Bobby Jackson (born March 13, 1973) is an American professional

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coach and former player. He serves as the head coach of the Stockton Kings in the

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, the development affiliate of the

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of the

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(NBA).

Basketball career

Jackson graduated from Salisbury High School in 1992. He attended

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and the

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before being selected by the

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with the 23rd pick in the 1997 NBA draft. As a Golden Gopher, Bobby Jackson led Minnesota to the Final Four, where they lost to the Kentucky Wildcats. He was traded to the

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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

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. 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

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for

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. On July 29, 2008, it was reported that Jackson would be traded by the Rockets back to the

along with

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, a 2009 first round draft pick and cash consideration in exchange for

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). The trade was completed on August 14, due to Greene's rookie contract signing on July 14. Jackson retired on October 24, 2009. He later became an assistant coach for the

. 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. On September 9, 2013, Jackson was hired by the

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as a player development coach. In 2021, Jackson was named the head coach of the Stockton Kings in the

NBA career statistics

Regular season

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Playoffs

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, 12 , , 0 , , 27.6 , , .457 , , .349 , , .886 , , 4.5 , , 3.3 , , 1.0 , , .1 , , 14.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2005 , style="text-align:left;",

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, 4 , , 0 , , 25.0 , , .414 , , .364 , , .714 , , 2.0 , , 1.3 , , .3 , , .0 , , 8.3 , - , style="text-align:left;", 2008 , style="text-align:left;",

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Notes

References

External links

NBA biography of JacksonMinnesota Golden Gophers bio of JacksonClutchFans.net Bobby Jackson Profile
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