John Starks

John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player who was a shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Starks was named an NBA All-Star while playing for the New York Knicks in the 1990s.

Early life
Starks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma where he attended Tulsa Central High School. At Tulsa Central, Starks played only one year on the basketball team.

Personal life
Starks' mother was one-quarter Muscogee, making him one-eighth Muscogee. On December 13, 1986, Starks married his wife Jackie. They have one son and two daughters.

NBA career statistics

 Regular season 

|-
| style="text-align:left;"| 
| align="left" | Golden State
| 36 ||0 ||8.8 ||.408 ||.385 ||.654 ||1.1 ||.8 ||.6 ||.1 ||4.1
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 61 ||10 ||19.2 ||.439 ||.290 ||.752 ||2.1 ||3.3 ||1.0 ||.3 ||7.6
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 82 ||0 ||25.8 ||.449 ||.348 ||.778 ||2.3 ||3.4 ||1.3 ||.2 ||13.9
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 80 ||51 ||31.0 ||.428 ||.321 ||.795 ||2.6 ||5.1 ||1.1 ||.2 ||17.5
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 59 ||54 ||34.9 ||.420 ||.335 ||.754 ||3.1 ||5.9|| 1.6 ||.1 ||19.0
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 80 ||78 ||34.1 ||.395 ||.355 ||.737 ||2.7 ||5.1 ||1.2 ||.1 ||15.3
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 81 ||71 ||30.8 ||.443 ||.361 ||.753 ||2.9 ||3.9 ||1.3 ||.1 ||12.6
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| 77 ||1 ||26.5 ||.431 ||.369 ||.769 ||2.7 ||2.8 ||1.2 ||.1 ||13.8
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | New York
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 82* ||10 ||26.7 ||.393 ||.327 ||.787 ||2.8 ||2.7 ||1.0 ||.1 ||12.9
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Golden State
| style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* || style="background:#cfecec;"| 50* ||33.7 ||.370 ||.290 ||.740 ||3.3 ||4.7 ||1.4 ||.1 ||13.8
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Golden State
| 33 ||30 ||33.6 ||.378 ||.348 ||.833 ||2.8 ||5.2 ||1.1 ||.1 ||14.7
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Chicago
| 4 || 0 || 20.5 || .324 || .300 ||1.000 || 2.5 || 2.8 || 1.3 || .3 || 7.5
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Utah
| 75 ||64 ||28.3 ||.398 ||.352 ||.802 ||2.1 ||2.4 ||1.0 ||.1 ||9.3
|-
| align="left" | 
| align="left" | Utah
| 66 ||1 ||14.1 ||.368 ||.305 ||.805 ||1.0 ||1.1 ||1.0 ||.0 ||4.4
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 866 ||420 ||27.2 ||.412 ||.340 ||.769 ||2.5 ||3.6 ||1.1 ||.1 ||12.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| All-Star
| 1 || 0 || 20.0 || .444 || .333 || - || 3.0 || 3.0 || 1.0 || 0.0 || 9.0

 Playoffs 

|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1991
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|3||0||9.3||.400||-||1.000||1.0||2.0||.0||.0||2.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1992
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|12||0||24.6||.374||.239||.808||2.5||3.2||1.4||.0||12.1
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1993
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|15||15||38.3||.440||.373||.717||3.5||6.4||1.0||.2||16.5
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1994
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|25||18||33.6||.381||.356||.770||2.3||4.6||1.4||.1||14.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1995
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|11||11||34.5||.450||.411||.619||2.3||5.2||1.2||.1||15.6
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1996
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|8||8||39.3||.448||.467||.744||3.6||4.1||1.6||.1||16.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1997
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|9||1||28.1||.444||.317||.806||3.4||2.8||1.1||.0||14.0
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|1998
|style="text-align:left;"|New York
|10||2||31.4||.472||.424||.875||4.0||2.3||1.6||.1||16.4
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|2001
|style="text-align:left;"|Utah
|3||0||12.0||.333||.250||1.000||1.0||.3||.3||.3||3.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career
| 96 || 55 || 31.6 || .421 || .371 || .759 || 2.8 || 4.1 || 1.3 || .1 || 14.2

Further reading

References

 Other websites 

John Starks Foundation

Category:New York Knicks players
Category:1965 births
Category:Living people