all disagree. Random people really think they know basketball better than NBA players lol.
@@alexb8833 Not to mention Hall of Fame coaches, too.
Facts
Exactly. They know know firsthand how good he was. When you earn the respect from most of your peers that says something.
Yeah Stockton may truly be the definition of your favorite players 'favorite player'. The casuals/new fans won't know him because he blew up at an age where social media was nonexistent and Stockton didn't care for the media. But among his basketball peers they have the utmost respect for him as a player and as a human being.
He mad underrated by the casuals these days
Stg bro they dont know how cold he was
🧢🧢🧢
Hes just generally considered one of the best PGs of all time. Underrated?
@@Masterdebater14 he said “by casuals” and he’s right. Young fans don’t know about him; he was just before the highlights ers.. DP and ESPN hadnt “Booya’d” yet.
@@ordinarypete you gotta be pretty fucking casual to not know about the all time greats 🤡
When the Jazz drafted the relatively unknown Stockton many fans booed the pick. Coach Frank Layden said, "he's Irish & his Dad owns a bar." The Jazz got the last laugh!
Thanks for the Layden quote!
Ever hear of an Irishman that didn’t drink?
@@sludge4125 only the dead ones don't drink
@@amneenja5720 🤪🤪🤪
Stockton put Gonzaga on the map
The respect Malone has for him is the most impressive.
Easily one of the most underrated superstars of all time. Dude leads the league in two of the most important categories in basketball and doesn’t even get mentioned in greatest pg conversations because he’s so forgotten.
I love how Gary Payton says you didn't play against him I did!
People are fucking idiots. You can't judge the difficulty by the output. Obviously, John Stockton physically beat people up a lot more than MJ. Also, people are thinking too much in terms of exertion instead of how tricky Stockton was to guard. Stockton was far better at out maneuvering his opponents than any player that ever played. This guy could send everybody in the wrong direction on a screen on either side of the court. On defense, he always knew where his guy was going and he was able to beat the guy to the stop. On offense, he would send his man and his team mate's man the wrong direction on every screen. Other teams would beat on him until they were exhausted and/or foul out. It was ridiculous. Hit him ... and he just gets up. The ref calls a foul and it didn't wear on this little dude a bit.
I also love how he gave Stockton the credit when they were both still players in the league and not just now after retirement.
The glove is real as real can be.
Sounds like my dad lol old school
An example of a craftsman that perfected his craft.
Best small man with pure fundamental skills!!
Those people arguing with GP over his experience in the NBA against both Stockton and Jordan were so annoying
hahaha agreed
Mam annoying asfk like who let them losers on the air
Extremely annoying. I can't stand the mainstream media for this same very thing.
@Mr. Vain your list is decent overall but when you put Magic Johnson 4th or 5th among Point Guards and Drexler over Kobe and Wade. It destroys your credibility.
@@teofemo7000 Or anything they said about Lebron. Insane how people are still this delusional regarding him. Lebron is easily 1st or 2nd best player of all time.
It didn't do him justice to watch him play on TV. Seeing him in person - his energy was unreal. He moved so effortlessly up and down the court on both sides.
Gary Payton one of my all time favs. Love the respect he’s always gave John as a Jazz fan.
What’s amazing is how he truly taught guys how to be a professional. Made the game better. Made guys (like Gary Payton) better people and better players.
John Stockton filmed a video when he was on the dream team of him walking around and no one knew who he was, so no one came up to him and asked for pictures or bothered him, he literally went up to a girl wearing a shirt with al of their faces and she still didn’t know it was him! That’s the best story I’ve heard about John Stockton. Sorry if someone else mentioned that in the comments, I haven’t read them.
thats one of my favorite videos of him its hilarious
I remember that! And he just kept talking to people about how great the dream team was, and they never recognized him! The best part about it was that John Stockton had so much fun doing that. We got to see how cool his personality was.
Love that video!
One of the best ever to play the game! Grew up watching him play almost every night. We named our second son Stockton; one of the best decisions I ever made. :)
I had season tickets for 15 of Stocktons 19 years. This guy never ceased to amaze me, never. I watched so many times he would leave defenders standing flat footed like he had nailed their shoes to the floor!
He had big mitts, he would reach out 1 handed, catch a hard pass and pass it back off faster than it came to him. John was an incredibly quick, smart, wise, fun to watch player. I was very fortunate to get to watch such a player!
Fantastic,I could only watch and admire from afar
Beyond loyal to his team, its something about 90s basketball where most players stuck with their teams instead of jumping ship like they do today
Sadly Kobe, Duncan and dirk were the last of an great era were players stayed with their franchise the entire time
How bout giannis now? Back then it was rivalry and love for ur team… now ain’t nothing but bitches
If you're not happy in your present situation and you have the freedom to go elsewhere, I have no problem with that. If you choose to stay with the same team for 15-20 years, I applaud that too. If you're happy being with that same team for that long, cool, but keep in mind, loyalty goes both ways. There's a reason why only a minute number of players stay with the same team.
That's not loyalty that's slavery lol it's not a good thing to have a franchise hold you hostage it's not admirable to stay in a bad situation Kevin Garnett never gets a ring on the wolves dude and he is honestly one of the best power forward of all time but he didn't win as much as Duncan yet kg is actually better
@@itsalluptous5058 Lol KG's ring is trash compared to Duncans rings and records.
You could tell he gave his 100% on every play, the guy would never slow down. He gave me fits when they would play the Rockets. True legend.
I never realized Stockton and Kerr had a Rodman and Malone moment. 😂. I love all that fiestyness between them.
Gritty, tough, selfless. That’s the Stockton we loved growing up in small town Utah in the 80 and 90’s. You gotta love it baby!
The purest point guard to ever live. He is literally the prototype. I came up watching him as a PG myself and all I wanted to do was be him.
The only DREAM TEAM member who stepped out of the team bus and walked with his family along a park in Spain full of people and not get noticed...HIs teammates in awe,saying they'd give anything to be able to that as well...
This was a lot of fun watching. Brought back some great memories. I think that shot he made in Houston was as big a deal for every Jazz fan as it was for him. Thanks.
The best point guard to ever play the game. He wasn't flashy but he was effective every single night, and he made everyone around him better. That is what makes him the best.
Steve Nash > Stockton
John Stockton having the all-time record in steals, validates Michael Jordan's greatness. In their respective era, Jordan was second in steals. Both athletes were defensive beasts!
Add Olajuwan to that list, all time leader in blocks and was in the top ten all time in steals when he retired....
Awesome video!!! Born and raised in Philly, grew up loving all my Philly teams but I was a closet Utah Jazz fan for years. This man was the reason why. Favorite non Philly athlete of all time
Another reason why I love living in this era of the internet. Where else are you going to find footage like this...especially the ones who will produce it in a package like this!
Thank you @Nick Smith NBA
Stockton was my go-to guy on NBA JAM
Unreal
Automatic bucket
He 's on fire! Love that game
Hell yea
The fact that the Utah Jazz got to the NBA Finals two years in a row is enough for me to respect John Stockton. It's the stories of the reverence for Stockton that I like to hear.
He's like Chris Paul! People don't get it.
Damn those were still great years... but it still hurts to have lost to Jordan's Bulls ...twice. I still see Jrdans shot over David Benoit in my nightmares
2nd place is merely the first loser.
@@sludge4125 well, several 2nd places got us first place in track haha
@@sludge4125 do you know how dumb that sounds? The first loser? Do you even understand how basketball or any other team sports work?
I remember Jordan getting asked about Stockton one time. Jordan just talked about the USA team and how no one really knew what was wrong with Stockton cause he didn't say a word about it. When ii came out that Stockton played THAT WHOLE OLYMPICS with the broken Fibula. Everyone on the USA team legit called him and asked why he didn't say anything about it. Stockton was said to have responded with "cause you guys needed me to play". After that Jordan said no one ever doubted Stockton and if he deserved to be on the Olympic or All Star teams.
One of the most unselfish point guards in the game. His ability to read the game is legendary. It doesn’t matter whether you are a superstar or an average player but as long as you are in a good position to score he’ll pass to you.
He handled the rock like the Rock of Gibraltar. Honestly, he not only controlled the ball, but the game, and the pace of the game. That IQ is indispensable in a point guard.
You knew he brought the Playbook!
Dude was fun to watch. So quick so fierce so accurate. I watched him punk the best the NBA had in an era of greats.
Loved John Stockton’s tenacity, defense and brilliance offensively!
I remember when Gary Payton said that John Stockton was tougher to guard than Michael Jordan. A lot of people thought Payton had lost his mind, but forgot that he was a top 5 defender who played against both guys, with two very different play styles in two different positions. Stockton was a Swiss Army knife on the court who averaged a double-double overall (and against Payton). Give this man his respect.
Yeah, plus it's always individual. Some guys with their playstyles just straight up confuse/mess up certain players with other playstyles for one reason or another.
Almost a half hour vid that felt like 5min. Flew by man I wanted to hear more!
As a Lakers fan I hated the Jazz cuz of this man & Malone just pick n rolling my squad to death. Unstoppable.
Mad respect...
I was exactly the same
John Stockton well always be my favorite player of all time!!! The best point guard to ever play the game........
I'd never seen the Baron Davis bit. That was cool.
When he was like "Am I sorry?" that was hilarious.
Good players know, that’s respect
Man, Stockton retired I got teary eyed cause I knew I would never get to watch him again😢
Give this man his 12 likes
In my playing days I would love to see the greatness of that combo of Stockton and Malone.
Even though I never played pro ball I admired Stocktons ability as point guard.
I was growing by watching him. He was something else. As a point guard, he is the best pg in the history. Really admired him.
Ironically the loudest man who played gave voice to maybe the quietest man that played. Good job mr.Payton giving voice to one of the best if not the best to do it.
The 80’s and 90’s NBA era was unlike anything I’ve ever seen before or since then. Shame new generation of NBA fans never got to experience it.
We get to see better more talent more skills better basketball. And we have this thing called TH-cam we have plenty of Stockton footage dude should I envy you that never saw George Mikan play? You sound funny
@@itsalluptous5058 That’s like watching the moon landing on TH-cam 60 years later - just not the same. It was a crazy era of sports.
Actually quite watching nba recently. To many babies
I haven't even been able to watch the NBA the last 15+ years.
He can still play. He has an invite only game at GPrep with a bunch of GU guys and still owns. He makes the Zags better by practicing with them.
Thats the coolest shi ive heard pasy the story of when he did the jr. Jazz clinic. Legend.
A lot of players can run the fast break and dish a great or fundamental pass for a dunk or layup. Stockton was a master at the post-entry pass which allowed the post player (usually Malone) to explode into his post move for an easy score before the defender could react. I saw Malone let the pass dictate the move he was going to do and beat the defender. Stockton and Malone could do this as they got older, beating younger and more athletic opponents. That's true skill, experience and team work.
When someone says the younger generation doesn’t understand how good a past player was most of the time they’re talking about John Stockton
I'm not a huge basketball fan, but there was a time I watched a lot of it and what I remember about John Stockton was a man amongst giants. That means your damn good and if you watched him play you'd eventually know he deserved to be there. He was damn good.
Goosebumps from what Gary Payton said. THAT REGISTERED
Stockton was total package with longevity!
I love John Stockton, IMO he is the greatest pure PG of all time. Strong player, efficient and humble. I know people say Magic is the greatest and also talk about Isaiah, Nash and Kidd, but for me its Stockton all day.
Thank you. history is making him so underrated. People don't realize how good he was.
Growing up as a teenager in Australia in late 80's, i only had 2 nba players posters encompassing all my 4 bedroom walls.... michael jordan and john stockton 👊...
Aussie here.. also had Jordan and Stockton on my walls, also alongside Rodman. I wear #12 on my jersey after Stockton, but I also have #10 for Rodman. Before each game, I decide which number I'll wear depending if I'm gonna be Rodman tonight, or Stockton. 😉👉
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Absolutely loved this video on John Stockton. He was an amazing player to watch. Thank you for creating this.
No worries, glad you enjoyed!
Does anyone remember mark price from the Cavaliers? Highly underated gaurd
He was a great guard. I’d say underrated for sure. Also KJ , Kevin Johnson was also underrrated. Two of the greatest players during their era
underrated in part due to injuries. But he's the opposite spectrum of Stockton's game where he went for the offensive end and utilized his high tier shot release and shooting skills to kill opponents when they give him his space.
Still got his card
@@adammartinez3149 shit bruh, thats mad expensive
Never forget Mark Price! Man was lethal
So cool to see people appreciate and respect JOHN STOCKTON
If you're building the best starting 5 lineup of all time it has to have Stockton. Aside from his personal skill, even if you think someone is better, he makes the other 4 so much better with the steals and assists and attitude that there can be no competition.
Leads the NBA all time in assist and steals and hardly anyone picks him for an All Time Starting 5 squad..I’m picking him everytime..leadership, shooting, passing, defense and toughness💯💯
Honestly there are cases where I'd take him over Magic too. He's still my #2 at the position overall but that's literally because of Magic's talent not skill. Some teams in that era would go small on purpose but he didn't even take advantage of that. Like...what if Stockton had been 6'9? 😆. There might not be much a debate between them. Magic still the best though, and I grew up in Utah during all this.
He's my pick ever since. Him and malone.
Stockton
Curry
Rodman
Malone
Chamberlain
Jordan used to be up there but i need more ourside shooting. The core of my team is stockton and malone
Stockton,Duncan,Wilt,MJ,Bird
You will lose, every single game vs this line up.
The curse of the past think of it like this I'm 30 and Steve Nash is my Stockton I pick him first to start my team but kids born now will have no idea how good Nash or Stockton was let's not talk about Kevin Johnson
@@blakehansen8284 Steve Nash > John Stockton > magic Johnson