{"id":943,"date":"2013-08-10T22:24:02","date_gmt":"2013-08-11T03:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pauleide.com\/?p=943"},"modified":"2018-10-21T10:45:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T15:45:39","slug":"today-in-nba-history-john-starks-is-born","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/today-in-nba-history-john-starks-is-born\/","title":{"rendered":"Today In NBA History 8\/10\/65: John Starks Is Born"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3664 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk.jpg 696w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3664 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk.jpg 696w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/i80sportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/john-starks-the-dunk-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>Today, New York Knicks legend <span class=\"MIVA_AdLink highYield\">John<\/span> Starks turns 53 years old.<\/p>\n<p>I checked the date, I double checked, I <em>triple<\/em> checked but as of today, John Starks is 53 years old. Which is amazing to me because he still looks like he could play. But on a much more selfish note, as a guy who grew up watching Starks work his Svengali like magic, if John Starks is 53, then I am no spring chicken either!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>John Starks was the epitome of the old saying \u201cThe instigator never gets caught.\u201d Everything about him was annoying to opposing teams. His face. The way he ran up and down the court. His voice. The way his mouth never looked like it was completely closed. He really was the ultimate instigator on a team of large, physical, angry men. When Pat Riley got hired as the head coach of the Knicks prior to the 1991-92 season he changed their entire style of play.<\/p>\n<p>Seeing how well it had worked for the Detroit Pistons, Riley\u2019s Knicks decided to play like the \u201cBad Boy\u201d teams of the late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s, Starks filled the role of Dennis Rodman for his team. And it worked.<\/p>\n<p>The physical, defensive style of play was more like hockey but it made a Knicks team that was limited talent wise, one of the best teams in the Eastern Conference thanks to their disruptive antics. A season after finishing four games under .500 the Knicks won 12 more games the following year. Then an additional nine the next year. Then the following year lost in the NBA Finals to the Houston Rockets. The merger of John Starks and Riley keyed it all.<\/p>\n<p>In key moments throughout his entire career, whenever the Knicks needed a spark, Starks was the man. And as soon as shit got thick Starks would generally recede from view and let Charles Oakley handle it, because if Starks was Tie Domi, Oakley was Bob Probert, the \u201cenforcer\u201d who could finish the job, the goon nobody wanted to mess with.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally Pat Ewing would get involved but largely the team did <span class=\"MIVA_AdLink\">a great job<\/span> of protecting him, the \u201cstar\u201d and franchise player. Anthony Mason, and even Charles Smith, had Starks\u2019 back and you could see the Knicks <em>as a team<\/em> genuinely get a rise out of Starks and the energy of the team would change. And Starks would just slither away once the ruckus was created and never be assigned any blame.<\/p>\n<p>Though his role was that of an instigator, Starks was a very good guard and his career as a journeyman prior to his NYK days is truly inspirational. He averaged double figures for nine straight seasons, topping out at 19.0 ppg in 1993-94. He was the first player to make 200+ three pointers in a season. He was the Sixth Man of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>But for as much as being remembered as the ultimate instigator, Starks dunk in the 1993 playoffs is one of the NBA\u2019s all-time indelible images. \u201cThe Dunk\u201d was vintage Starks, playing above his head, doing something no one thought he could do. \u201cThe Dunk\u201d was unbelievable. Almost as unbelievable as thinking Johns Starks is 48 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday, John Starks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, New York Knicks legend John Starks turns 53 years old. 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