Joe Jackson (basketball)

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Joe Jackson
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Personal information
Born (1992-02-08) February 8, 1992 (age 32)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight171 lb (78 kg)
Career information
High school White Station (Memphis, Tennessee)
College Memphis (2010–2014)
NBA draft 2014: undrafted
Playing career2014–2017
Position Point guard
Career history
2014–2015 Bakersfield Jam
2015–2016 Goyang Orion Orions
2016Luoyang Zhonghe
2016 Maccabi Rishon LeZion
2017 Northern Arizona Suns
Career highlights and awards
Stats   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg at Basketball-Reference.com

Joseph Nathaniel Jackson (born February 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis where he was named the 2013 Conference USA Player of the Year.

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Early life

Jackson was born in Memphis, Tennessee to parents Lachaundra Jackson and Joseph Burns. Due to his parents struggles financially and living in a difficult area where Jackson was constantly getting into trouble and not attending school, he and his two younger sisters moved in with his grandmother, Lillie Cox. As a seventh grader, Jackson was rarely attending school, but after moving in with his grandmother, his life began to turn around during eight grade. [1]

High school career

Jackson was a consensus top 15 recruit coming out of White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee. [2] As a senior in 2009–10, he averaged 29.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game. [2] He also finished his four-year prep career having scored 3,451 points (23.2 per game) and amassed the second-highest points total in the history of Shelby-Metro area high school basketball. [2] Jackson was named the 2009–10 Tennessee Mr. Basketball for Class AAA; he was also named a McDonald's High School All-American as well as a first-team Parade All-American. [2] In the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game, Jackson recorded two points, two assists and one rebound in 12 minutes of playing time. [2]

College career

Jackson struggled to adapt to the pace and size of college basketball in his freshman season and through the midpoint of his sophomore season despite his solid statistics [3] – 9.9 points and 3.1 assists in 2010–11 followed by 11.0 points and 3.8 assists in 2011–12. [4] The Tigers won the Conference USA tournament his freshman year, then won both the regular season and conference tournament championships in his sophomore campaign. [2] Jackson was named the MVP for both the 2011 and the 2012 Conference tournaments. [2]

In 2012–13, his junior season, Jackson averaged 13.6 points, 4.8 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals for a Memphis team that went undefeated in conference play (16–0), qualified for the 2013 NCAA tournament as the number six seed (advancing to the Round of 32) and finished with an overall record of 31–5. [4] He surpassed the 1,000-point mark for his career, [4] was an All-Conference First Team selection and was honored as the Conference USA Player of the Year. [5]

On February 13, 2014, he was named one of the 30 finalists for Naismith College Player of the Year award. [6]

Professional career

After going undrafted in the 2014 NBA draft, Jackson joined the Memphis Grizzlies for the 2014 NBA Summer League. [7] On September 26, 2014, he signed with the Phoenix Suns. [8] However, he was later waived by the Suns on October 14, 2014. [9] On November 2, 2014, he was acquired by the Bakersfield Jam as an affiliate player. [10] On April 16, 2015, he was named the D-League's Most Improved Player for the 2014–15 season after improving from 6.0 points per game during December to 17.7 points per game during March. [11] On the season, he averaged 13.9 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.5 steals in 38 games.

In July 2015, Jackson was selected with the 14th pick of the 2015 KBL draft by the Goyang Orion Orions, signing with them afterwards. [12] [13] As a rookie in the 2015–16 KBL season, Jackson mostly came off the bench behind another American player Aaron Haynes who is a veteran scorer in KBL. Initially, Jackson played limited minutes, but as the season continued, he began to see some more playing time. By the end of the season, he averaged 18.56 minutes a game (PPG 14.4, APG 4.4). His team advanced to the KBL finals in the playoffs against Jeonju KCC Egis (regular season champions), and won the championship.

On May 23, 2016, Jackson signed with Chinese club Luoyang Zhonghe for the 2016 NBL season. [14] On August 16, 2016, Jackson signed with Israeli club Maccabi Rishon LeZion. [15] He was released by Maccabi after appearing in only two games.

On February 27, 2017, Jackson signed with the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA Development League. [16] [17]

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  1. ↑ Jackson stays close to home for college
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "1 Joe Jackson". Men's Basketball. University of Memphis. 2012. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ DeCourcy, Mike (November 5, 2012). "Joe Jackson is finally feeling at home at Memphis". Sporting News online. Sports News LLC. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Joe Jackson Stats". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2013. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Joe Jackson Named C-USA Player Of The Year". Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. March 13, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
  6. ↑ "2013-14 Men's Naismith Trophy Midseason 30". Naismith Awards. February 13, 2014. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  7. ↑ Memphis Grizzlies announce 2014 Orlando Pro Summer League roster
  8. ↑ Suns Sign Barron, Jackson, Prather, Wilson
  9. ↑ Suns Waive Jackson, Prather, Wilson
  10. ↑ Bakersfield Jam Announce 2014-15 Training Camp Roster Archived 2015-11-07 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ Joe Jackson Named 2015 NBA Development League Most Improved Player
  12. ↑ BREAKING DOWN THE 2015 KOREAN BASKETBALL LEAGUE DRAFT: EURO PERSPECTIVE
  13. ↑ Former Memphis Tigers guard Joe Jackson headed to Korea
  14. ↑ Josh Powell and Joe Jackson sign with Luoyang
  15. ↑ Maccabi Rishon LeZion inks Joe Jackson and Javon McCrea
  16. ↑ "NBA D-League Transactions". NBA.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  17. ↑ @ChrisReichert (February 27, 2017). "Joe Jackson is returning to the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA D-League" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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