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Starks rose from grocery store bagger to NBA All-Star with the Knicks in the 1990s, but he knows even his unlikely tale doesn’t compare to the mythological ascension of Jeremy Lin over the past two weeks. “Is this a story made for New York, or what?” ...
Of course, nothing is as simple as it seems. The burden to make Anthony and Lin coexist and flourish will ultimately fall to head coach Mike D’Antoni — whose job was in jeopardy the night Linsanity began. “Maybe he runs a lot more sets when Carmelo...
NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 06: John Starks attends the 2011 Holiday in the Hangar to benefit the Garden of Dreams Foundation at Delta Terminal 2 at John F. Kennedy International Airport on December 6, 2011 in New York City. View Photo »
YORK — John Starks isn’t Asian and he never went to Harvard. But he does see similarities between himself and Jeremy Lin. Both started out with the Golden State Warriors. Both spent time in the NBA’s minor leagues. Both went on to become stars with the...
Is it wrong to rally around Jeremy Lin’s underdog story? Should we feel silly pulling for this undrafted free agent and D-League refugee whose berserk five-game scoring burst energized the New York Knicks?Of course not – because it’s a great story. Even...
NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 15: NBA player John Starks distributes coats to the needy at the 23rd Annual New York Cares Coat drive at The Bowery Mission on November 15, 2011 in New York City. View Photo »
Lin's perseverance through tribulations brought the Tiawanese/Chinese American phenom through a previously traveled road to Basketball's Mecca when an opportunity was born of desperation. That road had been trekked by Knicks like John Starks and...
People who commit multiple felonies should get progressively longer sentences. But if they eventually get a life sentence, it should be because they truly deserve it, not because the courts had no other choice. We'll let the fashion experts decide if...
John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. Starks was listed at 6'3" (1.95 m) and 190 lb (86 kg) during his NBA playing career. Full Article
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