Troy Jackson was an American basketball player. The younger brother of retired

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Mark Jackson Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965) is an American former professional basketball player. A point guard from St. John's University, he played for the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah ...

, he was a member of the AND1 Mixtape Tour, known by his streetball nickname "Escalade". Jackson was listed by AND1 at 6'10" and 375 pounds. Troy Jackson weighed close to as a senior at Hills East High School in

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, but his performances at Rucker Park caught the attention of Bill Hughley, coach of Wallace Community College in

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. Jackson enrolled at Wallace, and even though he continued to play at 500 pounds (or more), he received all-region honors as a sophomore. "People wonder how I played at 500-plus pounds. But to me it felt natural," he later said. Jackson's accomplishments in community college led to a scholarship offer from the University of Louisville, though the school demanded that he lose weight. Jackson complied, and by his senior year at Louisville, he had slimmed down to about after adhering to a strict diet. Jackson only played twenty games for Louisville over two years, averaging 3.0

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in a reserve role. However, he became well-known to basketball fans through the

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Mixtape Tour, a traveling

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exhibition which he joined in 2002. With the AND1 Tour, Jackson used the nickname Escalade, a reference to the

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SUV. His teammate Antwan "8th Wonder" Scott told the ''

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'', "He's a big guy, but he can entertain and he can seriously play." Jackson appeared on the cover of '' Sports Illustrated'' and was described as a "streetball legend" by the magazine ''

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''. April 7, 2008. Retrieved on June 28, 2008. Off the basketball court, Jackson worked as an advocate for

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prevention. He died in his sleep of hypertensive heart disease on February 20, 2011.Troy Jackson, Street Basketball Star, Is Dead at 38
'' New York Times''. February 25, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

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