One man's passion. (basketball star John Stockton; includes related article) (Cover Story)

From: The Sporting News | Date: February 20, 1995| Author: Simpson, Kevin | Copyright information

The right hand wants to mold the basketball into something beautiful but not gaudy, something artful yet useful. Jazz point guard John Stockton's disproportionately long fingers are massaging it, almost palming it, at the top of each syncopated dribble while he leans into the Nets' rookie defender with his left shoulder and peers from the top of the key toward the basket. And then, ever so slightly, he pulls back, as if intending to spin away and reverse direction. For less than an i...

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