Joe Jackson (basketball)
| Free agent | |
|---|---|
| Position | Point guard |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
February 8, 1992 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Listed height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Listed weight | 171 lb (78 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | White Station (Memphis, Tennessee) |
| College | Memphis (2010–2014) |
| NBA draft | 2014 / Undrafted |
| Playing career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| 2014–2015 | Bakersfield Jam |
| 2015–2016 | Goyang Orion Orions |
| 2016 | Luoyang Zhonghe |
| 2016 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Joseph Nathaniel Jackson (born February 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for the University of Memphis where he was named the 2013 Conference USA Player of the Year.
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.
Jackson was a consensus top 15 recruit coming out of White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee. As a senior in 2009–10, he averaged 29.3 points, 6.2 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game. 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. 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. In the 2010 McDonald's All-American Game, Jackson recorded two points, two assists and one rebound in 12 minutes of playing time.
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 – 9.9 points and 3.1 assists in 2010–11 followed by 11.0 points and 3.8 assists in 2011–12. The Tigers won the Conference USA Tournament his freshman year, then won both the regular season and conference tournament championships in his sophomore campaign. Jackson was named the MVP for both the 2011 and the 2012 Conference Tournaments.
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