Aaron Jackson (basketball)
| No. 9 – CSKA Moscow | |
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| Position | Point guard / Shooting guard |
| League |
VTB United League EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
May 6, 1986 Hartford, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school |
Northwest Catholic (West Hartford, Connecticut) Worcester Academy (Worcester, Massachusetts) |
| College | Duquesne (2005–2009) |
| NBA draft | 2009 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2009–present |
| Career history | |
| 2009–2010 | Antalya BB |
| 2010 | Virtus Bologna |
| 2010–2012 | Bilbao Basket |
| 2012–present | CSKA Moscow |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Aaron Lee Jackson (born May 6, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for CSKA Moscow of the VTB United League and the EuroLeague. Standing at 190 cm (6 ft 3 in), he plays at the point guard and shooting guard positions.
He has played in Europe since finishing his collegiate career with Duquesne, earning plaudits for his play and achievements, notably for Bilbao Basket and CSKA Moscow.
Following two Connecticut state championships at local Northwest Catholic High School and a year at Worcester Academy prep school for his post-grad year, playing under coach Mo Cassara at the second, he was recruited by NCAA Division I program Duquesne of the Atlantic 10 Conference in April 2005.
At the time the basketball program was in the midst of one of its worst stretches ever, reaching 10 wins just twice in 11 years in repeating losing seasons, the 2005-06 season wouldn't reverse the trend, on the contrary as the 3-24 season was the worst in a 92 year history. Despite this, Jackson started 21 of 27 games and had comparatively good stats for a freshman (second on the team for assists and steals, third assist-to-turnover ratio in the conference).
Coach Danny Nee was fired and replaced by Ron Everhart, he would make sweeping changes to the roster, bringing in 10 new players whilst only keeping two from the previous team, including Jackson after a face to face meeting.
In a team shook by a campus shooting (see Duquesne shooting), Jackson was a leader for the team as a sophomore. Playing in all games - starting most - he was in the conference top-10 for assists (3.8pg) and steals (1.4pg) whilst adding 11 points and 5 rebounds on average as part of an improved collective 10-19 record. Aaron's junior season followed that trend, though he earned less minutes as per Everhart's rotation policy he led his team in minutes and assists, scoring in double figures and also posting 5+ rebounds 13 times (9ppg, 4rpg for the season) as the Dukes had their first winning season since 1994.
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