John Stockton 3 pointer

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John Stockton played 20 games in the the 96-97 NBA playoffs. He did very good in this. He took the Jazz all the way to the finals to verse the greatest basketball player Micahael Jordan. John Stockton and Karl Malone had the famous passing scheme "Stockton to Malone"

John Stockton had very amazing and tricky passes. By many people, even the commentators he was known as the "mailman". He would alsways be passing and making shots that are really good/ delivering the mail! Not very many people were able to stop him.

He was also coached by one of the best basketball coaches of all time, Jerry Sloan. These two were just perfect for each other because they both had a competative and winning mentality, they were not afraid of any team. This really helped the Jazz. Although Jerry Sloan had been coaching for 22 years he retired on Feb. 10, 2011. His retirement was a extreme shocker, many people honored him but many are not happy with his decision.

John Stockton also had the great oppurtunities to play against many of the NBA best players of all times. Michael Jordan, Scotty Pippin, Brian Russel, Karl Malone, Dennis Rodman, and many others. This era of basketball players basically changed the NBA forever. Although many people do believe that only Michael Jordan had this impact, personally i think they all had a big part in it.

After this amazing game winning shot to go the NBA finals against the Chicago Bulls, it was very intense but Michael Jordans talent trumped the very good talent and team work of the Utah Jazz. Many people are still mad about the times that the Jazz lost to the Bulls, I think that Michael Jordan was an amazing player and I have no reason to be mad at him. John Stocktons number '12' was retired in the Delta Center, now known as The Energy Solutions Arena, but his number will not be warn again by any Future Jazz players.