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As Jerry Sloan Exits Too Early, Deron Williams Better Know What He'll Miss

Only a handful of coaches in any sport at any level gets to walk away from the job on his own terms. Strictly speaking, Jerry Sloan took that walk Thursday afternoon afternoon, and strictly speaking, he was entitled to that after devoting 45 years of his life to the NBA, and the last 23 to coaching the Utah Jazz. In...

Steve Nash 'Not Worried About Trade Talk,' Just Wants to Win

There are less cookies these days for Steve Nash to not eat. It's a tradition on the Phoenix Suns that, whenever they win a road game, players all eat cookies. Well, everyone on the team except Nash. "He won't even eat a cookie. He's that committed,'' teammate Jared Dudley said about the point guard, whose disciplined...

Rajon Rondo Thinks He Can Average 20 Assists Per Game

ATLANTA -- Rajon Rondo's run toward NBA assists history has been put off. Even Rondo is confused about when it might resume. The Boston point guard, who is averaging 14.3 assists and could challenge John Stockton's 1989-90 NBA record of 14.5, has missed the past two games due to a strained left hamstring. When asked in a...

Not a Kidd, Jason Wants to Hoop 'Til 40

DALLAS -- The NBA never had seen anything like what John Stockton did nearly a decade ago. On March 26, 2002, the Utah star turned 40. There had been big men, namely Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Robert Parish, play effectively at that age, and Michael Jordan, then 39 and having moved to forward, averaged 20.0 points the next...

Mailman Delivers on Hall of Fame Speech, Pippen as Well

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- Karl Malone vowed he wasn't going to cry. It was one of the few times in basketball the Mailman wasn't able to deliver. "I said two things," Malone had said Friday hours before his evening induction into the Basketball Hall of Fame. "I don't want to talk long and I don't want to cry. So I'm leaving...

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Isis partners with Austin and Salt Lake City merchants, throws John Stockton elbow at Google Wallet

Mobile payment system Isis continues to rack up passengers on its merry bandwagon, gaining support from local merchants in two cities for its NFC wallet service.

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05/15/12 Isis partners with Austin and Salt Lake City... Source: Engadget Mobile payment system Isis continues to rack up passengers on its merry bandwagon, gaining support from local merchants in two cities for its NFC wallet service.
05/14/12 This Day in Jazz History - May 14, 1999 Source: NBA - Utah Jazz Trailing 2-1 in the series against the #6-seed Kings, the #3-seed Jazz were facing elimination in game four.
05/01/12 Is it time to bail? Source: SportsLink - The Spokesman-Review - Spokane WA I've been thinking about this for a while now.
04/20/12 Official: City water, sewer need updates Source: The News Courier - Athens AL Athens officials say the city's water and wastewater system is in much better shape than it was 20 years ago, but serious and costly improvements are needed.
04/15/12 Rajon Rondo passing fancy Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA R ajon Rondo has a pat answer for questions of NBA history, which essentially applies to anything that happened before his rookie season in 2006-07.

Background on john stockton

John Houston Stockton (born March 26, 1962) is a former American professional basketball player who spent his entire career as a point guard for the Utah Jazz of the NBA from 1984 to 2003. John Stockton is regarded as one of the best point guards of all time, holding the NBA records for most career assists and steals by considerable margins.

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