Utah Jazz Fan

I don't want to disrespect the Utah Jazz of today, but these two videos of John Stockton makes me wish he was still playing.





Take into consideration the following stats when comparing John Stockton to current and former NBA players.

Regular Season Career Totals

John Stockton
Points: 19,711
Assists: 15,806
Steals: 3,265
Rebounds: 4,051

Steve Nash
Points: 10,907
Assists: 5,890
Steals: 626
Rebounds: 2,252

Jason Kidd
Points: 14,020
Assists: 8,972
Steals: 1,949
Rebounds: 6,543

Magic Johnson
Points: 17,707
Assists: 10,141
Steals: 1,724
Rebounds: 6,559

Gary Payton
Points: 21,813
Assists: 8,964
Steals: 2,445 (And he got the nickname "The Glove"?)
Rebounds: 5,269

Bob Cousy
Points: 16,960
Assists: 6,955
Steals: ?
Rebounds: 4,786

Steve Nash has been named the NBA MVP two different times in his career, the 04-05 season and 05-06 season. His stats per game for those MVP seasons are as follows:

2004-2005 Season
Points: 15.5
Assists: 11.5
Steals: .99

2005-2006 Season
Points: 18.8
Assists: 10.5
Steals: .77

Now compare those statistics to two seasons when John Stockton was in his prime and was never awarded the NBA MVP.

1989-1990 Season
Points: 17.2
Assists: 14.5
Steals: 2.65

1990-1991 Season
Points: 17.2
Assists: 14.2
Steals: 2.85

Can you imagine the publicity and awards the John Stockton would see today in a watered down NBA. His assists and quite possibly his steals record will never be broken. He was that good. I feel proud to know that I seen many of his games live at the old Salt Palace and Delta Center. What a player, better than any other point guard to play the game - no question.