Darnell Jackson

Darnell Jackson is a 6’8” forward who plays for the NBA’s Milwaukee Bucks.

Jackson was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma but attended college in Lawrence, Kansas as a member of the Kansas Jayhawks With Kansas, Jackson played all four years, and after extremely limited action in his freshman season (Just 7.0 Minutes per game) he saw his playing time increase over the course of his college career. Jackson helped lead Kansas to four straight Big 12 regular season titles, and the 2008 National Title.

In the 2008 NBA Draft Jackson was selected in the second round by the Miami Heat. He was then promptly traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers for a 2nd round pick in the 2009 NBA Drafthttp://www.nba.com/playerfile/darnell_jackson/bio.html

After appearing in 51 games in 2008/09 for the Cavaliers he was used sparingly by Cleveland in 2009/10 and was eventually assigned to Erie of the NBADLhttp://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=02/24/10&type=news#darnell_jackson Cleveland later waived the rights to Jackson and the Milwaukee Bucks signed himhttp://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=03/25/10&type=news#darnell_jackson

Because Jackson was signed by the Milwaukee Bucks after March 2nd, he was not available to appear for them in the playoffs.

The 2009/10 season started out as his second playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jackson appeared in 28 games but was used very sparingly, averaging just over 4 minutes per game. Because of the small amount of playing time, Jackson did not manage to average even 1 point per game, and also came under the average of 1 in rebounds, assists, and blocked shots.

On February 9, 2009, Jackson was assigned to the Erie BayHawks of the NBA Developmental league and he was later waived by the Cavaliers when they needed roster space after re-signing Zydrunas Ilgauskashttp://www.nba.com/fantasy/fantasy_playernews.jsp?date=03/25/10&type=news#darnell_jackson

The Milwaukee Bucks signed Jackson after he was put on waivers on March 25th, 2010. Jackson appeared in just one game for his new team, scoring 2 points, and hauling down 2 rebounds in 8 minutes played.

The 2008/09 season was Darnell Jackson’s rookie year in the NBA and with the Cleveland Cavaliers. Jackson appeared in 51 games and actually started two of them. Over the course of the season, Jackson averaged just over 8.4 minutes per game, and scored just under 2 points per game. Jackson also shot 43 percent from the field and managed to haul down 1.7 rebounds per game.

In the 2008/09 playoffs, Jackson did appear in five games for the Cavaliers, but played an average of just 5 minutes per game and averaged less than 1.0 points and assists per game.http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jacksda01.html