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"If this team was in the playoff race, I'd love to be here" - John Starks on why he played only four games for the Chicago Bulls
Former New York Knicks guard John Starks was traded to the Chicago Bulls in 2000 but he did not want to suit up for them ...
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John Starks made an absurd claim that the NBA saved MJ and the Bulls in the 93 ECF: "That was the whole ordeal with Michael and Atlantic City"
Looking back at that series, Knicks guard John Starks alleged that the NBA helped the Bulls beat them. "We won Game 2 on Sunday, and we were supposed to play Chicago, I think on Tuesday," said ...
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"We wanted to take on that blue-collar mentality" - John Starks explains how Pat Riley turned the Knicks into a hard-nosed unit
John Starks, the player with the ungrateful task of guarding Michael Jordan, admitted that this was the strategy Pat Riley wanted from them. However, the 6'5" guard offered a broader explanation ...
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"His cockiness has turned into confidence" - When Michael Jordan offered rare praise to John Starks' defensive efforts in the 1993 ECF
New York Knicks guard John Starks showed up big time in Game 1 of their 1993 Eastern Conference Finals duel against the Chicago Bulls. He scored a team-high 25 points (tied with Patrick Ewing ...
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John Starks explains why the scouting report never worked on MJ: "Michael Jordan had no weakness in his game"
However, for former NBA All-Star John Starks, there was one player that no amount of preparation could stop: Michael Jordan. In a talk with Jordan's former teammate, Stacey King, the former New ...
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"You gonna be calling me Mr. Jordan before the night is up" - John Starks recalls how he tried to intimidate Michael Jordan in his Knicks debut
Michael Jordan was a man like no other in the NBA, especially at the peak of his powers. With his remarkable mix of athleticism and extreme competitiveness, the 6'6" wingman from Wilmington, North ...
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John Starks recalls getting kicked out of college for smoking marijuana and getting a regular job: "That is when I started working and making $3.35 an hour"
While some athletes follow a hyped and glamorous path to the NBA, already attaining success at high school and collegiate levels, John Starks' journey was anything but conventional. The New York ...
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"I would talk to Pat Ewing during a game about Starks, and it would trigger him" - Reggie Miller reveals how he always got John Starks off his game
And one of his most famous targets was none other than New York Knicks guard John Starks. While some players just blurted the first thing that came to mind, Reg's approach to talking smack to his ...