That John Stockton has No Left Video
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- Опубліковано 18 лют 2018
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John Stockton is considered one of the top 5 or even top 2 NBA point guards of ALL TIME. And the evidence is all right there...right? All time assist leader - multiple time all star and NBA first team selection. He also rarely missed a game in his 19 year career. He made it to the finals multiple times, and the only reason he didn't win it all is because he ran up against the Jordan phenomenon. But wait... is there a particular play we remember from John (well that one winning three pointer in the playoffs against the suns) but as an all time great point guard, there's got to be a slew of dibbling and passing highlights we all remember, and of course he had to be a master ball handler...right?...right? ummmm well turns out it's more complicated then that... and that's our starting off point.
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I searched John Stockton highlights after watching this. Literally the first clip in the first video I found was Stockton going left against Jordan...
I’d imagine you’d see most players having dominant hand when put under scrutiny. This whole investigation seems like it could be done about any player...seems like stockckton is singled out here simply cause he thought of this while watching a video of him 🤷♂️
All he said was his left hand was weak not that it was non existent
He has highlights involving the left hand where he takes one dribble to the left and then picks up the ball. As someone who is embarrassingly right-hand dominant, I can do the same thing. Between the legs, crossovers left-right and right-left, as long as it's *one* left-handed dribble and then a pull up or two steps, I'm fine. I recognize so many cheats in Stockton's game that I also use. What's hard to do: Going around a pick to your left, staying low, and keeping the dribble low and away from the defender. Show me
Stockton dribbling left around a screen with more than one dribble.
@@jamesr3505 that's an oddly specific request. He didn't need two dribbles to get to the basket. ua-cam.com/video/myMvojT6zIc/v-deo.html from 22 seconds in you see him driving left with his left hand several times. Your point about him being unusually one handed for an all time player is fair, but your claim is much too strong in my opinion.
@@jamesr3505 Oh shut up
Stockton didn't have no LEFT??? He had one of the BEST. It was called KARL MALONE!
win
Karl malester
That was just corny and stupid
The NBA Storyteller The first highlight video I clicked on showed a highlight of Stockton crossing over between his legs from left to right and blowing past Steve Francis @ Houston, then finishing the layup with his left hand.
You need to get a better understanding of the game before posting videos like this or you’re gonna lose all credibility. I’ve been around the game for almost 30 years. It takes time to truly understand the game of basketball. Idk... maybe make videos about other sports that you understand better 🤷🏼♂️
@@joshnic6639 Stockton had a weak left. Get over it.
"john Stockton, was the best basketball, decision making, pure point guard, EVER." -Charles Barkley.
Facts
I don’t take that stuff serious because Gary Peyton said John Stockton was the hardest to guard which is dumb seeing that he guarded Jordan
Smoggy's he said stockton was tougher to guard tho 🤷🏻♂️
MysTic EggZ That’s dumb let’s be honest Michael Jordan is way harder to guard than JOHN STOCKTON
Smoggy's we both can’t really say because we didn’t play ball in the 90’s 😂
Manu Ginobli has never had a right hand and he's 40yrs old and still clownin' these younger guys, regularly.
lol
ua-cam.com/video/VSpF6OFvXl8/v-deo.html
curt2g1998 he has a right hand, he's just better going left there's a difference
You're bugging bro.
That because left handed athletes are a problem for right handed people.
The BEST NBA UA-camr out there hands down
someone realized
BSOLZ please post this on your channel. The secret must get out!
BSOLZ u have to make a "john stockton...exposed" video
Then give the man a shout out. Spread the word of his greatness.
This clown watched ONE highlight reel from ONE game from 1988, Stockton's fourth season, and from that concluded that Stockton never used his left hand?!?!
And he made a 22 minute video talking about that 9 minute highlight reel?
Add that to the easily disprovable claims (mixing up Phoenix with Houston), and he has no credibility.
He claims in the video that people are now realizing that assists are "questionable", but the opposite is true. Advanced analytics are demonstrating more and more that scoring off of assists is MUCH easier and MUCH more efficient than creating your own shot.
He says you must have a great teammate in order to lead the league in assists, but he ignores the fact that those teammates benefit greatly from having an elite passer on the team. It is not a coincidence that the top 2 leading scorers of all time were long-term teammates of the top 2 passers of all time, and unlike the chicken and the egg, advanced analytics have proven which caused which.
The goal he played on at home had a fence on the left of his driveway, his older brother would shove him into that fence when he went left, that likely has a lot to do with this.
labgnat now that’s some intriguing info. Very interesting.
labgnat yo what😂 where you hear that???
Bruh if his parents would have taken that fence down maybe their son would have a ring 😂
He only hopped in his driveway till he got drafted?
Lmao damn. Just a ton of excuses. Still a great plauer
Even if true imagine how great a player to school the entire NBA one handed. That would make him even more impressive
Not as impressive as having a nice left
Shows how bad the league was in the 90s
@@dadillonfulhow was that bad when most of them can go left and dribble with their left, the thing you might notice is that they don't dribble more than 3-4 sec with their both hands like today and create a a spot to shoot a wide open mid range or 3's or drive to basket, today they tend to dribble more even tho most players today have more better dribbling skills then 90's it wont diminish their accomplishment of how great they are in that era where the moves today can be easily called travel or carry.
"I'm not a professional"... "I barely know what I'm talking about"
Can't argue with you there.
You think Stockton had a left 🤔
@@calebwade6576watch his games you nonce
Stockton was my favorite player growing up. I was pretty bummed but mostly took this video at face value. Stockton was a great player who was weak with the left.
Then, I decided to go watch a highlight video of my own. Within the first minute of the video there is him make a great assist with the left. Burning hakeem to the left. Then blowing right by Jordan going left.
Does the man prefer to go right? Absolutely. Is he playing with 1 hand out there? No.
Exactly, this clown is full of shit
@@AJ-is5ut you’re a hater lmao🤡
that’s the HIGHLIGHTS, now go watch his full GAMES he RARELY EVER went left that’s why he constantly would PICK UP HIS DRIBBLE especially when he’s DOUBLE TEAMED he has a WEAK ASS LEFT
*After watching half of this, It only took me 2 minutes to find a video where Stockton drives down the lane with his left, goes baseline with his left, layups left handed, he went around players with his left around the perimeter. Didnt even watch the full video and it shows he can use his left. "John Stockton simple man"
I know right? This is slandering
Yes I found one too where he’s constantly using his left.
I grew up watching Stockton. I just watched 50 Stockton highlight videos and he used his left constantly. It's fun to cherry pick videos to fit this insane narrative though.
I think a ton of ppl misunderstood the video he does dramatic overviews of stories and ideas to entertain and hone his story telling skills he's not saying he's 100% correct on everything nor is he bashing ppl for the sake of shedding negative light on their careers he was just simply stating the obvious about how the man's left hand wasn't the strongest and how heavily he favored his right when compared to similar guards no matter how you feel about Stockton there is no need to get confrontational about this great UA-camrs story telling
This, this I should use as my standard introduction. Lol, well said. Thx Ji
@@THENBASTORYTELLER no problem just keep making this great content and we'll call it even lol
Well said
@@THENBASTORYTELLER replying to your other account doesn't count lol
oh shut the fuck up. he#s bashing Stockton hard, saying that the assists are only a result of working with the big guy all those years, like anybody with two hands could have done what Stockton did. It's all blah blah, hindsight, applying "new analysis of assists" to the past and a great player. Analysis of an era he never even witnessed. Analysis of games is for wankers
Analysis of the quality of 80's ballers is a wankfest by definition. "ali would have beat Tyson". who cares? I don't. Most significantly he ignores what great players said about Stockton being top 2 pg. Brushes over those statements and nitpicks details that in the end didn't matter. Stockton got the job done. in the NBA . On a small market team
The little fuck aint even a baller, and he chooses to ignore the only opinions that count, the guys that played with and against Stockton. . he's full of shit, and he ignores Payton's statement that Stockton was harder to guard than MJ.
I love these hilariously over the top takes. Great channel!
He was just keeping it even playin with one hand, imagine if he would have used two hands.
Lol. 20 ppg, 20 apg 😂😂
@@kellenwalter we wouldn't be talking about Jordan on being the GOAT
Stockton is my one of my all time favorite players and this video was amazing, thank you.
As soon as I saw the title of this video I knew it was going to be about your post a few weeks ago. And great job incorporating your son into this! Also it’s really interesting how all coaches say that you shouldn’t pass with one hand and he literally did it the whole time!
I've always said that Stockton was too limited in his motions to be considered the #1 PG ever. He was effective as hell with what moves he did have (hence the rep) but he only had so many to begin with.
Watch how good was John Stockton REALLY video. You can see good left hands there.
I haven't been this entertained by an NBA story or video ever in my life the way I have with this one. Even if you don't agree, you can't help but listen. Great job man!!
These videos are super entertaining. Thanks!
just watched highlights of Gary Payton vs John Stockton in the 1996 NBA Playoffs WCF Game 7 and he used his left and made plays with his left plenty.
Been knowing this!!! Nicely done. Isaiah Thomas said on a broadcast once too! "Stockton can't go left."
I’m glad your back with another video. Quality as usual. Keep it up
Really enjoyed this. Great sense of humor, timing, editing. Looking forward to more :)
Cool video. I remember being a kid watching Stockton and being so frustrated because he would pick up his dribble almost anytime he was pressured. Especially the double team. It's weird that I didn't recognize his inability to go left at the time. Now i 'm sure it was the main reason why he would pick up his dribble so easily instead of create or split the defense
maybe it's because he's not michael jordan
great video bro;) thank you..
What a great video, good shit man! Blew my mind!
Going through my 3rd viewing of all your stuff... most creative NBA content on UA-cam.. WE NEED MORE!! awesome though man.. keep it up
Allen Iverson never finishes with his left. No matter the complexity of his move the layup is right handed.
This is not a shocking realization. Most players don't finish with both hands.
William Jackson most great players Do.
Ok that’s just finishing, Stockton couldn’t dribble with his left
Ai was wayyyy better than John stockton
It’s okay to have a more sure hand. To not dribble left is not even compared. One is a common thing the other was common in the 60s
Stockton had a vision of the game that was two and three steps ahead of everyone else. He set up most of his plays on the left side of the court to get Karl Malone ISO for a screen... The Flex system that Sloan ran had 3 or 4 options for him to navigate once he stopped the dribble... For him it was a chess match and he drew guys in, then 99% of the time dished it off to wide open guy... leaving the other team scratching their heads. NBA players such as Gary Payton said he was harder to guard than Jordan. (Not saying he could score like MJ, but he could pick apart defenses). Stockton was a no- nonsense, tough SOB, that out smarted just about everyone... and he did it with fundamentals, grit and preparation.... and yet to your point, he did it with his left hand tied behind his back...
Yes, but the fact he had to stop his dribble in the same spot no less and he often passed to the same man gets predictable. Which is why he never had any real post season success until after he stopped hunting for assists. And Gary Payton started much later on in Stockton's career when he had the 10 years of chemistry with a player to pretty much know how they play. Many NBA point guards probably would have played similarly in Stockton's shoes. Since they have added deception of half decent dribble moves.
@@Drogon7102 shut the fuck up
Bro he sat on the wing and waited for Malone to post up
@@joelnigro5739 Go watch Stockton highlights. He can pass as well as any of the greats. Did having Malone, an excellent PF contribute to his assists? Absolutely. But the #2 in assists is still only 2/3 the way to even tying Stockton's record. It's insane.
@@horatiohornblower3757 I’ve watched tape. He sits on the wing waiting for Malone to get in position to post up and it somehow counts as an assist. Don’t try me with that watch the tape bozo
OMG!!! great video keep up the exceptional work
This is legendary. Felt like watching a movie. Subbed 😁
Loved the video! His old school crossover though was really something. He could beat Jordan to the basket with it consistently too. Just walked to the wing and hit him with a crossover.
that cross over was surprisingly quick. and for as much as folks feel im dumping on him, and his deficiencies, It's clear as day that the man knew his way around a basketball court. Really glad you enjoyed it - it was fun to make. Hope you stick around for more
I definitely will man! These video commentaries are very insightful.
@@THENBASTORYTELLER The bias in this video was the reason I stopped watching your channel, and haven't thought about it in like 3 years until randomly thinking of this dumb video again today.
A spark will be flames. Your channel is going to get a wild amount of subs in one day some day.
that's very kind man, also inspiring (and catchy) Thank you for that, and thank you for your time
Sheep go bahh
I haven't had my attention so captivated for 20+ minutes online for a long time, great delivery! And mind blown, Stockton really doesn't have a left, he probably would be the greatest point guard ever hands down if he did.
Very good content!
I subscribed while the vid was halfway playing and wrote this while it still had about 1 min to the end.
Looking forward to more awesome stuff from you!
millenial and gen z sports fans are only concerned with roasting sacred cows no matter how ridiculous the argument is
Magic Johnson had no left
THIS...THIS RIGHT HERE
THE ACE magic Johnson was such a team player that he prefered to pass the ball to a teammate before switching and giving the ball to his left. That's why you never caught it... but when he did use it it was one hell of a left though 😆
wow....looking into it, I'm pretty sure you're absolutely right! Only thing Magic had was a VERY short left-handed hook....but that's it!! He actually tends to fumble and lose the ball when he tries to go left in traffic! Wow wow wow
Magic had a left!
DAVID ODOMS, you're right, he did actually have a pretty good left, not an amazing left but a good one, which he could fall back on to create offensive opportunities. It's not the same case as JS like ppl try to make it.
My 3rd time through watching all of your videos. Best editing and music and outside the box NBA channel on the Tube.
This was a great video. I like how you hit the nitty gritty dirty little secrets about the nba. This is great stuff man!
I didn't know this about Stockton but I think it's a stretch to imply he wasn't as great. He played for the smallest market in the sport and did a ton of winning and lead to a ton of scoring. His playoff totals are about the same when he was being forced left like crazy.
Idk bout y’all but I think Jose Calderon is a top 3 Pg of *All-Time*
Mojo 99 I think Mario charmers in top ten all time 🤷🏽♀️
Mojo 99 Y'all are trippin, Isaiah Taylor is clearly the best pg of all time!
Yall disrespecting my man Chris Duhon
I think that’s not enough credit..I think he is a top 3 player of all time...So Jordan, Lebron, Jose, Kobe , ...Byrd, Shaq...something like that...really the top 3 are interchangeable ...could be Lebron, Jose , Jordan...etc they all pretty evenly matched
Scott Brooks is so underrated
I’ve been waiting for a vid for a minute!
Your content is so good, this video blew me away wow!
Dominique Wilkins is a Hall of Famer and one of the leagues all time best scorers, and people KNEW he ain't have no left, but still couldn't do nothing with him.
The attention to detail is staggering! You would probably an amazing coach in the film room tbh
Shawndud3 -.- they would study him in the film room
R u kidding me? This guys a fucking dunce
Ok your video are damn lit, good job dude
Exceptional video and production value.
There's zero highlight of Iverson shooting with his left hand.
I like your video style but do not like the disrespect on John. Find another basketball player from his era that brought in a consistent game night in and night out, doesn't matter if he was stuck on the left side of the court, you cannot exploit a weakness to take away from someone's greatness. Stockton's story is already told. History is already made. It does not matter how he did it. Damn, I don't even like the Jazz but I loved watching Stockton and Malone and basketball from that era.
Just found your page recently bro. Love your videos. Keep up the great work!
U did it again excellent video helps my argument with my people on basketball
stupidly good as always
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Rusty Buckets just stupid if you ask me
HMMMM this makes sense now
You just got yourself a new subscriber
welcome! and thank you very much
Amazing video bro this is like a movie! Eating popcorn rn lol
wow great work! thank you
Wow. I thought it’s a discussion of if he has some left hand game.
But there goes
- what an ugly shot
- terrible crossover
- etc
This is just pure hate towards John Stockton.
Smfh.
Because he doesn’t
That's exactly what this bullshit is
The idea that John Stockton received extra assists at home is true, but it is at a rate lesser than other point guards.
www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/70kope/contrary_to_popular_belief_john_stockton_did_not/
Teams also do generally play more effectively at home, which would lead to more assists.
Great video though man, I'm never gonna be able to watch John Stockton highlights again without noticing his lack of a decent left hand dribble. Its insane that this isn't talked about more.
It's an absolute MYTH he doesn't have a left hand. Watched a game against the Bulls. He drove left with no problem several times. This guy is just cherry picking.
This is by far my fav video of yours I’ve seen. I couldn’t help but laughing all the way thru this. amd then soon after watching it, one of his “all time great” videos popped up on my recommendation videos. So I watched it and all I could do was laugh because it was thinking of this. You ruined John for me 😂😂 Bjt it’s a good thing. I loved it! now let’s get onto the next video!! It’s been 2 months! LETS GO!!
This is a beautifully done video. This channel needs more subs.
I need you to teach me a basketball course I gain more knowledge after every video!
hansjuste13 yes
Well if you watched this video and think Stockton couldn't/didn't go left, then you learned a lie
You be learning false information. This video is all propaganda. Simply not true. Investigate for yourself. Stockton utilized his left successfully countless times.
Wow bro. good work
I just found this page. This is the best basketball UA-camr of all times. He makes Korzemba look like a an amateur. I'm about to binge watch every single video.
I sort of know how Stockton feels. All I play with is my left and it works out perfectly. My right is trash, but I can at least dribble with it. Great video. Made a believer outta me at least.
Found out about your channel the other day and this was one of the first videos that I watched. First off, great job! It is an interesting and challenging niche that you have decided to fill. I admire your creativity which allows you to pull it off. Secondly, it was a pleasant surprise seeing my own John Stockton video being used for research purposes. I'll definitely pin a comment underneath it to hopefully direct some traffic here. Cheers!
YO! thank you so much - and all credit to your work and channel - and one day if I ever get any pull around here I wil surly return the favor. keep up your efforts, you are teaching folks - and helping folks like me find the historical evidence to a lay out a variety of narratives and possibilities, instead of the same 15 stories that have been drilled into our heads. -- actually I'd love to ask you a few questions for a followup i'm working on.
Sure! Email me at lamarmatic@gmail.com if that's more convenient.
will do
You're watching too much anime..I hope this is just satire considering you're basing a career as long as his off of a couple highlight reels and one game. Plus it doesn't help you got his name wrong
What do you mean? In this case an entire game is more than enough to show how he barely uses his left hand. As he said, he refused to dribble with his left and when he did he struggled. He wouldn't go from that to crossover god no matter how many games he went through. There are so many other problems with this comment I could go into detail about but, I dont want to write a novel about how bad and wrong you you are so...
One of the greatest UA-cam videos of all time.
HOW THE F*CK DO YOU ONLY HAVE 38k SUBSCRIBERS?!?!?!
You are on your way to great things, my man. Unbelievable content, style, writing, and editing. I’m truly blown away by your polished talent. Can’t wait to brag that I found this channel before you were famous.
Lol very entertaining video but what about the game vs the kings in the playoffs? He took Jason Williams to the cleaners and went left like 3-4 straight times and then Jason Williams was benched and didn't score until the 4th quarter. Good video though
@Red PanDa1 most point guards are strong with both hands. Look at cp3 kyrie curry. And even older points like Isiah Thomas had strong off hands
..This Video was *Beautiful* Can’t wait till you get the recognition you *Deserve* bro!
Dope video. Subscribed
Bruh I will comment on and upvote every single video if I have to. You have something going here with this channel, please don't stop.
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fuck you bitch.
ua-cam.com/video/myMvojT6zIc/v-deo.html
Watch this video mr. uploader. And delete your video after watching the link i gave.
Your video is really horse shit. Just delete it.
have you never watched stockton ? ? lol steals dont matter ? didnt go left ? lol what kind of crack are you smoking ? ua-cam.com/video/MZmwlgnuHko/v-deo.html he crosses jordan fine to his left hahahaha
In the links here, Stockton was shown dribbling to his left about six times, duplicates included. If Jeremy Lin gets dissed for having no left, why not Stockton?
The NBA Storyteller - THE END Stockton was one of the best defensive point guards in NBA history. I'll take him over Nash and CP3.
This just adds to John Stockton's legend. He is the greatest point guard to ever play basketball and he only used one hand.
he's not the greatest point guard. are you nuts?
Magic, then Steph, then him, then the original I.T.
J’Arvas NS All time assist/steals leader. And he had a better jump shot than Magic did. Malone wouldn’t be a HOF’er, nor would he be #2 all time scorer if it weren’t for Stockton. These are facts.
eye v When you have Worthy, Kareem, and McAdoo? C’mon dude. Look, Magic was amazing at PG. he really was. And I always argue to people that wanna talk GOAT status. It should go by position and generation. In the 80’s? Magic at PG was the Best. 90’s? Stockton hands down. Plus, if I’m a High School Coach? And I want my young PG to study any player in history? I want him to study Stockton and emulate him. Not Magic.
Imagine if he utilized it
We once had a great shooter in our community, and got only one eye
This a well made vid you deserve more subs
Hahaha, very entertaining video but unfortunately if people watch Stockton play for themselves (not just a handful of highlights) they'll realize that a lot of this simply isn't true. I love going back and watching 80's and 90's basketball, as I have watched the 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1997 nba all star games this week. After hearing the claims about Stockton rarely using his left or going to his left, I decided to watch Stockton with more scrutiny, as I wondered why it didn't stick out to me before like Jerry West. Well I noticed that Stockton goes to his left and uses his left way more than this narrative led me to believe. He definitely favors his right, but he definitely looks comfortable using and going to his left when he does (which is way more than you had me think, smh). I also watched a random full Jazz game to make sure 1994 Jazz vs Nuggets Game 5, and yeah same thing, using his left way more than we were led to believe. Still though entertaining videos, keep up the good work. But kids, don't just take another person's word for it.
Jacob Graves wouldn't say as good as anyone but he had an ok left, it wasn't bad bad as this video makes it out to be but it definitely wasn't strong
I think the point is he was very right handed 🤚🏾. Not that he didn’t have a left. Let’s be clear the man held it down at his position. But another point is the assist record. He’s saying the criteria for an assist should be looked at. And he wouldn’t have had such an amazing career without the mailman. Let’s put it another way... He was steady, solid, and white, and he played in UTAH. A place where the N word gets thrown at players more then the bounce pass. I don’t fault him for that. But let’s not make Stock into something he wasn’t. After all. If it wasn’t for MJ. Isaiah Thomas would’ve and should’ve been on the dream team. Not Johnny Stock....
Alastair Chung-Jones Yeah you can’t get an accurate read at how good a played was by just looking at highlight reels. You have to watch the games in full.
Like I didn’t realize how great Larry Bird was, but then I went back and watched some games against the Lakers, Pistons, 76ers, and Bulls. Only then did I truly understand his impact.
absolute nonsense.
If you watch a game you can watch game 5 of the 1999 playoffs. Jason Williams was benched had 2 points 3 assists. John Stockton took him to the left side of the court and they iso Stockton vs Williams and he took him left like 3 times and J-will got a foul on all 3. He also got a foul where John put his left hand in J-will body and went around a screen.
The video is funny but his example is a game where they have 2 seconds and the man who doubled didn't get to the top of the key. But ok good stuff
Anybody noticed that Donovan Mitchell wore the wrong Vince Carter Jersey
yeah
It was still sexy tho (prolly even sexier)
How?
AwesomeTodd2 his wearing a Vince Carter rookie Jersey when he did the 360 windmill the uniform had changed
King Benny Garcia Ah, I see
This is brilliant! Hitting that subscribe button and bell. Your channel is great!
"It's like a cry for help" Your narration cracks me up lol
lol Stockton's middle name is Houston not Jeffery. @The NBA STORYTELLER
If you still don't know by now, it's a running joke in his videos.
The biggest point against the claim that Stockton's status being completely dependent on Malone: He averaged 5 assists a game as a backup point guard playing 18 minutes a game his rookie season. Malone wasn't drafted until the following year. All this video does is point out that John Stockton apparently had a weakness; a weakness that for some reason some of the best players that ever played the game were unable to exploit. All this suggests is that perhaps he could have been even better had he developed his left. However, if anything it is a credit to him that he was able to do all that he did despite this weakness. At one point Michael Jordan couldn't shoot the three. It's a credit to him that he developed it. However, even if he hadn't, I think he would still be considered the greatest. Finally, the idea that John Stockton stayed quiet to control the narrative is BS. John Stockton never promoted himself. Never has he made a claim that he deserves the status given to him. He was a classy player without a lot of fancy moves. We could use more players like that to be quite honest; let their games speak for itself. And yet, his simple style was extremely effective for 19 years. With Steph Curry changing the way the game is played, I dare say it won't be long before John Stockton, Isiah Thomas, and other greats from the 80s and 90s will be removed from the list of the top five. Magic Johnson may be the one exception. But he was the real deal. By the way, Johns Stockton is also on the list of top 50 scorers just ahead of Bernard King. So by his own standard, the author is implying that Stockton is an all time great.
Normally I don't like sports videos like this but this is well done, sir! Your mini me is super cute too!
Bro I'm from Spokane Washington where John is from, and that was some truly funny shit bro nicely done
It’s actually kinda impressive that he basically played with 1 hand 😂
There was a point in this video where I almost started thinking, wow...this dude is on to something...then...
"John Stockton lacked so many Point Guarding skills"
15,806 Assists
3,265 Steals
Career Ave 13.1 pt 10.5 ast 2.2 stl
996 Regular Season Wins
What did this guy mean to the team? In 1998, the second Finals year he missed the first 18 games of the season. The Jazz went 11-7 without him. 51-13 the rest of the way.
"He was a minimum required"
That was the single most idiotic statement of the video.
He's probably the best guard to ever play the game, the best point guard to ever play the game." -Bobby Jackson
"He's probably the best pure point guard to play the game . . . He's about efficiency and making people better. That's why he's played for 19 years."- Kenny Smith
"I've always said that John Stockton is one of the five best players I ever played against."- Charles Barkley
"John Stockton was a harder player to guard than Michael Jordan" - Gary Payton (ok, that one is pretty far fetched)
"John is the smartest player I have ever seen, he suckers guys to do what he wants them to do, each and every night" - Jeff Hornacek
"He never took 5 dribbles, when 3 would do" - Frank Layden
"In my opinion, John Stockton was the greatest. I had the opportunity to see what he was about every single game."- Jerry Sloan
Yeah, you are right...the dude is over rated...none of those men I quoted know sh** about basketball.
i think you're taking it a step too far - is John a top 2 guard? in my eyes he's maybe 6 - i never said he was trash or useless - to the contrary i actual recognize he was good. But honestly, quotes from one player about another, that is collected for publication (tv or print)will go one of two ways, Overwhelming praise OR passive insults, so i appreciate the quotes but i would love to hear what idk, Jordan said about John back in the locker room. Also, I think you may actually agree with me, that he didn't really have a comfortable left. And to restate the premise, when i realized that, it blew my mind, as I always assumed he would have been a master ball handler - not flashy, but very sound, which would include a flourishing left.
ALSO, Karl was special, he didn't pound the ball - when most big men back then would take a moment to set up, karl went into this moves AND that alone will greatly increase the amount of numbers in the numbers buckets we count
again, follow the premise, it's not a stockton is garbage video - it's a discovery of what was going on, on the court. Regardless, thank you for watching and especially for your input!
You know what always baffled me about Stockton? As slow as he was he somehow would normally get by his opponents with ease without any fancy crossovers or shake and bake moves, and that opponents would back off of him far enough that he could he could stop his dribble several feet within the three point line.
Incredible research buddy keep on
I stopped the moment he said “John Jeffrey Stockton...” It’s “Houston” 🤓
@Olly Tropics If false information is good to you, then by all means. Eat that propaganda right up
@Olly Tropics Literally the first 3 highlights I watched of Stockton after this video were all highlights of him utilizing his left hand. That makes this false. And propaganda. Slandering someones name. You can be a sheep if you want and believe this all you want. Or you can just take 3 seconds and click on the recommended highlight video after this and find out for yourself. It really dont matter to me.
@Olly Tropics Except that would be true. Westbrook isnt the best shooter. John Stockton used his left on regular basis. He had superb ball handling with either hand. He was ambidextrous with his dribbling. This video is just a flat out lie, and ignorant. Just look for yourself. Or dont. Like I said, it doesn't matter to me if you want to find the truth yourself, or follow as a blind sheep. I'm still gonna get 8 hours of sleep tonight, regardless.
Idk bro, you're dismissing a legend as a decent/basic point guard. But before I go further longevity does mean something. 19 years as a 6'1" pg and retiring at 40 is incredible to say the least. Not being able to go left just shows how dominant he was. 51% fgp. 82% ftp. 10.5 APG. But the most important stats. W. He made the playoffs every single season he played with always having a winning record. Magic(still the greatest pg all time) couldn't shoot, didn't have a cross. Isiah quit early(he would've been the best ever). Chris Paul has never even made the Conference Finals let alone a finals. JS made it 5 times with 2 Finals appearances. Steve Nash never made the finals.
Top 5 I'd go Magic, Isiah, John, Jason, Steve.Gary Payton has a strong argument but I would still put him 6th. (Chris Paul might go in here depends if he can win a few rings, and Steph Curry has the chance to go down as the greatest ever if he can stay this way for years to come).
Brandon Larranaga I'm pretty sure pistol Pete, jerry west, and oscar robertson were left out. Iverson though you could argue he stole his team's shooting gaurd spot while playing the point. You're forgetting tony parker maybe and gary payton should be up there as well. Steph and kyrie probably as well by the time they're done playing. Maybe bob cousy has a place there (although him and oscar are pretty ancient, but they have more championships for sure and so do magic, west and isiah). Kevin johnson was killer at the time (and fun to watch, even had a pretty good dunk lol). And don't forget russel westbrook and derrick rose either, if you're talking about a would have been num 1 career. If you look at all of that I think stockton should be somewhere between 10 to 20 on your list, and he had a good career and was smart and an achiever, maybe in the top 10 of achievers, but if you look at other achievments like championships and abillity to take a team's play on your back, you'd have to bump him a few places, and to my taste there are alot more interesting names on that list. (and you'd have to think if a more skilled PG would have stole a ring or 2 from jordan with malone at his side, which was just a monster in the paint with crazy talent.. which no one ever asks or considers, because stockton was after all an excellent PG overall.. but what if you put kidd, or nash or paul next to him, or if you put payton next to him back in both of their primes? Are you sure they would'nt have more achievments with malone, besides a crazy assist rate? Like a few championships. I'm not saying for sure, but you gotta ask yourself).
HitchHiker31 dang talk about a history lesson lol. Might as well bring up Jason Williams, Penny Hardaway, Mark Price, Mark Jackson, Mike Bibby lol. Tony Parker is a HOF but I still think Nash for there era was better. And has two NBA MVPs for a decent argument. And I feel like today's pgs followed his footsteps. Russell Westbrook just proved Oscar Robertson's Legend/legacy is garbage. Its all about winning, Triple Dubs don't mean anything anymore. Thank god tbh. But I love your perspective bro!
Brandon Larranaga Lol I was trying not to make the list too long, wanted to avoid mentioning them and others, including mark price, a john stockton poor man's replica, but a childhood hero (as a cleveland fan) and an underrated player, and thanks for the thumbs up. you got a point as well, stockton did know how to get the job done, and all in all it's respectable that he managed to achieve what he did with no left hand play.
Brandon Larranaga no Tim Hardaway? Cant forget him.
The point is, had he had an off hand, there's no doubt he'd be the Goat at PG
I think he was always able to develop a left if he wanted to but he was so effective with his right that he just kept developing that. The stat line doesn’t lie.
this is fucking hilarious. phenomenal editing, too. subscribed my man!
my question is, how good could he have been if he DID have a left? 15 000+ assists, could it have been closer to 20? also, great point about the longevity with a great scoring big. put nash, cp3 or any other modern point guard with karl malone for 20 years, I wonder how much greater we'd perceive them than we did stock. probably a shitload
"The Glove" Gary Payton, largely considered to be one of the best defenders in the NBA from his era, says Stockton was harder to defend than Michael Jordan.
Yet this guy is saying stockton has no left hand lol
Watch some full utah jazz games from the 90's. Stockton was a beast gor his time but would get clowned on today. Seeing him actually play, he's not that special compared to.todays standards. His assists are because he had a behemoth of a man always secure post and all he had to do was give it to him while noy making that opening tk pass himself. His team throughout his career had like 0-2 assists with only karl having 2. Thats ehy tbey never one a title. Their team would get destroyed today by the complex ball movement,switches and overall no position game. Keep these greats stuck to their era pls.
@@jinjaperm1163 nope, he would adapt just like he adapted during his time. To think like that is like forgetting how one started to discover technology such as cellphone. They think people are smarter today because they know how to use cellphones yet in reality the one that invented cellphone way before there time was smarter.
@@templar777able I dont think so, I watched some games of his and i mean full games on youtube from when he was younger to him getting older,and found that his game didnt change at all.
@1995 GetJiggyWitIt it worked yes but it was largely because of karl malone, no reason realy to adapt if you can dump the ball every possesion to the type of player malone was.
Atleast i hope we can agree on him being overrated
He can use whatever hand works. I'm sure if he felt he had to he could go left. There's no way you watched more than a few games.
Edit : Just over one and a half minutes in, and you see him make a nice lefty drive to the hoop. ua-cam.com/video/myMvojT6zIc/v-deo.html I understand that your video is supposed to be "an exercise in storytelling", but you are attempting to detract from his legacy, and you spend minute after agonizing minute trying to talk people into believing the same thing.
@@Addity2828 STFU your name is Arvind. Case Closed.
The vid wasn’t a debate on right/left handedness.
This is pure hate and bashing JStockton.
Why use the phrases, that’s a terrible cross, an ugly jumpshot, no skill, etc. those aren’t even related to being left or right handed. LMFAOOO
@@edvargas4159 his left handed layup must be amazing right he said his left hand was weak and discussed it you deaf idiot
@@edvargas4159 the guy who made this video is a troll. you can see them in this reply thread, arvind sharma is clearly one and bruracho is probably a second account of his. they are paid by the capitalist elite to do the divide and rule strategy and if they are not paid then they are just a manipulated and ignorant tool. they are trying to make us angry and teach us to fight against each other and hate each other. whenever you see the word "trigger" you know they are a right winger, that is a talking point coming from fox news and the right wing think tanks that create the talking points and slogans that the right wing media decimates. fox news is literally a brain washing channel and they have trained their little minions or pets to get pleasure from seeing left wingers get hurt. you can see it here on youtube, they love watching videos of SJWs getting owned and triggered and what not. if you think social justice is bad, you are truly a terrible and evil human being. another one they use is "snowflake" because being a nice and caring person is weak and being an evil and violent person is strong. when in reality being strong and powerful and successful is evil and being a loser is moral.
the guy who made this video is making money off of being an evil person and a terrible human being. he doesn't have any belief system based in truth or morality he's literally just making up arguments arbitrarily to support a conclusion he has already come up with. they are called ad hominem and red herring arguments.
look up troll farms to see where the paid trolls leaving the comments in this reply thread come from and look up right wing think tanks to see the employers of the people who make these type of videos. also google is a deeply fascist organization so their algorithm rewards you for likes and dislikes equally. also people will leave more comments fighting with each other and pointing out the lies of the video which all helps with the divide and rule strategy. google promotes the big guys over little guys to try to centralize power in the hands of the capitalist elite and make sure the left can never make the world a better place. the big tech companies are all fascist and promote right wing material. they also try to isolate us in bubbles that completely blocks out any other points of view and helps polarize and divide us. if you read right wing articles they will completely block any left wing material from ever coming into your view and the cover for doing this is "we are just giving the user a better experience." the right wing think tanks have unlimited money from the capitalists and they have specialized software and techniques to work youtube's algorithm and get their videos promoted over everyone else's. they can have one employee with specialized software and hundreds of tabs open all with different youtube accounts leaving likes and views and comments and shit to get these right wing slanted videos promoted to influence and manipulate people who watch them and don't know that the people in these videos are actors employed by right wing think tanks.every corner of the internet is overrun by these astroturf troll farms.
also read this:
truthout.org/articles/fourteen-propaganda-techniques-fox-news-uses-to-brainwash-americans/
Great video.
James Harden has a one handed game and is in the conversation of best offensive player ever. I don't see how this takes anything away from Stockton.
Different talent levels.
@@kingad8869 I don't see how it makes Stocktons body of work any less significant??
my man Mark Eaton 5:23 doin' work.
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this was a world-shattering revelation, at first. john stockton is my third-favorite point guard of all time, and he's honestly the first pg off my bench. i've grown used to being made fun of for liking him so much, but now i'm starting to wonder, are all those people who have told me i'm dumb, actually right? this presentation of yours left me right where i didn't want to be, second guessing my younger self, figuratively dead-to-rights, looking back to see what's left of my NBA fandom that stretches right back to the good old days of late-80s and early 90s short-shorts-donning, no-zone-defense-playing, flagrant-fouls-are-a-fact-of-life-so-don't-expect-a-whistle OMG how could this man not ever go left? he's like zoolander! and nobody ever noticed. i feel like i'm taking crazy pills. but, without yet getting into the MJ conspiracy, allow me to just state this simple fact about loving sports-entertainment in the form of NBA basketball: you don't have to be a complete player to make it to the NBA. yes, you would think that a point guard should possess the ability to go both right and left, but let's be real here, all you have to be good at, is whatever you are good at. and then the trick is to be better at it than almost every other person alive. know what i mean? if you own your offensive skill set, and you also happen to be tall and agile enough to at least look like you're playing defense, AND you also are privileged enough from a socio-economic/class standpoint to have access and exposure to athletic programs at the youth and/or collegiate levels, then chances are, you'll be able to make it as a professional or semi-professional basketball player. i speak from personal experience. so all i'm saying is, no man is perfect. john stockton may have been a god among dime-droppers, but all that really means is the guy had faulty pockets. name any elite NBA player, and i will be able to name someone who can point out flaws in their game. yes, some flaws are more glaring than others, but a flaw is a flaw, am i right? actually, i'm ambidextrous. but if you watched me play basketball, you'd think was just sleep deprived.
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this does make me wonder, will we ever see an NBA player with literally, physically, only one hand? i mean, john stockton has to make you believe it's certainly possible, right? julius randle figuratively has no right hand, and he's doing alright for himself. so maybe it's only a matter of time before a one-handed player emerges from the shadows and takes us all by the hand, and leads us into a new golden age of equal opportunity in professional sports-entertainment. this will be an age where you can go in any direction you choose, as long as it's the one direction everyone knows you're going to go, based on your physical limitations. but seriously, what's left after that? am i not right to think that we will have collectively arrived, so to speak, once there's a one-handed basketball player who excels at his craft? it's like that one time we had a half-black president, who, incidentally, has no right hand on the basketball court. we've all got to play to our strengths. at least, that's what Grand-Mama used to tell me.
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i wonder what percentage of stockton's assists were left-handed. given the argument laid out in this video, i'd venture a guess of less than 4%. . . . . after a quick numbers crunch, i see that would still measure out to over 630 left-handed dimes dropped by the g.o.a.a.t. (greatest of all assisters, truly) - and let's be real, that's far too many. there's no way he had that many left handed dimes. so, maybe 0.4%, which would be 63 out of his 15,806 career assists. that still may be generous, but we're probably on the right track here. john jeffery stockton, he of 99.6% right hand dominance. nothing to be ashamed of, brother. have you seen roger federer's forearms? imgur.com/wxASyyM
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r.i.p. chris childs 13:14
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so this brings us to the first major point of this analysis-analysis. "is it deception, if nobody claimed to deceive?" the short answer is, yes. in the rhetorical battle of intent vs. effect, it is indisputable that one's intent has no bearing over the eventual interpretation of one's actions or words. yes, your intent guides the argument you build, which in turn is at the heart of what sways the minds of your audience. but, in truth, audiences/viewers/fans of the game are good at one thing, above all others, and that is to draw their own interpretations of what they see, regardless of the work that was put into developing the object/skill in question. (actually, we often don't draw our own interpretations, rather we borrow the interpretations of people who get paid by espn to think about these things for us. but still.) in other words, it doesn't matter how hard steph curry practices his midrange game, or works on his defensive skills, because there will still be people who want to believe that he's a horrible defender (which he objectively is not) and all he can do is shoot 3's (which he undoubtedly can, but he can also score from anyplace inside the arc, and obviously he excels as a playmaker when he's not turning the ball over. again, no player is perfect.) in the same vein, john stockton may have never worked on developing his left handed dribbling, he may never have felt comfortable driving to his left, or passing with his left, or giving left-handed high fives. but it really doesn't matter, because basketball fans came to know him as someone who excelled at his craft, and we gave more thought to his short shorts, than his shortcomings. feel free to use that one, i've got plenty left in the tank. we reserve the right to critique our NBA heroes, without truly being critical in our examination of them. this is what makes TNBAST special, sometimes. you're forcing us to consider our own blindness to some obvious truths. for example, that one of the greatest passers ever was really not a very good passer at all, but just some guy who was in the right place at the right time...always.
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also, how convenient is it to have a miniature version of yourself hanging around the house for when you need to film a flashback sequence? i should invest in one of those. then maybe i'd have someone else who could have fun with the massive collection of basketball cards i've amassed over the years. i consulted this collection just to double check the lefty sitch, and lo and behold, all of my john stockton cards featured left handed dribbling and passing. every last one of them. WHAT SENSE DOES THIS MAKE?! none at all. zilch. thanks for giving me something else to harp on.
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imagine if steve nash had a guy like karl malone? how about this.. let's imagine if karl malone had a guy like jason kidd! and if you will, let's also imagine more TNBAST videos with supreme postscript sendoffs like this one. it was masterful, in a word. i'm usually known around these parts for my brevity, but allow me to say a few more words. THE NBA STORYTELLER is a gift to youtube. props to bsolz and zach lee and MDJ for recognizing their godfather. newer to the game but older, but still i guess younger, for now. basketball is a game, games are meant to be fun, and TNBAST is the bringer of all things fun to this arena.
Interesting and eye opening. He played his first few seasons without Malone and still had very high assist volume per 36 (he wasn't a starter). He was also a really good, intelligent defender who would harass the shit out of you all game ala CP3.
Even taking the lack of a left hand into account he still grades really high at court vision, passing accuracy, shooting, running half court offensive sets, 1 on 1 & team defense and overall toughness/leadership.
So for me, he still grades as a top 5 all time PG.
Malone was drafted only a year after Stockton.
John stockton looked spooked from that thumbnail.
aww man. Poor Stockton. Still my fav ball player. great video man. no other player would ever survive with no left! What a feat lol
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