Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame officials announced this weekend that John Stockton and Jerry Sloan (along with three other minor basketball figures, I forget who) will be inducted into the Hall of Fame later this year. Of course in typical Stockton fashion, John deflected all questions associated with this honor and pretended not to care.
Seriously though, it's a shame that Sir Michael is once again overshadowing the undeniably-great Stockton (and to a lesser extent, world-class role model David Robinson) . Although I'm sure Stockton and Sloan are elated that the spotlight is not being shined on them.
For those who need a refresher course (I'm talking to all of you who think Deron Williams is close to surpassing El Stockterino) here's Stockton single-handedly winning game six of the '97 Western Conference Finals. Watch the full video; it's worth it.
Oh and here are the career defining moments for the other two guys (no disrespect to C. Vivian Stringer, but I didn't really know who you were until a few weeks ago):
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