Edwin Jackson (basketball)
Edwin Jackson (born September 18, 1989) is a French professional basketball player for LDLC ASVEL of the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. Standing at 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), he plays at the shooting guard position.
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| Position | Shooting guard |
| League | LNB Pro A EuroLeague |
| Personal information | |
| Born | September 18, 1989 Pau, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 200 lb (91 kg) |
| Career information | |
| NBA draft | 2011: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2007–present |
| Career history | |
| 2007–2014 | ASVEL |
| 2008–2009 | →Nanterre |
| 2009–2010 | →Rouen |
| 2014–2015 | Barcelona |
| 2015–2016 | Málaga |
| 2016–2017 | Estudiantes |
| 2017–2018 | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| 2018 | Barcelona |
| 2018–2019 | Budućnost |
| 2019–2020 | ASVEL |
| 2020 | →Estudiantes |
| 2020–2022 | Estudiantes |
| 2022 | Nanterre |
| 2022-2023 | Menorca |
| 2023–present | ASVEL |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
Professional career edit
Jackson played with ASVEL Lyon-Villeurbanne's youth team as a junior. He made thirty appearances for the club's senior team in the 2007–08 season, his first full season with the club.[1] He was later loaned to Pro-B team JSF Nanterre for the 2008–09 season and Pro-A team SPO Rouen Basket for the 2009–10 season. In the 2009–10 season, he averaged 10.7 points, 3 rebounds, and 1 steal per game. He was selected to the French League All-Star Game as a result of his performance.[2] He returned to ASVEL in 2010.[3]
Jackson initially declared as an early-entry candidate for the 2010 NBA draft before withdrawing his name from consideration. He eventually went undrafted in the 2011 NBA draft, due to auto-eligibility at age 22.
He won French Pro A MVP honors in 2013[4] and led the league in scoring, in the 2013–14 season (18.2 points per game).[5]
On 20 December 2014, Jackson moved to the Spanish League club FC Barcelona, where he signed for the remainder of the 2014–15 season.[6] On 8 July 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Spanish club Unicaja Málaga.[7]
On 15 August 2016, he signed a one-year deal with Estudiantes.[8]
On June 21, 2017, Jackson signed with the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association.[9] On January 5, 2018, Jackson was waived by the Guangdong Southern Tigers after the team lost 96-104 against Xinjiang Flying Tigers.[10] On January 29, 2018, he returned to FC Barcelona, signing a contract for the rest of the 2017–18 season.[11]
On June 13, 2018, Edwin signed a contract with Montenegrin club Budućnost Voli Podgorica.[12]
On June 28, 2019, he has signed 4-year deal with LDLC ASVEL of the LNB Pro A.[13]
On August 26, 2022, he has signed with Nanterre 92 of the LNB Pro A.[14]
National team career edit
French junior national team edit
Jackson played with the junior national teams of France at each level of junior basketball. He appeared for the team at the 2006 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Cup, and the 2008 and 2009 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championships.[15] In 2006, he helped the French Under-18 team to a gold medal; and followed that up with a bronze medal in the Under-19 World Cup the following year. In the 2009 European Under-20 tournament, Jackson scored a game-high 32 points in the gold medal game, although the French fell short, winning the silver medal.
French senior national team edit
Jackson was selected to the senior men's French national basketball team for the first time, at the 2010 FIBA World Championship. At only 20 years of age, he was the second youngest member of the French team at the tournament. He won a bronze medal at the 2014 FIBA World Cup.
Career statistics edit
| 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 | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
| Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague edit
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | Barcelona | 11 | 6 | 12.8 | .303 | .200 | .833 | 1.4 | 1.3 | .4 | .0 | 3.0 | 2.7 |
| 2015–16 | Unicaja | 24 | 10 | 20.1 | .392 | .328 | .857 | 1.4 | 2.5 | .2 | .0 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| 2017–18 | Barcelona | 9 | 2 | 14.6 | .457 | .455 | 1.000 | 1.9 | 1.2 | .8 | .0 | 4.6 | 5.3 |
| Career | 44 | 18 | 17.2 | .389 | .324 | .862 | 1.5 | 1.9 | .3 | .0 | 6.5 | 6.1 | |
Personal life edit
Edwin is the son of Skeeter Jackson, who was born in Louisiana, and played college basketball at Southwestern Oklahoma State University. He later played professionally in France, where he met Caroline, Edwin's mother. After receiving French citizenship, Skeeter Jackson had 41 caps with the senior French men's national team, between 1987 and 1989.[16]
References edit
- ^ Edwin Jackson Profile at nba.com
- ^ Profile at eurobasket.com
- ^ ASVEL Builds a French Future at europeanprospects.net
- ^ "Edwin Jackson MVP". FFBB. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ "Palmarès - Palmarès – LNB.fr". www.lnb.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
- ^ "El Barcelona confirma el fichaje del eléctrico Edwin Jackson". baloncesto.as.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ "Unicaja adds fire power with Jackson, Diez". Euroleague.net. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
- ^ Estudiantes signs Edwin Jackson
- ^ Edwin Jackson signs with Guangdong Southern Tigers
- ^ "三分球失准广东不敌新疆 小外援杰克逊赛后遭裁". 《信息时报》. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ "Edwin Jackson: quality and point scoring for Barça Lassa". fcbarcelona.com. 29 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Edwin Jackson in Buducnost Voli
- ^ Carchia, Emiliano (June 28, 2019). "Edwin Jackson signs with Asvel". Sportando. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
- ^ Skerletic, Dario (August 26, 2022). "Edwin Jackson returns to Nanterre 92". Sportando. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
- ^ . turkey2010.fiba.com. FIBA. Archived from the original on July 12, 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
- ^ . 2014-09-01. Archived from the original on 2016-09-12. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
External links edit
- Edwin Jackson on Twitter
- Edwin Jackson at aba-liga.com
- Edwin Jackson at draftexpress.com
- Edwin Jackson at eurobasket.com
- Edwin Jackson at euroleague.net
- Edwin Jackson at fiba.com