Stephen Jackson

Nationality: USA
Date of Birth: 5/04/78
Place of Birth: Houston, Texas (USA)
Position: G/F
Height (CM): 203
Weight (KG): 100
Junior Assoc: None
College: Butler CC (1996–1997)

NBL DEBUT: 1/02/98
AGE AT DEBUT: 19
LAST NBL GAME: 20/02/98
AGE AT LAST GAME: 19
NBL History: Sydney 1998
Championships: 0
None

NICKNAME/S: Cap’n Jack, Stack Jack

BIO: Stephen Jackson was born in Houston, Texas (USA).

NBL EXPERIENCE

Stephen Jackson made his NBL debut with the Sydney Kings at 19 years of age. He went scoreless in his first NBL game.

After a single season in the NBA, Heal returned to the Kings in 1998. With two years remaining on his NBA deal, Heal left Minnesota, citing the lack of playing time behind Stephon Marbury, disliking the cold weather and suffering a calf injury the week before the opening round, which would require him to earn his way back into the rotation and returned to Australia.

Since Heal’s departure in 1996, the team had undergone a number of changes. Bill Tomlinson replaced coach Alan Black, imports Melvin Thomas and Isaac Burton were replaced by Matt Nover, a former NCAA Final Four centre better known as ‘Ricky Roe’ from the movie Blue Chips and a 19-year-old forward named Stephen Jackson, who became the youngest import signing in NBL history.

Jackson had been the leading scorer in the 1996 McDonald’s All-American Game on a team that included future NBA All-Stars Kobe Bryant, Jermaine O’Neal and Richard Hamilton. He’d been headed to the University of Arizona but was ruled academically ineligible, throwing him into the ’97 NBA Draft (while the Wildcat’s won the NCAA title without him), where Phoenix selected him in the second round. He failed to make the Suns roster and, instead, chose to play his first year as a pro in Australia.

The Kings had built themselves around a young core of Aussie talent, which included Aaron Trahair, Matthew Nielsen, Stephen Whitehead and Scott McGregor.

Nover (7.7 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 0.9 assists) and Jackson (6.0 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 1 assist) got off to rocky starts, combing for a total of 36 points across the team’s first three games. Jackson, who would later average 20+ points per game across numerous seasons in the NBA, had become the first import in NBL history to go scoreless in his debut game. Nonetheless, the Kings were rolling, with wins over Canberra, Newcastle and Melbourne firing them to a undefeated start.

In Round 3, the team travelled to Adelaide looking to keep their steak alive when, late in the third quarter, disaster struck for Jackson. Attempting to block 36ers’ star Kevin Brooks, Jackson landed awkwardly, broke his foot and would miss the remainder of the season.

In round 6, even with Aaron Trahair dropping 40 points on 13 of 16 shooting, the Kings lost to Wollongong (99-108) and shortly after released Nover. Former King Dave Simmons, who had been released by Newcastle, and former Sacramento King’s big man Evers Burns were signed as import replacements.

After six games, Simmons (6.5 points and 6.3 rebounds) was released as the Kings made room to sign former North Carolina State point guard Kelsey Weems and allow Shane Heal and Aaron Trahair to play more minutes at shooting guard.

Through the multiple import changes and roster juggling, the Kings dropped ten of their next twelve games, missed the playoffs and finished in the tenth spot (12-18). Heal (20.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 6.7 assists) would lead the team in scoring while rising star Nielsen continued to improve, boosting his numbers from 9.9 points and 4.9 rebounds in 27 minutes per game to 16.4 points and 8.3 rebounds in 34 minutes per game. During their short NBL stints, Weems (20.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.5 steals) filled the stat sheet during his 12 games, while Burns (16.5 points and 9.4 rebounds) on the other hand, wasn’t quite the player he was in the NBA. Jackson went on to play 858 NBA games, winning a championship with San Antonio in 2003.

Stephen Jackson played one season in the NBL. He averaged 6 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 1 assists in 4 NBL games.

NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1998	20	Sydney	13-17 (8)	4	47.0	24	2	4	1	1	2	0	3	7	10	19	53%	1	6	17%	3	6	50%	55%	55%	10
Totals				4	47	24	2	4	1	1	2	0	3	7	10	19	52.6%	1	6	16.7%	3	6	50.0%	55%	55%	10

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	BLK	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
1998	20	Sydney	13-17 (8)	4	11.8	6.0	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.8	53%	0.3	1.5	17%	0.8	1.5	50%	55%	55%	10
Total				4	11.8	6.0	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8	2.5	4.8	52.6%	0.1		16.7%	0.3	1.5	50.0%	55%	55%	10

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
10	2	3	1	0	1	0

NBA EXPERIENCE

Stephen Jackson was drafted by the Phoenix Suns with pick #42 in the 1997 NBA Draft.

Across a stellar 14-year career, ‘Captain Jack’ would play 930 NBA games with a career scoring average of 15 points per game, spending time with the New Jersey Nets, Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Milwaukee Bucks, Charlotte Bobcats, San Antonio Spurs, and Los Angeles Clippers. He was a key member of San Antonio’s 2003 championship team and, was involved in the Pacers "Malice in the Palace in 2004 and helped drive the “We Believe” Warriors to the greatest upset in NBA history in 2007 before somehow leading a Charlotte Bobcats team with very little talent to the Playoffs in 2010.

Jackson played 858 games in the NBA. He averaged 15.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 3.1 assists per game over his NBA career.

NBA TRANSACTIONS:

- June 25, 1997: Drafted by the Phoenix Suns in the 2nd round (42nd pick) of the 1997 NBA Draft.
- October 30, 1997: Waived by the Phoenix Suns.
- October 4, 1999: Signed as a free agent with the Vancouver Grizzlies.
- October 28, 1999: Waived by the Vancouver Grizzlies.
- October 2, 2000: Signed as a free agent with the New Jersey Nets.
- August 2, 2001: Signed as a free agent with the San Antonio Spurs.
- October 3, 2003: Signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Hawks.
- July 15, 2004: Traded by the Atlanta Hawks to the Indiana Pacers for Al Harrington.
- January 16, 2007: Traded by the Indiana Pacers with Al Harrington, Šarūnas Jasikevičius and Josh Powell to the Golden State Warriors for Ike Diogu, Mike Dunleavy, Keith McLeod and Troy Murphy.
- November 16, 2009: Traded by the Golden State Warriors with Acie Law to the Charlotte Bobcats for Raja Bell and Vladimir Radmanović.
- June 23, 2011: As part of a 3-team trade, traded by the Charlotte Bobcats with Tobias Harris and Shaun Livingston to the Milwaukee Bucks; the Milwaukee Bucks traded Corey Maggette to the Charlotte Bobcats; the Milwaukee Bucks traded Jimmer Fredette and John Salmons to the Sacramento Kings; the Sacramento Kings traded Bismack Biyombo to the Charlotte Bobcats; and the Sacramento Kings traded Beno Udrih to the Milwaukee Bucks.
- March 13, 2012: Traded by the Milwaukee Bucks with Andrew Bogut to the Golden State Warriors for Kwame Brown, Monta Ellis and Ekpe Udoh.
- March 15, 2012: Traded by the Golden State Warriors to the San Antonio Spurs for T. J.
- Ford, Richard Jefferson and a 2012 1st round draft pick (Festus Ezeli was later selected).
- April 12, 2013: Waived by the San Antonio Spurs.
- December 10, 2013: Signed as a free agent with the Los Angeles Clippers.
- January 7, 2014: Waived by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	52%	55%	57%	0%
2	0	10	3	1	0
Total						10	19	52.6%	1	6	16.7%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2013-14	35	LA Clippers	SF	9	0	107	15	10	5	2	8	6	1	6	11	6	26	23%	1	14	7%	2	4	50%	27%	25%
2012-13	34	San Antonio	SF	55	6	1075	341	155	80	22	133	37	14	77	89	123	330	37%	46	170	27%	49	70	70%	47%	44%
2011-12	33	Milwaukee	SF	26	13	712	274	82	77	16	66	26	6	66	61	97	272	36%	30	108	28%	50	60	83%	46%	41%
2011-12	33	San Antonio	SF	21	1	500	187	81	41	6	75	28	7	37	38	62	153	41%	19	62	31%	44	54	81%	53%	47%
2010-11	32	Charlotte	SG	67	67	2405	1240	304	241	53	251	80	28	209	161	435	1059	41%	121	359	34%	249	305	82%	52%	47%
2009-10	31	Charlotte	SG	72	72	2829	1518	366	258	72	294	118	37	233	181	544	1285	42%	118	353	33%	312	397	79%	52%	47%
2009-10	31	Golden State	PF	9	9	300	149	35	42	6	29	14	6	26	16	56	133	42%	11	40	28%	26	37	70%	50%	46%
2008-09	30	Golden State	SF	59	59	2339	1223	303	381	70	233	88	31	229	153	413	997	41%	103	305	34%	294	356	83%	53%	47%
2007-08	29	Golden State	SF	73	73	2855	1466	318	300	67	251	92	29	197	171	488	1204	41%	182	501	36%	308	370	83%	54%	48%
2006-07	28	Golden State	SF	38	37	1293	640	127	173	44	83	51	14	102	113	229	514	45%	59	173	34%	123	153	80%	55%	50%
2006-07	28	Indiana	SG	37	32	1186	521	95	114	17	78	33	20	81	87	180	430	42%	41	138	30%	120	146	82%	53%	47%
2005-06	27	Indiana	SG	81	81	2910	1329	312	225	48	264	104	43	203	195	472	1148	41%	117	339	35%	268	341	79%	51%	46%
2004-05	26	Indiana	SF	51	49	1806	953	250	119	44	206	64	14	123	154	330	819	40%	103	286	36%	190	229	83%	52%	47%
2003-04	25	Atlanta	SF	80	78	2940	1450	370	244	97	273	142	20	223	216	536	1261		145	427		233	297		52%	48%
2002-03	24	San Antonio	SG	80	58	2254	946	286	183	66	220	125	30	176	202	356	818		95	297		139	183		53%	49%
2001-02	23	San Antonio	SF	23	1	227	89	26	11	3	23	15	3	23	29	34	91		9	36		12	17		45%	42%
2000-01	22	New Jersey	SF	77	40	1660	635	208	140	41	167	86	14	130	166	243	572		52	155		97	135		50%	47%
Total				858	676	27398	12976	3328	2634	674	2654	1109	317	2141	2043	4604	11112	41%	1252	3763	33%	2516	3154	80%

NBA PER GAME STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2013-14	35	LA Clippers	SF	9	0	11.9	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.9	0.7	0.1	0.7	1.2	0.7	2.9	23%	0.1	1.6	7%	0.2	0.4	50%	27%	25%
2012-13	34	San Antonio	SF	55	6	19.5	6.2	2.8	1.5	0.4	2.4	0.7	0.3	1.4	1.6	2.2	6.0	37%	0.8	3.1	27%	0.9	1.3	70%	47%	44%
2011-12	33	Milwaukee	SF	26	13	27.4	10.5	3.2	3.0	0.6	2.5	1.0	0.2	2.5	2.3	3.7	10.5	36%	1.2	4.2	28%	1.9	2.3	83%	46%	41%
2011-12	33	San Antonio	SF	21	1	23.8	8.9	3.9	2.0	0.3	3.6	1.3	0.3	1.8	1.8	3.0	7.3	41%	0.9	3.0	31%	2.1	2.6	81%	53%	47%
2010-11	32	Charlotte	SG	67	67	35.9	18.5	4.5	3.6	0.8	3.7	1.2	0.4	3.1	2.4	6.5	15.8	41%	1.8	5.4	34%	3.7	4.6	82%	52%	47%
2009-10	31	Charlotte	SG	72	72	39.3	21.1	5.1	3.6	1.0	4.1	1.6	0.5	3.2	2.5	7.6	17.8	42%	1.6	4.9	33%	4.3	5.5	79%	52%	47%
2009-10	31	Golden State	PF	9	9	33.3	16.6	3.9	4.7	0.7	3.2	1.6	0.7	2.9	1.8	6.2	14.8	42%	1.2	4.4	28%	2.9	4.1	70%	50%	46%
2008-09	30	Golden State	SF	59	59	39.6	20.7	5.1	6.5	1.2	3.9	1.5	0.5	3.9	2.6	7.0	16.9	41%	1.7	5.2	34%	5.0	6.0	83%	53%	47%
2007-08	29	Golden State	SF	73	73	39.1	20.1	4.4	4.1	0.9	3.4	1.3	0.4	2.7	2.3	6.7	16.5	41%	2.5	6.9	36%	4.2	5.1	83%	54%	48%
2006-07	28	Golden State	SF	38	37	34.0	16.8	3.3	4.6	1.2	2.2	1.3	0.4	2.7	3.0	6.0	13.5	45%	1.6	4.6	34%	3.2	4.0	80%	55%	50%
2006-07	28	Indiana	SG	37	32	32.1	14.1	2.6	3.1	0.5	2.1	0.9	0.5	2.2	2.4	4.9	11.6	42%	1.1	3.7	30%	3.2	3.9	82%	53%	47%
2005-06	27	Indiana	SG	81	81	35.9	16.4	3.9	2.8	0.6	3.3	1.3	0.5	2.5	2.4	5.8	14.2	41%	1.4	4.2	35%	3.3	4.2	79%	51%	46%
2004-05	26	Indiana	SF	51	49	35.4	18.7	4.9	2.3	0.9	4.0	1.3	0.3	2.4	3.0	6.5	16.1	40%	2.0	5.6	36%	3.7	4.5	83%	52%	47%
2003-04	25	Atlanta	SF	80	78	36.8	18.1	4.6	3.1	1.2	3.4	1.8	0.3	2.8	2.7	6.7	15.8	43%	1.8	5.3		2.9	3.7		52%	48%
2002-03	24	San Antonio	SG	80	58	28.2	11.8	3.6	2.3	0.8	2.8	1.6	0.4	2.2	2.5	4.5	10.2	44%	1.2	3.7		1.7	2.3		53%	49%
2001-02	23	San Antonio	SF	23	1	9.9	3.9	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.0	0.7	0.1	1.0	1.3	1.5	4.0	37%	0.4	1.6		0.5	0.7		45%	42%
2000-01	22	New Jersey	SF	77	40	21.6	8.2	2.7	1.8	0.5	2.2	1.1	0.2	1.7	2.2	3.2	7.4	42%	0.7	2.0		1.3	1.8		50%	47%
Total				858	676	31.9	15.1	3.9	3.1	0.8	3.1	1.3	0.4	2.5	2.4	5.4	13.0	41%	1.5	4.4	33%	2.9	3.7	80%

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Venezuela - Marinos de Anzoátegui (1999, 2000) | Dominican Republic - San Carlos (2000), Pueblo Nuevo (2000)

Jackson joined Marinos de Anzoátegui for the 1999 Liga Especial de Baloncesto season, playing his first season in Venezuela, and he appeared in 48 games while averaging 22.8 points, 3.9 assists, and 3.0 steals per game, finishing third in the league in scoring and second in three-point percentage at 42.6%.

Jackson returned to Venezuela with Marinos during the spring of 2000 before moving to the Dominican Republic in 2000, where he played for San Carlos and then Pueblo Nuevo during the spring and summer portion of the year.

COLLEGE

Jackson played college basketball at Butler County Community College during the 1996-97 season, but he did not appear in any games there after being ruled academically ineligible, and he left the junior college route without recording official college statistics.

He initially planned to play Division I basketball at Arizona, but academic eligibility issues redirected him to Butler CC in El Dorado, Kansas, where he enrolled for the 1996-97 year and was on campus for a semester while the basketball season was underway.

Because he was deemed ineligible, Jackson’s 1996-97 college line is reflected as “did not play,” with no NJCAA game totals available for points, rebounds, assists, or shooting splits, and his college basketball record is effectively limited to attendance and roster association rather than on-court production.

Jackson’s college timeline ended quickly after that ineligibility ruling, and he moved directly toward the professional path ahead of the 1997 NBA Draft.

AWARDS

- McDonald's All-American (1996)
- NBA champion (2003)

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