John Starks
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | John Levell Starks | |
| birthday | August 10, 1965 | |
| place of birth | Tulsa , Oklahoma , United States | |
| size | 196 cm | |
| position | Shooting Guard | |
| college | Oklahoma State | |
| NBA draft | not drafted ( 1988 ) | |
| Clubs as active | ||
1988-1989 Golden State Warriors 1990–1998 New York Knicks
1998–2000 Golden State Warriors
2000 Chicago Bulls
2000–2002 Utah Jazz |
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John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965 in Tulsa , Oklahoma , USA ) is a retired basketball player . The 1.96 m tall shooting guard played for four different teams in the NBA from 1988 to 2002 .
Career
John Starks began his career as a player for various community colleges. After his college days at Oklahoma State University , he was not drafted , but hired as a free agent .
He began his NBA career in 1988 with the Golden State Warriors . In his first season he only played 36 times, with an average of 8.8 minutes. He was not nominated for the playoffs and his contract was not renewed. The 1989/90 season he played in the CBA for the Cedar Rapids Silver Bullets . He was elected to the CBA's All Star Team. The next season he started with the WBL team Memphis Rockers . Before the start of the NBA season, he was signed by the New York Knicks .
In contrast to his time with the Warriors, Starks was able to prevail at the Knicks, as not only the fans, but also the then head coach Pat Riley honored his fighting heart. He played there for the next eight years and experienced the most successful period of his career. In the first year he came as a replacement for Gerald Wilkins to 61 missions with an average of 19.2 minutes. In his second season he made all 82 games with an average of 25.8 minutes and from the third season he was regularly on the starting line-up. In the 1992/1993 season , the Knicks were the best team in the Eastern Conference before the playoffs . Starks played a key role in this and was elected to the NBA All-Defensive Second Team . In the choice of Most Improved Player , he took fourth place. In the playoffs, the Knicks failed for the fourth year in a row to the Chicago Bulls , this time in the conference finals. In the 1993/94 season , the Bulls could finally be defeated and New York moved into the final. Starks played a very unfortunate role in this. After five games of the best-of-seven series, the Knicks led against the Houston Rockets 3-2. In the sixth game, Starks had the opportunity to win the championship with a three in the last second, but was blocked by Hakeem Olajuwon . In the decisive seventh game, he only scored two of his 14 throws and was partly to blame for the defeat of his Knicks. That season, Starks made his only appearance in the NBA All-Star Game . In the following two years he played consistently and was almost always on the starting line-up. In the playoffs, the Knicks failed in the second round to the Indiana Pacers and again to the Chicago Bulls. At the beginning of the 1996/97 season , the Knicks signed Allan Houston . Starks lost his place on the starting line-up, but coped with his role as a substitute so well that he received the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award . In the second round of the playoffs, the Knicks lost this time to the Miami Heat . Also in his final season for the Knicks, Starks started most games on the bench. The playoffs ended again in the second round. This time the Knicks were defeated by the Indiana Pacers. After the season he was traded to the Golden State Warriors with Chris Mills and Terry Cummings in exchange for Latrell Sprewell .
After his second season with the Warriors, Starks moved to the Chicago Bulls under an agreement that also included the Philadelphia 76ers . The Bulls sacked him after just four games. A few months later he signed as a free agent with Utah Jazz , where he ended his career after two years, as no team wanted to give him a contract for the 02/03 season . In 2004 he published his autobiography John Starks: My Life .
statistics
- Average career performance (season best in brackets)
| Minutes per game | 27.2 | 34.9 | (1993/94) |
| Field hit rate | 41.2% | 44.9% | (1991/92) |
| Three-point hit rate | 34.0% | 38.5% | (1988/89) |
| Free throw rate | 76.9% | 83.3% | (1999/00) |
| Rebounds per game | 2.5 | 3.3 | (1998/99) |
| Assists per game | 3.6 | 5.9 | (1993/94) |
| Steals per game | 1.1 | 1.61 | (1993/94) |
| Blocks per game | 0.12 | 0.28 | (1991/92) |
| Turnovers per game | 1.77 | 3.12 | (1993/94) |
| Points per game | 12.5 | 19.0 | (1993/94) |
Style of play
John Starks was best known as a good three-point thrower and defender. In total, he has scored over 1,200 threesomes in his career.
Private
John Starks was born on August 10, 1965, as one of seven children to his mother in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He lived there with a break of two years until the age of 23. He is married and has three children.
Web links
- Website of John Starks Foundation (English)
- Statistics on nba.com (English)
- Biography on nba.com (English)
- John Starks - player profile on basketball-reference.com
literature
- John Starks and Dan Markowitz: John Starks: My Life. Sports Publishing LLC, Champaign 2004. ISBN 1-58261-802-X
Individual evidence
- ↑ Player profile on the NBA website ( December 19, 2007 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 13, 2015
- ^ Perform Media Deutschland GmbH: Against the world . December 16, 2015 ( spox.com [accessed July 9, 2018]).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Starks, John |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Starks, John Levell (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 10, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tulsa , Oklahoma, USA |