Bobby Jackson
Jackson in 2015
Philadelphia 76ers
PositionNBA
LeagueAssistant coach
Personal information
Born (1973-03-13) March 13, 1973 (age 50)
East Spencer, North Carolina, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career information
High schoolSalisbury
(Salisbury, North Carolina)
College
NBA draft1997: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career1997–2009
PositionPoint guard
Number13, 24, 8
Coaching career2011–present
Career history
As player:
1997–1998Denver Nuggets
1999–2000Minnesota Timberwolves
2000–2005Sacramento Kings
2005–2006Memphis Grizzlies
2006–2008New Orleans Hornets[a]
2008Houston Rockets
2008–2009Sacramento Kings
As coach:
2011–2013Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2021–2023Stockton Kings
2023–presentPhiladelphia 76ers (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
*Selection later vacated
Career NBA statistics
Points7,344 (9.7 ppg)
Rebounds2,347 (3.1 rpg)
Assists1,945 (2.6 apg)
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at NBA.com
Stats Edit this at Wikidata at Basketball-Reference.com

Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973) is an American professional basketball 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, played for several teams over six seasons, from 1997 to 2009.

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
  GP Games 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

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1997–98 Denver 68 53 30.0 .392 .259 .814 4.4 4.7 1.5 .2 11.6
1998–99 Minnesota 50* 12 18.8 .405 .370 .772 2.7 3.3 .8 .1 7.1
1999–00 Minnesota 73 10 14.2 .405 .283 .776 2.1 2.4 .7 .1 5.1
2000–01 Sacramento 79 7 20.9 .439 .375 .739 3.1 2.0 1.1 .1 7.2
2001–02 Sacramento 81 3 21.6 .443 .361 .810 3.1 2.0 .9 .1 11.1
2002–03 Sacramento 59 26 28.4 .464 .379 .846 3.7 3.1 1.2 .1 15.2
2003–04 Sacramento 50 0 23.7 .444 .370 .752 3.5 2.1 1.0 .2 13.8
2004–05 Sacramento 25 0 21.4 .427 .344 .862 3.4 2.4 .6 .1 12.0
2005–06 Memphis 71 15 25.0 .382 .389 .733 3.1 2.7 .9 .0 11.4
2006–07 NO/Oklahoma City 56 2 23.8 .394 .327 .774 3.2 2.5 .9 .1 10.6
2007–08 New Orleans 46 0 19.4 .392 .368 .816 2.4 1.7 .7 .1 7.1
2007–08 Houston 26 5 19.2 .419 .341 .750 2.7 2.4 .5 .1 8.8
2008–09 Sacramento 71 10 20.9 .398 .305 .851 2.8 2.0 .9 .1 7.5
Career 755 143 22.2 .417 .354 .793 3.1 2.6 .9 .0 9.7

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1999 Minnesota 4 0 6.8 .200 .000 .000 1.0 .5 .0 .0 1.0
2000 Minnesota 3 0 10.0 .500 .333 1.000 1.7 1.3 .7 .3 5.0
2001 Sacramento 8 0 22.8 .438 .286 .714 3.3 2.3 1.0 .0 7.0
2002 Sacramento 16 1 23.4 .445 .256 .791 3.3 2.0 .9 .2 10.9
2003 Sacramento 12 0 27.6 .457 .349 .886 4.5 3.3 1.0 .1 14.3
2005 Sacramento 5 0 15.8 .270 .167 1.000 1.2 1.8 .2 .2 5.2
2006 Memphis 4 0 25.0 .414 .364 .714 2.0 1.3 .3 .0 8.3
2008 Houston 6 2 23.0 .286 .208 .636 1.7 1.5 .8 .0 8.7
Career 58 3 21.7 .405 .270 .807 2.8 2.1 .7 .1 9.2

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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