Little Johhny's Goodbye

[Brave Sir Rubin]

random quyotes

"You don't know the agony it took to get to that point. Once I reached that point, I was sure, even if it didn't come out very well," he said. "As much fun as this ended up being, I don't think I want to do this again."

Stockton, who cut his retirement announcement short when his emotions started to overwhelm him, had tears in his eyes before he even hit the court.

He wasn't alone. Coach Jerry Sloan, known for being gruff and not exactly warm, struggled to fight off tears during a short speech, as did longtime teammate Karl Malone.

"I hope and I pray people here realize a couple things. There absolutely, positively will never ever be another John Stockton. Ever," Malone said as the crowd rose to its feet for one of several standing ovations. "He gave me more than I gave him. I want to say this. On behalf of my family to your family. We love you and I'm going to miss you."

After the ceremony all the Jazz team hit the showers. Reporters were not allowed in. The Jazz team stayed there until 3 AM next morning.

[RedTorro]

"Jazz team hit the showers" <---- Insert showerfun joke here

[Bill Russell]

Happy end for Johnny Stock

[Stevan]

Good bye Jonh Stockton, all time steals and assists leader, and one of the greatest...

Wow, now that he's retired and has all this time on his hands I wonder what he's going to do? Sex with the wife for a change might even be on the cards... shock horror folks!
He could always take up an assistant coaching job with the Jazz, and teach those young point guards how to pass and elbow.

[air gordon]

this may be off topic, but since RedBulls was suggesting it...

men's team sports is an orgy of homosexuality, but no one really thinks about it that way. and it's accepted anyway. think about it: only in sports the general public doesn't make a big deal of

*men being in constant physical contact.
*or men hugging and/or crying with each other for prolonged amounts of time in celebration.
*or men taking showers with other men and freely being naked & changing around other men.

the list can go on and on... i find it peculiar that the homophobic society we live in (well at least the area i live in & not counting rainbow town) sees this happen daily and accept it anyway or fail to mention anything about it.

[Rens]

this may be off topic, but since RedBulls was suggesting it...

men's team sports is an orgy of homosexuality, but no one really thinks about it that way. and it's accepted anyway. think about it: only in sports the general public doesn't make a big deal of

*men being in constant physical contact.
*or men hugging and/or crying with each other for prolonged amounts of time in celebration.
*or men taking showers with other men and freely being naked & changing around other men.

the list can go on and on... i find it peculiar that the homophobic society we live in (well at least the area i live in & not counting rainbow town) sees this happen daily and accept it anyway or fail to mention anything about it.

I have one word to say to this:

korfball

[Andrew]

As if it wasn't official before, it's definitely official now - the end of John Stockton's NBA career. From what I read, Karl Malone didn't exactly suggest he'd stay in Utah in the post-John Stockton era, meaning it's likely we're nearing the end of Karl Malone, power forward for the Utah Jazz era too. Guess we'll have to wait until July 1st to see what happens.

i find it peculiar that the homophobic society we live in (well at least the area i live in & not counting rainbow town) sees this happen daily and accept it anyway or fail to mention anything about it.

Yeah, society is funny that way. Physical contact between men is generally seen as something that's not done. But put a set of rules, a ball and a trophy into the mix, and it's OK.

[Stevan]

Well Basketball's a little different from say... aussie rules football where "touching" or as they call it "tackling" is a major part of the sport.
Soccer players are the worst... I remember seeing that guy a year or two ago, kiss his teammate right on the Twig after a goal, they showed it in slow motion on Sports Tonight.

As for Korfball, you may have a case for being straight Renzo, but you still play against girls! Nah I wish we had korfball here... showerfun with chicks!

[MaD_hAND1e]

Good bye Jonh Stockton, all time steals and assists leader, and one of the greatest...

Wow, now that he's retired and has all this time on his hands I wonder what he's going to do? Sex with the wife for a change might even be on the cards... shock horror folks!
He could always take up an assistant coaching job with the Jazz, and teach those young point guards how to pass and elbow.

not to mention those back door plays~~~