The steal he gets where he pretends to follow his man on the dive cut but whips back around and steals it blind. That's incredible. Idk how he timed that so perfect. Watching a lot of film of his opponent? That is a phenomenal play honestly.
He saw the other player coming around to behind his guy, and instinctively knew that guy was to be the target of a pass. Also, a little bit of a broken play by the Spurs. The player he was guarding should have either tried to screen Stockton, or should have cut harder to the basket to keep Stockton honest. But he just kinda lazy jogged through the play instead, which allowed Stockton an easy gamble.
I saw that. Amazing. Bird you used to do that a lot. Pretend to guard someone else and get the other side false sense of security and then pounce somewhere completely different
Yes, clean, crisp, and no unnecessary flair to the game. Just pure passing, scoring and stealing. Always looking for the best scoring option. A true point guard indeed.
@@Nine5Vader CURRY isnt even a PG...he is a PURE SG...and he is just lucky to play in a WEAK ERA...you cant compare a player that made the play-offs 19 times in 19 seasons to a player who missed the play-offs 6 times in 13 seasons.
For all the hoopla recently regarding some stat keepers allegedly cooking the books for Stockton, I only saw 2 questionable assists out of 28 (!), both of which would be, to my estimation, qualified assists the way they are counted in today's NBA. That John Stockton wasn't a legendary point guard is a narrative that should be buried. The dude kept up this incredible pace for 19 seasons, only missing 22 games.
You notice how they didn't show all 28 assists? They probably counted some Caitlyn Clark type assists and didn't show it so they wouldn't question how legit all his assists were for his career.
Finally got to see him when I was visiting my gf in Utah. She had gotten great seats from a family friend… it happened to be a game both him and Malone sat out. 🤦🏻♂️ there was only like 8 games since they started playing together where both of them missed at the same time. Both were Ironman 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
Dude. the NBA needs to bring in Real Play by Play announcers like the one in this video. i miss listening to Tv announcers who actually know how to do their job. A great play by play announcer adds so much to watching the game
The hornets commentator is close to it with an intensity in doing it too. Might not be 100% the same as the classic play by play announcers, but almost. He’s one of the few reasons why i watch hornets games.
The two points John Stockton makes in the 30 seconds of this video, if it was have made by Michael Jordan every one of us would know and remember that play, just because Michael Jordan's way more appealing body language. That was an amazing play. Just Stockton not flashy but he is the best point guard ever and his numbers are there to prove it. Later in the clip even blocks David Robinson dunk and take the ball to score two more points in a fast transition just the way Michael Jordan have done in that famous clip we know from him.
Let’s just say Stockton could learn anything from Jordan’s game he didn’t already know or do better. But if Stolckton could could have Jordan’s physic….
Every steal gave his team an extra possession. He’s the all time steals leader still after so many years. Proves how important he was for his team. He’s my #1 all time PG. Sorry Magic…
@@NameCallingIsWeak John could have scored more, Hell Magic could have scored more too. True PGs back then knew their role to distribute and didn't point chase like today
@@MrAitrainingtrue pgs back then knew their role to distribute and didnt chase points like today? its not about chasing points. its about making the right decision for your team. If the team best chance to score is to put the point guard to score then why pass those shots? There have been MANY point guards since the beginning of the league that were high scoring point Guards. Jerry West. Oscar Robertson. Even Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas, would take over games if needed. If their team needed 40 points, magic or isiah would get that.
Yeah. I think the assists attributed were more genuine than today's NBA. The most I saw were 2 dribbles before making a FG after a pass. Nowadays, a lot of the assists are given even though the player scoring the FG off the pass has to make 3 to 4 dribbles, fakes, eurosteps, side steps and spin moves before scoring.
Hali stats are better the magic, it, Stockton but he's nowhere near them. Stats lie in today nba. Even guys like kuz avg the same number as prime melo.
Were there many games with stat lines like this in any era? I don’t know if you can really single out the present. It’s just an all-time crazy anomaly.
1:46 - I'm so conditioned to watching modern day nba offenses that I was thinking - why is he not raising up to hit a 3 pointer on that play and then I remembered - its the frigging early 90's!!
Stockton was a career 38% 3pt shooter. If you shoot 38% from 3, you're helping your team by taking wide open 3's, unless there's a 65%+ option in the paint -- and most teams don't have that, and certainly not every trip down the floor. In today's NBA he'd averaged +5 pts per game on the same number of shots just thanks to players now having the greenlight to shoot open 3s.
@@JakeStine And probably around 2-3 fewer assists. Using more possessions on himself/passing to guys trying to make a 3 makes it harder to rack up assist numbers like that, which is why his record will probably never be beaten.
Dude almost had a triple double with 28 assists. Thats insane. The best pure point guard is Stockton in my opinion. You put Stockton on those 80's lakers and they would of won at least 5 rings as magic did.
If you ask Karl Malone…. He benefited more from Stockton than the other way around. Had Stockton been on a team that needed more points to win, he would have become a better scorer. Isaiah had 5 HOFs on his championship teams, the best third leg Stockton ever had (during his own prime years) was a 14 point Jeff Hornacek.
Stockton made 2 NBA finals while being on a 2 superstar team with very little depth besides those two superstars. And Utah tortured a proper superteam of those Bulls in two NBA finals in a row, 97 and 98. Stockton is a PG super legend. He never played on a superteam. Not for one second of his career.
@@Just_another_Euro_dude I agree with your statement..but "being on a 2 superstar" team isn't a feat in itself..That was the norm in the 90s...some even only had 1...superstars weren't teaming up in big market teams to try to eviscerate the competition, they tried to beat each other !
@@Herbalizer28 Yeah i know. But Utah Jazz had Stockton and Malone and that was pretty much it. ALL the other players on their team were not even average NBA players, but below the average. I remember the 90s. I was a teen that trained basketball back then. I remember when Hornacek openly admited that kids should idolise MJ, and it's perfectly normal and that Jeff Hornacek himself is absolutely not a player that any kid would admire. And he said it during those finals in 1997 or 1998. And THAT TYPE of player was the third best option on the Jazz roster... While the third best player in the Bulls was... Rodman... It wasn't a fair game, ever. Not even in the 60s. And not in the the 90s too.
@@Just_another_Euro_dude I know what you mean..yet, Hornacek was a sort of cut from the same cloth as Stockton..slightly better shooter and less of a playmaker... And I know people idolize Rodman and all, but the Bulls version was past his prime ! The Spurs couldn't get rid of him fast enough..they traded him for WIll Perdue straight up...He was pretty good in 95-96 but averaged 5ppg and 8 rpg in the 96-97 playoffs (and 2ppg and 7.7 rpg in the Finals) and 5 ppg and 11rpg in 97-98 (3ppg and 8 rpg in the Finals) ..on 37%FG !! that's pretty awful ! And I know that "he wasn't there for offense"..but he basically became a liability on offense.. it was pretty much 4 vs 5 on offense when he was on the court...which people don't realize..as it put even a bigger burden on Jordan to score...at least in the first 3-peat, Grant could hit a shot..And 8 rpg isn't that impressive !! Malone would grab more and score 30 !!
Damm he had a genius move in one of his last assists, driving, then passing to malon and right after he passes he runs straight into the spurs rim protector and prevent from contesting malons' drive
Best pg of all-time..magic was just in the bigger market and better teammates..and with that english teacher height Stockton was cooking offense and defense.
I don't think I've ever seen John Stockton dribble with his left hand lmao. Him and Magic aren't even in the some convo. John Stockton is like barely a top 5-10 PG and thats barely.
@@Max-ys3xg I saw that bullshit kind of narrative to disrespect Stockton. You need to have you eyes checked, it's easy to find here him drive past defense with his left. Still, you have him in top 10, while playing without his left hand, proves how dumbass your argue is.
This is why I get mad when people omit Stockton as one of the NBA greats and as one of, if not THE best PG of all time ! He controlled the game from start to finish !
@@jefeseason4990 there are definitely many pgs that are more skilled, more athletic, better handle..etc...in terms of efficiency however, few possess his package of basketball IQ, toughness, etc..there is no wasted moves, no flash, and he does what a PG is supposed to do..control the offense, distribute, get everyone involve, look for mismatches..etc. A basic pass to the right player is still a pass. Besides, all others great passers also accumulates multiple basic passes..
@@Herbalizer28 bro he had clean open layups and passed the ball at least 5 times… some where on fast break. None of these passes made you go ahh like some do
@@jefeseason4990 don't tell me all 7 of Lebron passes per games are ahh !!! Stockton had 28 assists..of courses some or even most of them aren't going to be ahh!!!
@@Herbalizer28 i never said that all has to be....None were.. there's not one pass in his arsenal that Russell Westbrook cant make ...or kyrie irving.. Stockton was overrated asf... He's not a top ten pg... he only gets respect because he played before everyone else. He would get cooked in today's league.
That's what made Stockton scary. His passes were simple, TOO SIMPLE. He knows the plays inside and out that he knows when his teammates will be in position. He is plays such a basic style but is the best at it. If he was black and taller, he would get more respect but that would just be Tim Duncan.
Dumb comment, Magic Johnson exists. Man had 42/15 in game 6 of the finals HIS ROOKIE year. Magic and Stockton aren't on the same continent, planet, galaxy, universe, dimension, cant even think of more space terms.
@@Max-ys3xg So what’s the definition of “point quard”? To be the floor leader. Not only did Stockton far out pace Magic in assists, he also scored his share of points, while being very unselfish. He was also one of the top players in steals during his entire career. Stockton was the consumate point guqrd, while Johnson was just a showboat and only in it for himself. In other words SELFISH!!!! Now before you throw in my face about championships, keep in mind Johnson was surounded by a put together team, bought and paid for by ownership. Kind of hard to not win a few championships when you are surrounded by other hall of famers. So stick that up yer tail pipe Maxie........
Only reason Stockton "far out paced" Magic in assists (not even that far btw) was because his only great skill was throwing the rock to Karl Malone and letting him score. If Stockton didn't have Malone, I guarantee you he wouldn't have as many assists as he did.@@robertbrown3471
And if you are talking about pure points guards/floor leaders, I'd make the argument that Chris Paul is a better pure PG than Stockton.@@robertbrown3471
@@standardperson3189 you don’t know basketball then. The dude leads in most steals and most assists all time in a much harder defensive era. The fuck you mean nah 😂
@@standardperson3189 lmao what? How’s he screwed if there’s no defense today? All 90”s players would smash today. The 90”s were all defense. Low scoring games were the norm. So how the hell would a guy averaging over 12 assists and 3 steals in the 90”s struggle today when there’s no defense? Jordan would destroy this cupcake era. You must not know or watches 90”s basketball. Go look at the comments from today nba players on how goo they think Stockton was. Stockton would kill in todays game. You’re delusional af
The best point guard that ever was and ever will be on this planet or any other planet in the known universe or any other multi-verse...Basketball John!
As much as I didn’t like these guys back in the day…this is basketball. None of the bs carrying, walking, palming every dribble, suspending the ball in the air…extra step when you’ve picked up your dribble for a jumper. No hockey assists…the pass leading directly to a basket. Just precision playing and shooting. He’s throwing one incredibly well placed pass after another, mixing in no look dimes, out running greyhound’s to the cup for layup’s. WTF 😬 JUST SCHOOLING folk all over the court…baiting them into passes he can steal. And in case you missed it…he accounted for minimum 76 points. If any 3’s were made…maybe 80!!! They never quite got over the hump, but this was a great team, in an era where cheating wasn’t baked into the rules.
Great point of the palming. It still annoys me that so many players palm the ball. Also, do not forget how disciplined they were while running the lanes. A great point guard will make the big guys run every time down the court. Karl Malone was build like a dinosaur but he ran like a deer. Moreover, huge props to Jerry Sloan for this clean style of basketball.
Everyone KNEW they were going to pick-n-roll but they couldn't stop it. Plus Stockton is known for setting the toughest picks in the league. 6'1", 170, missed 22 games in 19 seasons. No load management for him. If the best ability is availability, there's none better.
If John Stockton played for the Lakers? Well, then AD and LeBron would have better FG% and fewer assists, their record would be dramatically better, and there would be much less non-sense on the floor. The Lakers would have fewer turnovers. AD and LeBron would also enjoy going to the post much more. One of the most underrated part of John Stockton was his post entry passing..Absolutely beautiful and efficient. Also, Darwin Ham would have a secure job as the head coach.
Yes, but I still remember. I also remember his professionalism, but most of all I remember his post-entry passes that allowed his team mate to explode to the basket in one move leaving the defender witless for a Karl Malone dunk or lay-in. This is a truly lost art.
1987-1991 Stockton was his prime. Many people today remember the Stockton of the late 90s years. But he'd be more appreciated if people watch him during his youngher years in his 20s.
They call assists way more liberally now to inflate triple double stats. Look at these Stockton set ups...the receiver often needing at most a single dribble to score. Not all assists are the same when you are comparing eras. Not a passer in today's league at this level.
Stockton is definitely better than CP3 and it's not even close as far as best pure "small" point guards go. I have to agree with Isiah Thomas saying Magic and Oscar Robinson are the top 2 overall PG of all time though.
No fancy dribbling, no fancy moves just basic basketball..stock was a pure PG
The steal he gets where he pretends to follow his man on the dive cut but whips back around and steals it blind. That's incredible. Idk how he timed that so perfect. Watching a lot of film of his opponent? That is a phenomenal play honestly.
Defensive awareness ..something lacking in today's game !
He saw the other player coming around to behind his guy, and instinctively knew that guy was to be the target of a pass. Also, a little bit of a broken play by the Spurs. The player he was guarding should have either tried to screen Stockton, or should have cut harder to the basket to keep Stockton honest. But he just kinda lazy jogged through the play instead, which allowed Stockton an easy gamble.
I saw that. Amazing. Bird you used to do that a lot. Pretend to guard someone else and get the other side false sense of security and then pounce somewhere completely different
I think that’s the thing, basketball plays used to be very procedural. There is a ton more read and react in offenses today.
Showing us why he's the all-time leader in steals!
I never understood why malone was called the mailman. That name is perfect for stockton
Apparently cause every night he dilivered.
Look at the all time scoring list my friend 😉
Bc the mailman doesn’t deliver on Sunday’s 😂😂😂😂 ifykyk
It was because he worked the post
Cuz he played in the low post….
He plays so pure. Every decision he makes is so seamless and flawless. It's like he can see everything.
"You can't teach what John Stockton can see in a basketball court"
lol Stockton playing 'pure' IYKYK
Dudes in high school could make most of these passes smh
my guy.. this is a highlight 😅
Even the decision to rape
So clean Without any unnecessary move… just beautiful 🔥
Exactly ! No complicated dribble move to create space..just great IQ, footwork and timing !
Yes, clean, crisp, and no unnecessary flair to the game. Just pure passing, scoring and stealing. Always looking for the best scoring option. A true point guard indeed.
Stockton was a BEAST!
Stockton is, was, and always will be my guy. He was incredible, there will never be another like him. Best PG of all time.
Not better than Magic or Steph
@@Nine5VaderLiterally everybody better than Stephanie Curry
Steph plays a different game, can't compare them. But i'd take Stockton over Magic, Magic didn't play long enough.
@@Nine5Vader CURRY isnt even a PG...he is a PURE SG...and he is just lucky to play in a WEAK ERA...you cant compare a player that made the play-offs 19 times in 19 seasons to a player who missed the play-offs 6 times in 13 seasons.
@@onlyfacts3178you’re right compare a pick and roll merchant who can’t score off the dribble to a dude with 2 mvps and 4 rings 😂
One of the most underrated players in NBA history...
For all the hoopla recently regarding some stat keepers allegedly cooking the books for Stockton, I only saw 2 questionable assists out of 28 (!), both of which would be, to my estimation, qualified assists the way they are counted in today's NBA. That John Stockton wasn't a legendary point guard is a narrative that should be buried. The dude kept up this incredible pace for 19 seasons, only missing 22 games.
Teammates said they've never received a bad pass from him
That's the most Point Guardy stat line I've ever seen.
You notice how they didn't show all 28 assists? They probably counted some Caitlyn Clark type assists and didn't show it so they wouldn't question how legit all his assists were for his career.
Stockton was a monster when he played. My favorite player ever.
Finally got to see him when I was visiting my gf in Utah. She had gotten great seats from a family friend… it happened to be a game both him and Malone sat out. 🤦🏻♂️ there was only like 8 games since they started playing together where both of them missed at the same time. Both were Ironman 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
John Stockton is the GOAT pound for pound.
Dude. the NBA needs to bring in Real Play by Play announcers like the one in this video. i miss listening to Tv announcers who actually know how to do their job. A great play by play announcer adds so much to watching the game
The hornets commentator is close to it with an intensity in doing it too. Might not be 100% the same as the classic play by play announcers, but almost. He’s one of the few reasons why i watch hornets games.
I bet it changed because they have to promote every product and service while... well doing their job.
The pace is so different
You’re watching the game though? Can you not see Stockton driving
This Announcer is "Hot Rod" Hundley. A long time to Jazz play-by-play announcer and former college teammate of Jerry West.
Straight and to the POINT guard.
02:14 that's a crazy steal
Stockton is the definition of 'point guard'...
THE LEGEND
I was impressed when I seen that left hand layup from Stockton
*Look up the definition of a point guard, and you will see John Stockton.*
Lol
Well I found :
noun BASKETBALL
noun: point guard; plural noun: point guards
the player who directs the team's offence.
@@curtiszyrStockton destroys Chris Paul.
@@D4NK1With a picture of John Stockton.
@@mr.brenman2132no, he doesnt
The two points John Stockton makes in the 30 seconds of this video, if it was have made by Michael Jordan every one of us would know and remember that play, just because Michael Jordan's way more appealing body language. That was an amazing play. Just Stockton not flashy but he is the best point guard ever and his numbers are there to prove it. Later in the clip even blocks David Robinson dunk and take the ball to score two more points in a fast transition just the way Michael Jordan have done in that famous clip we know from him.
no he isn’t 😂
Let’s just say Stockton could learn anything from Jordan’s game he didn’t already know or do better. But if Stolckton could could have Jordan’s physic….
@@josephvernon21 Your complete ignorance is proof that you didn't see him play.
28 assists in one game is crazy 😜! A true point guard and such a unselfish player!
Every steal gave his team an extra possession. He’s the all time steals leader still after so many years. Proves how important he was for his team. He’s my #1 all time PG. Sorry Magic…
Magic could also get you many more rebounds/points ... but Stockton is also very impressive
@@NameCallingIsWeak John could have scored more, Hell Magic could have scored more too. True PGs back then knew their role to distribute and didn't point chase like today
@@MrAitrainingtrue pgs back then knew their role to distribute and didnt chase points like today? its not about chasing points. its about making the right decision for your team. If the team best chance to score is to put the point guard to score then why pass those shots? There have been MANY point guards since the beginning of the league that were high scoring point Guards. Jerry West. Oscar Robertson. Even Magic Johnson and Isiah Thomas, would take over games if needed. If their team needed 40 points, magic or isiah would get that.
Stockton missed 22 games in his 19 year career.
Now we have players who can’t play a back-2-back due to rest.
My favorite PG. No need to be flashy, 100% efficiency and IQ. Best defender than he gets credit for, and he was hard as a nail.
He gets cooked in a 1vs1 by Anthony lamb
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@@Cheffil30 Who the hell is that?
Yeah. I think the assists attributed were more genuine than today's NBA. The most I saw were 2 dribbles before making a FG after a pass. Nowadays, a lot of the assists are given even though the player scoring the FG off the pass has to make 3 to 4 dribbles, fakes, eurosteps, side steps and spin moves before scoring.
100% efficiency? 0 - 2 in finals series doesn't scream efficiency...
Just an absurdly good stat line
You sure don't see stat lines like that nowadays. Stockton was incredible.
That's because stats do not begin to tell the story of a player's greatness on the court.
Haliburton
Hali stats are better the magic, it, Stockton but he's nowhere near them. Stats lie in today nba. Even guys like kuz avg the same number as prime melo.
@@payeeang7838stats dont lie...you need to know the context to interpret stats...
Were there many games with stat lines like this in any era? I don’t know if you can really single out the present. It’s just an all-time crazy anomaly.
THAT PREDICTION IN 0:56 DAMN GOOD
What prediction?
@@nyk3334 the prediction of the pass he saw the play and cut back to get the steal
Can’t teach that, pure instinct
@@berlingray8058 a Larry Bird-ish move
How about the block by John Stockton of David Robinson at the 4:00 mark!!!
1:46 - I'm so conditioned to watching modern day nba offenses that I was thinking - why is he not raising up to hit a 3 pointer on that play and then I remembered - its the frigging early 90's!!
where they tried to make every possession count and tried to get the highest % shot !
Stockton was a career 38% 3pt shooter. If you shoot 38% from 3, you're helping your team by taking wide open 3's, unless there's a 65%+ option in the paint -- and most teams don't have that, and certainly not every trip down the floor. In today's NBA he'd averaged +5 pts per game on the same number of shots just thanks to players now having the greenlight to shoot open 3s.
@@JakeStine And probably around 2-3 fewer assists. Using more possessions on himself/passing to guys trying to make a 3 makes it harder to rack up assist numbers like that, which is why his record will probably never be beaten.
Dude almost had a triple double with 28 assists. Thats insane. The best pure point guard is Stockton in my opinion. You put Stockton on those 80's lakers and they would of won at least 5 rings as magic did.
Yep, and how many more assists would he have ended up with!
If you ask Karl Malone…. He benefited more from Stockton than the other way around. Had Stockton been on a team that needed more points to win, he would have become a better scorer. Isaiah had 5 HOFs on his championship teams, the best third leg Stockton ever had (during his own prime years) was a 14 point Jeff Hornacek.
Stockton made 2 NBA finals while being on a 2 superstar team with very little depth besides those two superstars. And Utah tortured a proper superteam of those Bulls in two NBA finals in a row, 97 and 98. Stockton is a PG super legend. He never played on a superteam. Not for one second of his career.
@@Just_another_Euro_dude I agree with your statement..but "being on a 2 superstar" team isn't a feat in itself..That was the norm in the 90s...some even only had 1...superstars weren't teaming up in big market teams to try to eviscerate the competition, they tried to beat each other !
@@Herbalizer28 Yeah i know. But Utah Jazz had Stockton and Malone and that was pretty much it. ALL the other players on their team were not even average NBA players, but below the average. I remember the 90s. I was a teen that trained basketball back then. I remember when Hornacek openly admited that kids should idolise MJ, and it's perfectly normal and that Jeff Hornacek himself is absolutely not a player that any kid would admire. And he said it during those finals in 1997 or 1998. And THAT TYPE of player was the third best option on the Jazz roster... While the third best player in the Bulls was... Rodman... It wasn't a fair game, ever. Not even in the 60s. And not in the the 90s too.
@@Just_another_Euro_dude I know what you mean..yet, Hornacek was a sort of cut from the same cloth as Stockton..slightly better shooter and less of a playmaker...
And I know people idolize Rodman and all, but the Bulls version was past his prime ! The Spurs couldn't get rid of him fast enough..they traded him for WIll Perdue straight up...He was pretty good in 95-96 but averaged 5ppg and 8 rpg in the 96-97 playoffs (and 2ppg and 7.7 rpg in the Finals) and 5 ppg and 11rpg in 97-98 (3ppg and 8 rpg in the Finals) ..on 37%FG !! that's pretty awful ! And I know that "he wasn't there for offense"..but he basically became a liability on offense.. it was pretty much 4 vs 5 on offense when he was on the court...which people don't realize..as it put even a bigger burden on Jordan to score...at least in the first 3-peat, Grant could hit a shot..And 8 rpg isn't that impressive !! Malone would grab more and score 30 !!
@@Herbalizer28 The Spurs traded Rodman because he showed no respect for Popovich. Good trade for Chicago.
Damm he had a genius move in one of his last assists, driving, then passing to malon and right after he passes he runs straight into the spurs rim protector and prevent from contesting malons' drive
He is the PG King, my favorite nba player
Very underrated by the general public...
overrated by the general public
People always talk about Duncan’s fundamentals and forget about Stockton
Best pg of all-time..magic was just in the bigger market and better teammates..and with that english teacher height Stockton was cooking offense and defense.
I don't think I've ever seen John Stockton dribble with his left hand lmao. Him and Magic aren't even in the some convo. John Stockton is like barely a top 5-10 PG and thats barely.
@@Max-ys3xg You're a clown who never saw him play. He's the all time leader in assists and steals, btw.
@@Max-ys3xg I saw that bullshit kind of narrative to disrespect Stockton. You need to have you eyes checked, it's easy to find here him drive past defense with his left. Still, you have him in top 10, while playing without his left hand, proves how dumbass your argue is.
@@Max-ys3xgtf he need his left hand for he had 20/28/
Tim Duncan barely used his left either but I bet you think someone like KAT is better lol
This is why I get mad when people omit Stockton as one of the NBA greats and as one of, if not THE best PG of all time ! He controlled the game from start to finish !
these were the most basic passes of all time...
Stockton has the record that wont be broken but there is easily 5 pgs better than him... TALENT WISE
@@jefeseason4990 there are definitely many pgs that are more skilled, more athletic, better handle..etc...in terms of efficiency however, few possess his package of basketball IQ, toughness, etc..there is no wasted moves, no flash, and he does what a PG is supposed to do..control the offense, distribute, get everyone involve, look for mismatches..etc. A basic pass to the right player is still a pass. Besides, all others great passers also accumulates multiple basic passes..
@@Herbalizer28 bro he had clean open layups and passed the ball at least 5 times… some where on fast break. None of these passes made you go ahh like some do
@@jefeseason4990 don't tell me all 7 of Lebron passes per games are ahh !!! Stockton had 28 assists..of courses some or even most of them aren't going to be ahh!!!
@@Herbalizer28 i never said that all has to be....None were.. there's not one pass in his arsenal that Russell Westbrook cant make ...or kyrie irving.. Stockton was overrated asf... He's not a top ten pg... he only gets respect because he played before everyone else. He would get cooked in today's league.
These young ones discovering who Jeff Malone was. Nice. He was a real solid pro for a long time.
The Malone bros
That's what made Stockton scary. His passes were simple, TOO SIMPLE. He knows the plays inside and out that he knows when his teammates will be in position. He is plays such a basic style but is the best at it.
If he was black and taller, he would get more respect but that would just be Tim Duncan.
Stockton was the best, most pure point guard to ever play the game.
Dumb comment, Magic Johnson exists. Man had 42/15 in game 6 of the finals HIS ROOKIE year. Magic and Stockton aren't on the same continent, planet, galaxy, universe, dimension, cant even think of more space terms.
@@Max-ys3xg So what’s the definition of “point quard”? To be the floor leader. Not only did Stockton far out pace Magic in assists, he also scored his share of points, while being very unselfish. He was also one of the top players in steals during his entire career. Stockton was the consumate point guqrd, while Johnson was just a showboat and only in it for himself. In other words SELFISH!!!! Now before you throw in my face about championships, keep in mind Johnson was surounded by a put together team, bought and paid for by ownership. Kind of hard to not win a few championships when you are surrounded by other hall of famers. So stick that up yer tail pipe Maxie........
Only reason Stockton "far out paced" Magic in assists (not even that far btw) was because his only great skill was throwing the rock to Karl Malone and letting him score. If Stockton didn't have Malone, I guarantee you he wouldn't have as many assists as he did.@@robertbrown3471
And if you are talking about pure points guards/floor leaders, I'd make the argument that Chris Paul is a better pure PG than Stockton.@@robertbrown3471
Not even gonna lie, I'm a John Stockton hater lmao. Do you think Stockton is a better player than Magic or just a better pure PG?@@robertbrown3471
Lol I saw someone saying Stockton wasn’t athletic enough to play nowadays… he freaking blocked David Robinson 😂
People are stupid 😂 Stockton brought the game down to his pace he could and would do that in any era
Nuff said.
It’s very obvious he was highly athletic from some of these finishes, fast break plays, he just deployed his quickness and agility efficiently
The wildest part of this clip is how everyone in the stands was dressed so formally.
28 assists is nba 2k numbers 😮
Exactly what wemby needs
Dude literally had a real life dimer badge
almost had a triple double with steals too haha he must have glove as well
Nash with elite defense on top
John brought out the best in his teammates and his team. Absolutely brilliant.
Magic was the best transition PG, but Stockton was the master of the half-court offense.......
And Nash was a good blend of the two.
@@krisharkleroad8agreed
Stockton would terrorize the league today. He was a beast on the court
Nah
@@standardperson3189 you don’t know basketball then. The dude leads in most steals and most assists all time in a much harder defensive era. The fuck you mean nah 😂
@@juicevino4288 different era different play styles if you put 90’s Stockton in todays era he’s screwed
@@standardperson3189 lmao what? How’s he screwed if there’s no defense today? All 90”s players would smash today. The 90”s were all defense. Low scoring games were the norm.
So how the hell would a guy averaging over 12 assists and 3 steals in the 90”s struggle today when there’s no defense?
Jordan would destroy this cupcake era.
You must not know or watches 90”s basketball. Go look at the comments from today nba players on how goo they think Stockton was. Stockton would kill in todays game. You’re delusional af
@@juicevino4288 Alex Rucker claims that scorekeepers were meant to inflate stats for stars and used John Stockton as an example.
28 assists is insane!
And he did all these without a single jumper. This showed how brilliant Stockton was.
#StocktonLegend
But per Payton he would be 9/12 if he did
no jumper in the whole game? he must suck.
Legend
Dude that left handed floater from the elbow. Just beautiful.
Stockton is proof just bc guys today are more "athletic" doesn't mean they are better basketball players.
John Stockton very very goodPlayer great player NBA 😮😮😮😮😮😮
The best point guard that ever was and ever will be on this planet or any other planet in the known universe or any other multi-verse...Basketball John!
Steph Curry would like a word.
@@zacharycox7391 Curry is trash in defence never been even close too Stockton
@@IIKevs And Stockton has never been close to Curry in shooting and ball handling .
Bro I have legit NEVER seen Stockton use his left hand and I watched a ton of those 90s games.@@IIKevs
@@IIKevsstockton got even outplayed and eliminated from the playoffs by kenny smith...
The purest of PGs ever...
28 assist is insane
Jeff Malone was hooping
There will never be another John Stockton. Offense, Defense and got his teammates involved, literally the prototypical definition of a true PG.
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this Utah no.24 mid range is so good
Jeff Malone. He had a beautiful jumper from around 15-18 feet. Plus he was around 90% from the foul line. And he loved those corners, too.
@@netrade3898 indeed , very good mid range shooter
yeah, i think he was Karl's brother. can't remember which one was oldest though.@@netrade3898
Just had a feel for the position that most PGs just don't have today.
I know Rod Strickland was kind of young back then, but man... John was working him.
As much as I didn’t like these guys back in the day…this is basketball. None of the bs carrying, walking, palming every dribble, suspending the ball in the air…extra step when you’ve picked up your dribble for a jumper. No hockey assists…the pass leading directly to a basket. Just precision playing and shooting. He’s throwing one incredibly well placed pass after another, mixing in no look dimes, out running greyhound’s to the cup for layup’s. WTF 😬 JUST SCHOOLING folk all over the court…baiting them into passes he can steal. And in case you missed it…he accounted for minimum 76 points. If any 3’s were made…maybe 80!!! They never quite got over the hump, but this was a great team, in an era where cheating wasn’t baked into the rules.
Great point of the palming. It still annoys me that so many players palm the ball. Also, do not forget how disciplined they were while running the lanes. A great point guard will make the big guys run every time down the court. Karl Malone was build like a dinosaur but he ran like a deer. Moreover, huge props to Jerry Sloan for this clean style of basketball.
Everyone KNEW they were going to pick-n-roll but they couldn't stop it. Plus Stockton is known for setting the toughest picks in the league. 6'1", 170, missed 22 games in 19 seasons. No load management for him. If the best ability is availability, there's none better.
I thought that 28 assists was a typo.
the record is 30 (Scott Skiles), but I think Stockton had 2 or 3 other games in the high 20s. 8 steals is also absurd.
0:56 That steal was like a football play lol. Man was playing DB in a basketball court 😂
Almost every time he scores you can see him looking for the pass
I was 2 years 3 months old when this aired
Back when 20 points actually meant something.
Poetry in motion 🤙
When your awareness is at top level you become Stockton
Real basketball with some legends
If he played for the Lakers we would all be talking about him as top 15 all time
If John Stockton played for the Lakers? Well, then AD and LeBron would have better FG% and fewer assists, their record would be dramatically better, and there would be much less non-sense on the floor. The Lakers would have fewer turnovers. AD and LeBron would also enjoy going to the post much more. One of the most underrated part of John Stockton was his post entry passing..Absolutely beautiful and efficient. Also, Darwin Ham would have a secure job as the head coach.
@@MrClebophd True, but I think he meant the 80's Lakers with HOF'ers Kareem, Worthy, McAdoo, Wilkes, etc.
This is a ridiculous stat line lol all I can do is laugh. 28 assists 8 steals!?
Low scoring era yet he still got so many assists... imagine what kind of assist stat he can put up nowadays...
最高だ。
🐐 PG
And he did it in the 90's where everyone is as tough as nails.
He had his teammates looking like studs
For me personally the best pg ever with Magic and Isiah , this is perfection
Nah don't disrespect Magic and Isiah like that. Stockton is like 7-10 at BEST.
@@Max-ys3xg your opinion is irrelevant and I guess you have more competemce then Gary Payton
@@patewing5808 Gary Payton just caught the wildest stray lmao. Why’d you just roast Payton when I didn’t even mention him? 😂
@@Max-ys3xg dumb comment kid , I mentin Gary his words have weight and competence while your knowledge about bb is nonexistant
People forget Stockton was nice
I've never seen him dribble with his left hand and I've watched a lot of Jazz games in the early 90s.
Yes, but I still remember. I also remember his professionalism, but most of all I remember his post-entry passes that allowed his team mate to explode to the basket in one move leaving the defender witless for a Karl Malone dunk or lay-in. This is a truly lost art.
@@Max-ys3xgHe simply didn’t need to.
Not sure what it is that make these look and sound satisfying
1987-1991 Stockton was his prime. Many people today remember the Stockton of the late 90s years. But he'd be more appreciated if people watch him during his youngher years in his 20s.
For some one who leads steals and assist no one mentions him because of no rings easily greatest no chip guard
Jeff Malone was a bucket waiting to happen.
They call assists way more liberally now to inflate triple double stats. Look at these Stockton set ups...the receiver often needing at most a single dribble to score. Not all assists are the same when you are comparing eras. Not a passer in today's league at this level.
no bad passed were detected in this video!
There are no unselfish players like this in our lifetime again
I’d say Halliburton is this type but longer
28 ast with 8 steals is wild.
Still the best pure pg ever, and should be the textbook example of basketball for all us normies who can’t jump
That's what u call smart unselfish ball
Stockton is definitely better than CP3 and it's not even close as far as best pure "small" point guards go. I have to agree with Isiah Thomas saying Magic and Oscar Robinson are the top 2 overall PG of all time though.
28アシスト？
すげぇ、そんな数字聞いた事無い
*As they will say it today, 2k stats.*
You can’t stop Stockton. Just play Defense on everyone else 😅
Caruso be doing these type of passes
Afterwards Stockton hopped into his Minivan and picked up some milk on the way home to his family.
4:10 John madden sighted