“I think a lot of things have been aligning in my life, and I feel like this is a great opportunity and I’m just stoked to be here,” Jackson said. “But it was a pretty easy decision, you know? They were happy to have me, and I’m super excited to be here.”
Former Lone Peak High School standout Frank Jackson has returned to his home state, joining the Utah Jazz organization — albeit with their G League affiliate — in a bid to get back into the NBA.
“Just to be back, it feels comfortable, but it’s definitely new,” Jackson told The Salt Lake Tribune. “I feel like a new person. I feel like I’ve been through a lot of, you know, just life.”Arguably the most heralded high school basketball prospect ever in the state of Utah, Jackson left Duke University after his freshman season. He was drafted by the Hornets in 2017, but traded immediately to the Pelicans, then wound up missing his entire rookie season anyway with a foot injury.
Still, what some might view as a humbling demotion, he’s instead choosing to view as yet another chance. Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Lone Peak's Frank Jackson yells during the 5A boy's basketball tournament at the Huntsman Center at the University of Utah Thursday March 3, 2016. Copper Hills is winning the game 33-22 at halftime.
To this point, the 6-foot-3, 205-pound Jackson has mostly been only a scorer, and not a particularly efficient one at that. For his career, he’s averaging just 1.0 assists per game, and only 2.1 assists per 36 minutes. By focusing attention on the guard’s ability to make reads in the paint, Morrison said the Stars aim to show “that he can play the point guard position full-time if that’s what a team needs.
Notwithstanding those areas where there’s room to improve, there’s actually quite a lot about Jackson that Stars and Jazz personnel see as worth investing in.
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