Luke Jackson
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Luke Ryan Jackson (born November 6, 1981 in Eugene, Oregon) is an American professional basketball player. He was selected tenth overall in the 2004 NBA Draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers, but has thus far spent most of his career on the injured list.
A four-year letterman in both basketball and baseball at Creswell High School, he was Oregon's Class AAA Basketball Player of the Year in 1998 and 2000. He averaged 24.2 points, 8.1 assists and 5.0 steals per game as a senior to help Creswell win the 2000 Oregon State Basketball Championship (Class AAA).
At the University of Oregon, he became only the second freshman in Pac-10 history to record a triple-double, and his two overall triple-doubles made him one of only four players in Pac-10 history to achieve that statistic more than once.
He was named to the Pac-10 All-Freshman Team in 2000–01, Pac-10 honorable mention in 2001–02, and All Pac-10 in 2002–03 and 2003–04. He became the only player in UO history to finish in the school's top-ten in scoring, rebounding, assists and steals.
On October 13, 2006, the Cleveland Cavaliers traded Jackson, along with an undisclosed amount of cash, to the Boston Celtics in return for center Dwayne Jones[1], but was waived before the 2006-07 season started on October 27. [2]
On December 19, 2006, Jackson signed with the Idaho Stampede of the National Basketball Association Development League. Jackson averaged 12.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 30.8 minutes in six games with the Stampede.
In January 2007, Jackson was signed to a 10-day contract by the Los Angeles Clippers.[3]
On March 25, 2007, Jackson was signed to a 10-day contract by the Toronto Raptors.[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Cavs trade Jackson to Celtics for center Jones. ESPN.com (2006-10-13). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Bulpett, Steve (2007-10-27). Luke out of luck with Celtics: Jackson among final cuts. BostonHerald.com. Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Clippers Sign Luke Jackson to 10-Day Contract (2007-01-08). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
- ^ Raptors Sign Luke Jackson to 10-Day Contract (2007-03-25). Retrieved on 2007-03-27.
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| 2004 NBA Draft | ||
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| First Round Dwight Howard | Emeka Okafor | Ben Gordon | Shaun Livingston | Devin Harris | Josh Childress | Luol Deng | Rafael Araújo | Andre Iguodala | Luke Jackson | Andris Biedriņš | Robert Swift | Sebastian Telfair | Kris Humphries | Al Jefferson | Kirk Snyder | Josh Smith | J.R. Smith | Dorell Wright | Jameer Nelson | Pavel Podkolzin | Viktor Khryapa | Sergei Monia | Delonte West | Tony Allen | Kevin Martin | Sasha Vujačić | Beno Udrih | David Harrison |
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| Second Round Anderson Varejão | Jackson Vroman | Peter John Ramos | Lionel Chalmers | Donta Smith | Andre Emmett | Antonio Burks | Royal Ivey | Chris Duhon | Albert Miralles | Justin Reed | David Young | Viktor Sanikidze | Trevor Ariza | Tim Pickett | Bernard Robinson | Ha Seung-Jin | Pape Sow | Ricky Minard | Sergei Lishouk | Vassilis Spanoulis | Christian Drejer | Romain Sato | Matt Freije | Rickey Paulding | Luis Flores | Marcus Douthit | Sergei Karaulov | Blake Stepp | Rashad Wright |
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