Recently, george floyd, a black man in the United States, was crushed to death by a white policeman, which caused a strong protest from people all over the United States and even the world, and people everywhere held protest demonstrations to denounce the problem of "racial discrimination" that has always existed in the United States. Former NBA star Steven Jackson, in this protest demonstration, once again showed his heroic feelings of inserting knives into his friends' ribs, and Jackson was sought after and praised by many netizens for a while. Let's take a look at Stephen Jackson today.
Like many black players in the NBA, Stephen Jackson was born into a single-parent family, and the lack of paternal love at an early age made Jackson's character very rebellious. In 1992, Jackson was admitted to Oak Hill High School, a basketball school (Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Durant, Lajan Rondo, etc.). In his high school career, Stephen Jackson practiced hard, in his senior year of high school he was already the best in the United States, and was selected to the National High School All-Team, in the 1996 McDonald's Rookie Game, Jackson's East Troops defeated Kobe Bryant's West Troops 120-105, this battle Jackson scored 21 points, becoming a big winner. Perhaps because of his excessive love of basketball, Jackson's academic performance was so poor that he missed the University of Arizona.
Jackson couldn't get into college because of his poor academic performance, so he chose to run in the NBA draft. In the 1997 NBA Draft, he was selected by the Suns with the 43rd pick in the second round, but because he had no college basketball experience, the Suns immediately abandoned him. After that, Jackson wandered around, just to be able to solve the problem of food and clothing. In the 2000-2001 season, Stephen Jackson joined the Nets at the invitation of Nets head coach Lawrence Frank and began his NBA career. In his rookie season, the old-fashioned Jackson averaged 21.6 minutes per game and was able to get a good number of 8.2 points, 2.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 steals, and he also established himself in the NBA.
In the 2001–2002 season, Jackson chose to join the Spurs, where he met his mentors Popovich and Duncan. In the Spurs' first season, he performed very badly, playing only 23 games and averaging only 3.9 points per game. However, under the tutelage of Popovich and Duncan, Jackson ushered in an outbreak in the second season, playing in 80 games, averaging 11.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game, and was the third scorer in the team. In the playoffs, he went further, averaging 12.8 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and helped the Spurs win the championship.
After helping the Spurs win the championship, Jackson briefly joined the Atlanta Hawks, the Hawks that season, he grew rapidly, averaging 18.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game, but the Eagles' record was too bad, and after the end of the season, Jackson decided to join the Pacers and form a luxurious championship-winning lineup with O'Neal Jr., Artest, Tinsley, and Reggie Miller. Unfortunately, not long before the season began, the "Auburn Hill Palace Incident" broke out, and Jackson beat up the fans involved for his teammate Artest, because of this move, Jackson was banned for 30 games, O'Neill Jr. was banned for 15 games, and Artest was banned for 73 games. Also because of this incident, the Pacers were seriously injured, losing 2-4 to the Pistons in the Eastern Conference semifinals, missing the finals, and Reggie Miller's championship dream was shattered. In the 2006-2007 season, Jackson was mired in a brawl and shooting scandal, and the Pacers could not stand Jackson's "thorn head", and in January 2007, Jackson was traded to the Golden State Warriors.
In the 2006-2007 season, Jackson, who joined the Warriors, played in 38 games, averaged 16.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, helping the Warriors achieve a record of 42 wins and 40 losses in the Eighth Western Conference, and in the playoffs, their opponent was the league's number one Mavericks, many people thought that the Mavericks would sweep the Warriors, but the Warriors gave everyone a loud slap. Led by Jackson and Barran Davis, the Warriors made the following mistakes, overturned the Mavericks with an aggregate score of 4-2, and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, creating a miracle that shocked the league's Black Eight. In six games against the Mavericks, Jackson averaged 22.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 2 steals per game, and in the crucial sixth game, he shot 7 of 8 three-pointers, scoring a game-high 33 points.
In November 2009, Jackson was traded to the Bobcats, and in the bobcats' two seasons, Jackson ushered in the peak of his career, averaging 21.1 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game in his first season, and helped the Bobcats achieve a record of 44 wins and 38 losses in the Seventh Place in the East, and the Bobcats also entered the playoffs for the first time in team history. On January 13, 2010, during the Bobcats' game against the Rockets, Jackson scored 43 points, setting a new record for his career high in a single game.
In June 2011, Jackson was traded to the Bucks, and the season he joined the Bucks, his form plummeted, averaging only 10.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 3 shots per game, and soon after he was traded to the Spurs, on April 13, 2013, the Spurs chose to cut Jackson due to personality reasons. Jackson joined the Clippers in December of the same year with a veteran base salary, but was cut not long after. On July 22, 2015, Jackson officially announced his retirement.
Jackson on the court often plays the role of "bad boy", but he is a good guy off the field. In 2005, hurricane Katrina raged, and Jackson hired two planes to take dozens of his relatives home for refuge. In 2009, Jackson funded the "Jackson College of Arts, Science and Technology" to enable children who dropped out of school early to return to school and learn skills. In May, after his good friend Floyd died and was crushed to death by the police, Jackson immediately took the lead in organizing a demonstration to get justice for Freud, not only that, he also found Freud's family and took the initiative to take care of Freud's daughter Gianna.
As a player, Stephen Jackson is a thorn in the head of the coach, but in life, he is a good person who can help others with what he can do, and now, he is a racist fighter. You remember some interesting stories about Jackson, welcome to leave a message to discuss!