Joe Jackson (basketball)

Joseph Nathaniel Jackson (born February 8, 1992) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Northern Arizona Suns of the NBA G League.

Due to his parents struggles financially and living in a difficult area where Jackson was constantly getting into trouble and not attending school, he and his two younger sisters moved in with his grandmother, Lillie Cox.

As a seventh grader, Jackson was rarely attending school, but after moving in with his grandmother, his life began to turn around during eight grade.

[1] Jackson was a consensus top 15 recruit coming out of White Station High School in Memphis, Tennessee.

[2] In 2012–13, his junior season, Jackson averaged 13.6 points, 4.8 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.7 steals for a Memphis team that went undefeated in conference play (16–0), qualified for the 2013 NCAA tournament as the number six seed (advancing to the Round of 32) and finished with an overall record of 31–5.

His team advanced to the KBL finals in the playoffs against Jeonju KCC Egis (regular season champions), and won the championship.