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Career Notes
Off Court Achievements
 Position:
G
Born: 08/10/65
Height: 6-5
Weight: 190 lbs.
College: Oklahoma State '88
Career Notes
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Hit his 1,000th career three-pointer, totaling a team-high 22 points,
against the Seattle SuperSonics on 2/10/99
· Ranked 13th in NBA in three pointers (78) in 1999
· Closed the 1997-98 season as the Knicks' all-time franchise
leader in three-pointers made (982) and attempted (2,846) and ranks
5th in steals (711) and 7th in assists (2,404)
· Totaled 16 points, 8 assists and 3 rebounds, in his first
start of the 1997-98 season, against the Atlanta Hawks on 3/20/98
· Hit a Knicks' franchise-record 9 three-pointers in 12 attempts,
posting a team-high 32 points and 4 assists, against the Milwaukee
Bucks on 1/29/98
· Registered a 1997-98 season-high 34 points, hitting 6-of-8
three-pointers, and 3 rebounds against the Atlanta Hawks on 1/13/98
· Won the 1996-97 NBA Sixth Man Award, averaging 13.8 ppg,
2.8 apg and 2.7 rpg
· Established Knicks franchise single-season records in 1994-95
for most three-pointers made (217) and attempted (611)
· 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 the 1994 NBA
Finals
· Has appeared in 93 career NBA Playoff games, averaging
14.5 ppg, 4.2 apg and 2.9 rpg
· Participated in the 1994 NBA All-Star Game, scoring 9 points
in 20 minutes
· Matched an NBA record by hitting 7 three-pointers in one
half against the Miami Heat on 11/22/93
· Named to the 1992-93 NBA All-Defensive Second Team
Off
Court Achievements
· 1993 donated an outside basketball court to John Burroughs
Elementary school.
· Established the John Starks Foundation in 1994 to provide
academic scholarships for Tulsa Public School seniors.
· Awarded key to the city of Tulsa by Mayor Susan Savage
who proclaimed July 12th “John Starks Day.”
· 1997 received the distinguished Henry P. Iba Citizen
Athlete Award.
· 1998 New York Athlete of the year Award presented by
the Leukemia Society of New York.
· 1998 NAACP Community Service Award.
· 1999 Hale House Award for Caring.
· 2000 Donated $50,000 to Central High School to build
the John Starks & Callie West Fitness & Training Center.
· 2004 100 Black Men Community Service Award.
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