For nearly a year, the end of the story between David Jackson (1.95 m, 36 years old) and Quimper was no longer a shadow of a doubt. Among the very best foreign players ever seen in the Breton jersey, the native of Memphis seemed to make the season too many (7.8 points at 40%, 1.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists), always bothered by glitches physical: a muscle tear, small cascading sores and finally the back since the beginning of the year. In fact, the American rear will not return: the Aries have announced that he will leave Finistère in order to return to his family on the other side of the Atlantic and that a tribute will be paid to him on Tuesday at the from the reception of the Élan Chalon.
David Jackson will surely receive the ovation he deserves following his remarkable passage on the banks of the Odet. For two seasons, when UJAP flirted with the heights of Pro B (2nd in the championship in 2020, finalist for the Leaders Cup 2021), the former Western Illinois student was the guardian of the game of Laurent Foirest, barometer of the Breton team (14.1 points at 46%, 3.9 rebounds and 3 assists last year).
Trophies with the Choir
From now on, in view of his recalcitrant physique, the question of the end of his career legitimately arises. David Jackson arrives at an advanced age (36 years old) and seems ready to put on the coach’s costume. Humanly appreciated wherever he went, the 2019 French Pro B champion (with Roanne) will remain the author of a career marked by loyalty: four seasons with Zgorzelec, two with Boulazac, two with the Chorale, three with Quimper. .. Professional since 2009, he had yet started his European career in the worst possible way, paid with a slingshot in Montenegro (with a coach who carried a weapon in training, he recently told Telegram). Author of two doubles (cup – championship in Slovakia in 2010 and Leaders Cup – Pro B in 2019 with the Chorale), David Jackson will be able to serenely hand over to his son: Chandler Jackson, just recruited by Florida State, and who aspires to better than a European career.
