Sean

May 2, 5:29 PM (ET) _

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - NBA career assists leader John Stockton plans to retire after 19 seasons, and he met with Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and owner Larry Miller to tell them.

"I think I'm finished," Stockton said Friday. "I informed those guys and that's the direction I'm headed. I just said, 'I think it's time to move on."'

The 41-year-old point guard's 15,806 assists and 3,265 steals both rank first in league history.

http://sports.iwon.com/news/05022003/v9087.html

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JoeF

There is a thread in the main NBA forum
http://www.basketballboards.net/foru...threadid=28240

I put there as soon as I heard it on the radio. The Jazz's local station was covering the team's lockler clean out day and Stockton announced it in the press conference.

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Petey

The NBA will miss a good guy. A guy who came to play hard, who was a role model, a guy who didn't cuss or do anything retarded on the court. I hope this guy finds alot of happiness now that his career is over.

-Petey

loyalty4life

That's too bad. We'll never see a person like him for a long time...

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