Pierre Jackson - he scored 60+ points in D League once but...

cellphonecamera · Post #1 » by **cellphonecamera** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:25 am

Why did no NBA teams ever give him a chance to prove himself on the NBA court? just wondering.

ubernathan · Post #2 » by **ubernathan** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:26 am

cellphonecamera wrote:Why did no NBA teams ever give him a chance to prove himself on the NBA court? just wondering.

They did... he played a few games for Dallas back in the day

76ciology · Post #3 » by **76ciology** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 4:52 am

He’s not playable in the play-offs, where his height is a big liability for the defense that he’s offense wont be able to make up for it.

Maybe he’s playable in the regular season for a rebuilding team, but at some point you have to discard players that you dont see having a long term future for your team while PGs are dime a dozen.

Another player that fits the mold is Ish Smith. He may not be as good of a scorer, but he projects to be a solid regular season player.

GreatWhiteStiff · Post #4 » by **GreatWhiteStiff** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:19 am

Score first 5-10 180 pound point guards who light it up in dleague aren't usually exactly hot commodities in the nba.

ALSO; I'm guessing the year he scored 60 points, he had a PER of under 20...in the dleague. Not exactly amazing in terms of basic production, most likely.

So A) likely he's too short, B) He's defence is possibly too bad C) Never managed 25 PER in the dleague, hasn't dominated it, scoring might not translate.

Bolivar · Post #5 » by **Bolivar** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:38 am

I don't know about this guy but short players could very well be a commodity in a league of "load management", as long as they can keep their contracts reasonable.

Post #6 » by **HomoSapien** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:13 am

Didn't he have a pretty devastating injury like an achilles or ACL tear? I vaguely remember he was starting to look like a viable NBA option but then had a big injury derail his career.

Tanks1 · Post #7 » by **Tanks1** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:48 am

Had a shot with the Sixers during our tank days.........got beat out by T.J.....

davidfr94 · Post #8 » by **davidfr94** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:02 am

HomoSapien wrote:Didn't he have a pretty devastating injury like an achilles or ACL tear? I vaguely remember he was starting to look like a viable NBA option but then had a big injury derail his career.

Yeah he tore his Achilles just after signing his NBA contract after they 60 point game.

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