JACKSON
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So where will Jackson go?
"The most consistent thing I'm
hearing is 10 to 15," he said by
phone Tuesday.
One of those teams, Portland,
would be a natural selection for
Jackson, a Creswell native. Not only
would Portland be a two-hour drive
from his hometown, it also has two
selections in the first round — No.
13 and 23 — and is expected to re
build its roster with high-character
players.
"It'd be great to be in Portland,"
Jackson said. "I liked working out in
Portland."
Right now, NBA Draft gum Chad
Ford of ESPN.com has the former
Oregon forward going to New Jersey
at No. 22. But Jackson, along with
former Nevada guard Kirk Snyder,
has impressed teams, making an ear
lier selection possible.
"But it's not out of the question
(Jackson) could sneak into the lot
tery," Ford wrote Friday. "Jackson is
one of the few players in the draft
■■■i-——
who can play right now, and that
should make things interesting for
teams such as Cleveland (No. 10),
Portland (No. 13), Utah (No. 14,
16, 21), Atlanta (No. 17), New Or
leans (No. 18), Denver (No. 20) and
New Jersey."
Jackson is rated below Duke's
Luol Deng, Stanford's Josh Childress
and Arizona's Andre Iguodala, all
players who declared for the draft
early and are sometimes compared
to Jackson. If they are taken off the
board early — Ford has them going
No. 3, 4 and 9, respectively — it
could alter some team's views of
Jackson.
"He's a great player," Bartelstein
said. "He makes the game easier for
his teammates."
Some have called Jackson one of
the best shooters in the draft. Bartel
stein has even gone a step further,
choosing to call Jackson the best
passer, if not one of the best, avail
able to teams.
Jackson won't participate in the
NBA Pre-Draft Camp at the Moody
Bible Institute in Chicago. The
camp, which takes place from June
8-11, is set up for players who need
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Former Oregon forward Luke Jackson expects to be selected anywhere from 10th to 15th
overall in the NBA Draft later this month.
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to improve their stock.
Jackson will be there, participat
ing in physicals, but will not play.
"1 don't think he needs to," Bartel
stein said. "1 think teams have seen
plenty of him in game competition.
People have seen his game tapes."
Those tapes, Bartelstein said, in
clude Jackson's performance in the
National Invitation Tournament
against Colorado, a game where he
posted 29 straight points in Ore
gon's overtime win. And that also in
cludes his play early in the season,
where he was the offensive catalyst
for an Oregon team that was with
out its starting point guard, Aaron
Brooks.
"He's a great kid and a basketball
nut," Bartelstein said.
There are 22 days until the NBA
Draft. Until then, lackson has visits
to Chicago, Miami and Toronto
planned.
"Things couldn't be going any bet
ter than what they are right now," he
said.
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