Position: Guard
Born: 08/10/65
Height: 6-5
Weight: 185 lbs.
College: Oklahoma State '88




John Starks

Ranks 16th in the NBA in Three-Point Field Goals Made (40) Career Statistics Knicks Home Knicks Roster NBA Player Directory NBA.com Starks Career Profile Chat Transcript: November 17, 1997 1997-98 NOTES Recorded a game-high 28 points (10-15 FG), 5 assists and 3 rebounds in a 95-83 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on 12/13 Scored a game-high 27 points, hitting 3-of-5 three-pointers, in a 90-79 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on 12/6 Scored a game-high 22 points in a 102-80 victory over the Phoenix Suns on 11/29 Posted a season-high 29 points and 4 steals, in 30 minutes, against the Houston Rockets on 11/18 Registered 19 points, 7 assists and 3 steals in a 105-75 victory over the Phoenix Suns on 11/6 Totaled 20 points, 5 assists and 3 rebounds in a 97-85 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on 10/31 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Won the NBA Sixth Man Award for the 1996-97 season Set a Knicks club record by hitting a three-point basket in 33 consecutive games from 12/4/96 thru 2/18/97 The New York Knicks all-time leader in three-point field goals with 850-plus Registered seven three-point field goals against the Toronto Raptors on 4/6/96 and finished the game with a season-high 37 points Shares the NBA Playoffs record for most three-pointers in a half, with 6 against the Indiana Pacers in Game 3 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals Holds the NBA Finals record for most three-pointers attempted in a series, with 50 against the Houston Rockets in 1994 Averaged 17.7 ppg 5.9 apg and .368 field goal percentage in the 1994 NBA Finals against the Houston Rockets Authored one of the most memorable plays in Knicks history with a driving lefthanded dunk with 0:47.3 left in Game 2 of the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals against Chicago Participated in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game Named to the 1993 NBA All-Defensive Second Team CAREER TRANSACTIONS Never drafted by an NBA franchise. Signed as a free agent by the Golden State Warriors on 9/29/88. Played in the CBA in 1989-90. Signed as a free agent by the New York Knicks on 10/1/90. PERSONAL Enjoys listening to jazz and playing tennis Julius Erving is his basketball idol Oversaw the efforts of the John Starks Foundation in hometown of Tulsa and was active in the Boys Brotherhood republic on Manhattan's Lower East Side Honoree in downtown parade on "John Starks Day" in Tulsa, July 12, 1994 John and his wife Jacqueline have two children, John Jr. and Chelsea