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John Stockton

John was also known as being one of the most loyal players in the NBA. As a lot of players during this time chased as much money as they could, either by switching teams, or by selling themselves to which ever endorsements offered the most money. John decided he wasn't going to stoop to that level. He avoided most endorsements throughout his career and stayed loyal to his original team that drafted him, the Utah Jazz. Even though most teams offered him more money, he chose to stay loyal to Utah and it's fans. 

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Johns 19 year career was truly impressive.  In May 2006, ESPN ran an article ranking John Stockton as the 4th best point guard of all time in the NBA. On top of that, in December of 2017, Stockton had held third place as a leader of career games played in the NBA. This position is very impressive because he played in 19 seasons during his career, but only missed 22 games over that entire period. This is the highest percentage of attended games over a career with players who have more than 1000 games played. No one else has ever been that durable in the NBA. 

As per the information available, John got married in 1986 and the name of his wife is Nada Stepovice. After the marriage, his wife gave birth to seven children and the name of his son is David Stockton, Houston Stockton, Samuel Stockton and Michael Stockton. The name of John’s daughter is Laura Stockton and Lindsay Stockton. And later after John retired from the game, he started working as a coach. It is known that John also wrote his autobiography and the name of his autobiography is known to be "Assisted". Later in 2015, John started working at Montana State University and there he was the coach of women’s basketball team.

The information about the present salary of John is not available on public domain but as per the information, his last withdraw salary when he used to play the game was 300 thousand American dollars. His total net worth is estimated to be $40 Million dollars. He had an ever increasing Fangraphs and his complete biography is available on Wikipedia and other online sources. For detailed information on his life, it is better to read his autobiography.

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Quick Facts
Birth Date: 26 Mar, 1962
Age: 58 yrs
Occupations: Basketball player
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Spokane
residence: Spokane
Education: Gonzaga Preparatory School
Gonzaga University
Gender: Male
Description: American basketball player
Net Worth 2021: 45 million
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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