Retired - Retired after 2020 season
- Birthdate: 05/06/1986
- Drafted (NBA): Undrafted, 2009
- Pre-draft team: Duquesne
- Country: USA
- Hand: Right
- Agent: -
| Date | League | Transaction |
|---|---|---|
| 29th July, 2009 | Turkey | Signed a one year contract with Antalya. |
| 5th May, 2010 | Italy | Signed for the remainder of the season with Virtus Bologna. |
| 23rd June, 2010 | Spain | Signed a one year contract with Bilbao. |
| 17th June, 2011 | Spain | Signed a one year extension with Bilbao. |
| 19th June, 2012 | Russia | Signed a two year contract with CSKA Moscow. Included team option to terminate after 2012/13 season. |
| 12th June, 2013 | Russia | CSKA Moscow declined early termination option. |
| 19th June, 2015 | Russia | Signed a two year extension with CSKA Moscow. |
| 6th July, 2017 | China | Signed a two year contract with Beijing Ducks. |
| 11th April, 2018 | NBA | Signed a partially guaranteed minimum salary contract for the remainder of the season and through 2019 with Houston. Included team option for 2018/19. Contract with Beijing Ducks remained valid should NBA deal be terminated. |
| 28th June, 2018 | NBA | Houston exercised 2018/19 team option. |
| 5th July, 2018 | NBA | Waived by Houston. |
| 8th July, 2018 | China | Returned to Beijing Ducks. |
| 2005 - 2009 | Duquesne (NCAA) |
| July 2009 | Indiana Pacers (Summer League) |
| July 2009 - May 2010 | Antalya (Turkey) |
| May 2010 - June 2010 | Virtus Bologna (Italy) |
| July 2010 | Cleveland Cavaliers (Summer League) |
| June 2010 - June 2012 | Bilbao (Spain) |
| June 2012 - June 2017 | CSKA Moscow (Russia) |
| July 2017 - April 2018 | Beijing Ducks (China) |
| April 2018 - July 2018 | Houston Rockets (NBA) |
| July 2018 - present | Beijing Ducks (China) |
June 29, 2018
Aaron Jackson
PG – 6’3, 183lbs - 32 years old - 1 year of experience
Despite being a sizeable point guard who was playing at the highest levels of non-NBA basketball, including five consecutive seasons with the EuroLeague powerhouse CSKA Moscow, Jackson had never played in the NBA before this season. The closest he had gotten was a summer league stint in 2010; up until this season, he had never signed an NBA contract. He left it pretty late to do so here as well; after an uncharacteristic season hitherto in China, Jackson finally signed on the last day of the regular season, the last day players can sign. And as the Rockets rested players, he got a big airing in the final regular season game. It didn’t go especially well, but never mind; he finally made it.
Jackson was among the EuroLeague’s best guards during that time. He does not seek to score much, even though he is a very good outside shooter. Rather, he let Nando de Colo and Milos Teodosic do that bit. He instead defended all over the court extremely well, and consistently made heady decisions out of the pick-and-roll. As the third guard in a dominant three-guard rotation, Jackson did a bit of everything, and was a model of efficiency and discipline. And given his size and speed, he could be a good defender at his level, too.
He did not have the opportunity to show it here with the Rockets, really; 35 minutes in one regular season game fresh off the plane in a rotation of players who had not played before, then 17 playoff garbage time minutes. But Jackson is an NBA calibre guard. And he has been for a while. If he wants to spend the last third of his playing career in the NBA, he likely could.
Player Plan: Has an unguaranteed minimum salary contract for next season. Shouldn’t think he will last too long on it considering all the turnover, but he does merit it. He’s way better than Bobby Brown.
July 17, 2010
Aaron Jackson
Jackson, formerly of Duquesne, has not made the NBA yet. Yet maybe he should. In the last year, his first professional season, Jackson played his way into SerieA, almost impossible for an American rookie to do. Jackson is a big point guard who rebounds, shoots, drives, passes, defends, rebounds and creates for both himself and others; he stands out at no one particular facet, perhaps, yet he does everything well. And is 6'4. And a point guard. What's not to like?