Bobby Jackson

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Bobby Jackson
Bobby Jackson Kings.jpg
Jackson in 2015
Philadelphia 76ers
PositionAssistant coach
League NBA
Personal information
Born (1973-03-13) March 13, 1973 (age 51)
East Spencer, North Carolina, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High school Salisbury
(Salisbury, North Carolina)
College
NBA draft 1997: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career1997–2009
Position Point guard
Number13, 24, 8
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1998 Denver Nuggets
1998–2000 Minnesota Timberwolves
2000–2005 Sacramento Kings
2005–2006 Memphis Grizzlies
2006–2008 New Orleans Hornets [a]
2008 Houston Rockets
2008–2009 Sacramento Kings
As coach:
2011–2013 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2021–2023 Stockton Kings
2023–present Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
*Selection later vacated
Career NBA statistics
Points 7,344 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds 2,347 (3.1 rpg)
Assists 1,945 (2.6 apg)
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Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973) is an American professional basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for Western Nebraska Community College and the University of Minnesota. In the NBA, he played for several teams over twelve seasons, from 1997 to 2009.

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Playing career

Collegiate

Jackson graduated from Salisbury High School in 1992. [1] He attended Western Nebraska Community College and later the University of Minnesota. As a Golden Gopher, Bobby Jackson led Minnesota to the Final Four, where they lost to the Kentucky Wildcats.

Professional

Jackson was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 23rd pick in the 1997 NBA draft. He was traded to the Denver Nuggets prior to his rookie season where he played 68 games before moving on to a more familiar place in Minnesota where he donned a Timberwolves jersey for two seasons.

He is perhaps best known for his years in Sacramento when he played for the Kings from 2000 to 2005, where he was known as "Action Jackson" and was a crowd favorite. In the 2002 NBA Playoffs, after he and his team finished with a 61–21 regular season record, Jackson and the Kings came within one game of making the NBA Finals, eliminated controversially by the Los Angeles Lakers. [2] During the 2002-03 NBA season, Jackson averaged a career-best 15.2 points per game on the way to being named the Sixth Man of the Year. Jackson suffered an abdominal strain early in the 2004–05 season that forced him to miss 51 games. The following season, he was traded to the Memphis Grizzlies for Bonzi Wells. [3]

On July 29, 2008, it was reported that Jackson would be traded by the Rockets back to the Sacramento Kings along with Donté Greene, a 2009 first round draft pick and cash consideration in exchange for Ron Artest (now Metta World Peace). [4] The trade was completed on August 14, due to Greene's rookie contract signing on July 14. [5]

Jackson retired from the NBA on October 24, 2009. [6]

Coaching career

Jackson became an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings. [7] On June 5, 2013, new Kings coach Michael Malone announced that the 2012–13 assistant coaches would not be retained for the 2013–14 season. [8]

On September 9, 2013, Jackson was hired by the Minnesota Timberwolves as a player development coach. [9]

In 2021, Jackson was named the head coach of the Stockton Kings in the NBA G League. [10]

On September 5, 2023, Jackson became an assistant coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. [11]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage 3P%  3-point field goal percentage FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game Bold Career high
 * Led the league

Regular season

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1997–98 Denver 685330.0.392.259.8144.44.71.5.211.6
1998–99 Minnesota 50*1218.8.405.370.7722.73.3.8.17.1
1999–00 Minnesota 731014.2.405.283.7762.12.4.7.15.1
2000–01 Sacramento 79720.9.439.375.7393.12.01.1.17.2
2001–02 Sacramento 81321.6.443.361.8103.12.0.9.111.1
2002–03 Sacramento 592628.4.464.379.8463.73.11.2.115.2
2003–04 Sacramento 50023.7.444.370.7523.52.11.0.213.8
2004–05 Sacramento 25021.4.427.344.8623.42.4.6.112.0
2005–06 Memphis 711525.0.382.389.7333.12.7.9.011.4
2006–07 NO/Oklahoma City 56223.8.394.327.7743.22.5.9.110.6
2007–08 New Orleans 46019.4.392.368.8162.41.7.7.17.1
Houston 26519.2.419.341.7502.72.4.5.18.8
2008–09 Sacramento 711020.9.398.305.8512.82.0.9.17.5
Career75514322.2.417.354.7933.12.6.9.09.7

Playoffs

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG
1999 Minnesota 406.8.200.000.0001.0.5.0.01.0
2000 Minnesota 3010.0.500.3331.0001.71.3.7.35.0
2001 Sacramento 8022.8.438.286.7143.32.31.0.07.0
2002 Sacramento 16123.4.445.256.7913.32.0.9.210.9
2003 Sacramento 12027.6.457.349.8864.53.31.0.114.3
2005 Sacramento 5015.8.270.1671.0001.21.8.2.25.2
2006 Memphis 4025.0.414.364.7142.01.3.3.08.3
2008 Houston 6223.0.286.208.6361.71.5.8.08.7
Career58321.7.405.270.8072.82.1.7.19.2

Notes

  1. ↑ During the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons, the team was known as the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets during their temporary relocation to Oklahoma City due to Hurricane Katrina.

References

  1. ↑ Gallagher, Ronnie (July 13, 2001). "NBA star Bobby Jackson comes back for old friends, good hoops". Salisbury Post. Archived from the original on October 7, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Kings 'robbed' in 2002 Western Conference finals, Tim Donaghy claims"
  3. ↑ https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jacksbo01.html "Bobby Jackson Transactions"
  4. ↑ Stein, Marc (July 30, 2008). "Rockets agree to send pick, Greene, Jackson to Kings for Artest".
  5. ↑ "KINGS ACQUIRE DONTÉ GREENE, BOBBY JACKSON AND A FUTURE FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK FROM HOUSTON". NBA.com . Retrieved August 14, 2008.
  6. ↑ Former Kings guard Bobby Jackson calls it a career
  7. ↑ Keith Smart, Bobby Jackson join Kings
  8. ↑ "Mike Malone tells assistant Kings coaches they will not be retained". Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Wolves hire Jackson, promote David Adelman". NBA.com . Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Stockton Kings Name Bobby Jackson Head Coach". OurSports Central. May 27, 2021.
  11. ↑ "2023-24 Coaching Staff Announced". NBA.com. September 5, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
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