Jazz to Retire #12

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Jazz to Retire #12

Salt Lake City, UT  – The Utah Jazz announced today that the team will
retire John Stockton's number 12 on November 22, 2004 vs. the New Orleans
Hornets

"We are excited to honor John in this special way.  After spending his
entire 19 year career with the franchise, John's incredible athleticism
deserves to be memorialized," said Jazz Owner, Larry H. Miller.  "We look
forward to hosting him and his family on November 22nd, the evening will
certainly be memorable"

Stockton's the NBA's all-time leader in assists (15,806) and steals (3265)
and named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA history, spent his entire
19-year career with the Jazz playing in 1,504 games.  He was selected by
Utah in the first round of the 1984 NBA Draft (16th pick overall) and
retired following the 2002-03 season.

During his illustrious career, the future Hall-of-Famer, was named to the
All-NBA First Team two times (1993-94, 1994-95), the All-NBA Second Team six
times and the All-NBA Third team three times.  He was selected to play in 10
NBA All-Star Games and selected as co-MVP along with Karl Malone in 1993 in
the Game played at the Delta Center.

He was a member of the original "Dream Team" that won the Gold Medal during
the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain and played on the 1996 Olympic Team
that won the Gold Medal in Atlanta.

Stockton holds the NBA record for most seasons leading the league in assists
(nine, 1987-88 through 1995-96), the most consecutive seasons leading the
league (nine), the most assists in a single season (1,164 in 1990-91) and
the highest single season assists-per-game average (14.5 in 1990-91).  He
accounted for seven of the nine seasons of 1,000 assists in league history.
He served up a career-high 28 assists, the third highest total in league
history vs. San Antonio on January 15, 1991 and set the NBA record for most
assists by a visiting players with 27 at New York on December 12, 1989.

He played in 1,504 of a possible 1,526 games during his career (.986%), to
rank third on the NBA's all-time games played list (Robert Parish, 16,111
and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 1,560) and played in every game in 17 of his 19
seasons.

Stockton appeared in the NBA playoffs in all 19 seasons and played in 182 of
the 193 post-season games in Jazz history.  He ranks first in NBA history
for most consecutive seasons in the playoffs and for most appearances.  He
shares the NBA's single game playoff record for most assists in a game with
24 (Magic Johnson) vs. the Los Angeles Lakers on May 17, 1998.

His number will be the sixth number retired in Jazz history, following Pete
Maravich (7), Frank Layden (1), Darrell Griffith (35), Mark Eaton (53) and
Jeff Hornacek (14).

John and his wife Nada are the parents of six children, Houston, Michael,
David, Lindsay, Lauren and Samuel and they make their home in Spokane,
Washington.

Tickets for the November 22 game against the Hornets will go on sale on
Saturday, October 16, at all Jazz ticket outlets including the Delta Center
box office and utahjazz.com.

There's one and only one Jazz no.12    

stephenlion

he deserves it~

截拳道小子

because of you ,i start like to see NBA  




how about #32?  

Tallgeese III

Good

米高奧雲

有邊個可以效力同一間球會成19年,唔封佢件球衣點得