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Stockton was born and raised in Spokane, Washington and played college basketball for Gonzaga University in his hometown. He was selected by the Jazz in the first round (16th pick overall) of the 1984 Draft.

For many years, he and Karl Malone were the Jazz's 1-2 punch. Both were members of the Dream Team, the legendary 1992 US Olympic team that was the first to feature NBA players. Stockton holds the record for assists, most of which were passed to Malone. In Salt Lake City this is commemorated by a car dealership with the name Stockton to Malone Honda. Since the owner of the Jazz, Larry Miller, owns several car dealerships, one could assume the creation of this dealership was part of their package for playing for the Jazz.

He and his wife, the former Nada Stepovich, have two daughters, Lindsay and Laura, and four sons, Houston, Michael, David and Samuel.

Stockton chose to announce his retirement with a released statement instead of the customary news conference. The Jazz, however, did hold a retirement ceremony for him. During the retirement ceremony, the city of Salt Lake renamed the street in front of the Delta CenterThe Delta Center is an indoor arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. The arena, which seats 19,911 for basketball, was completed in 1991 at a cost of $94 million. The arena has 56 luxury suites and 668 club seats. Delta Air Lines paid $25 million for the naming r, where the Jazz play, "John Stockton Drive" in honor of his achievements.

Stockton also coached the basketball team of PAOK , ThessalonikiThessaloniki is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city of the Greek region of Macedonia. Greeks refer to it unofficially as the "capital of Macedonia". The city is also known variously as Selanik Salonika or Salonica , Solun). It has for a short period of time after his retirement as a player. His number #12 was retired by the Utah Jazz during a game on November 22November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 39 days remaining. Events 1718 Off the coast of Virginia, English pirate Edward Teach (best known as " Blackbeard") is killed in battle when a British boar, 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co.

He also holds the NBA record for the most seasons and the most consecutive games played with one team, and is also second in the number of total games played behind Kareem Abdul-JabbarKareem Abdul-Jabbar (born April 16, 1947) was a successful high school, collegiate, and professional basketball player. Born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor (usually known as Lew Alcindor in New York City, he was a center who grew to 7'2" (2. He led Power Memori. Over the course of his career he only missed 22 games, 18 of them in one season. He appeared in 10 All-Star games, being named co-MVP in 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic. along with Karl Malone, and also played with the 1992 and 1996 Dream Teams. Over the course of his career he averaged a double-double, with 13.1 points and 10.5 assists per game. He was selected to the NBA First Team twice, Second Team six times, and Third Team three times, and the All-Defensive Second Team five times. He was also named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history in 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan.