Mark A. Jackson (born April 1, 1965 in Brooklyn, New York) is a 6' 3" former professional basketball player who played point guard for the New York Knicks, Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets in the National Basketball Association in a career spanning from 1987 to 2004. Jump to: navigation, search April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Jump to: navigation, search Basketball is very popular in U.S. colleges. ... John Stockton Point guard is one of the standard positions in a regulation basketball game. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about a professional basketball team. ... The Indiana Pacers are a National Basketball Association team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... The Los Angeles Clippers are a National Basketball Association team based in Los Angeles, California. ... The Denver Nuggets are a National Basketball Association team based in Denver, Colorado. ... The Utah Jazz is a National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Houston Rockets are a National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas. ... Jump to: navigation, search NBA logo, depicting former star Jerry West The National Basketball Association, more popularly known as the NBA, is the worlds premier mens professional basketball league and one of the major professional sports leagues of North America. ...

Mark gained a reputation as a streetballer in New York and a college hoops star at St. John's University, and was made the 18th pick of the 1987 NBA Draft by the New York Knicks. Jackson teamed with Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, and John Starks to turn the Knicks into a prime playoff team in the early 1990s. However, during the time that he was on the Knicks, they were taken out of the playoffs each year by Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. St. ... 1987 NBA Draft - 22 June 1987 - New York City, New York See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about a professional basketball team. ... Ewing Patrick Aloysius Ewing (born August 5, 1962) is a former NBA player. ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles Oakley (born December 18, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a 6 9 former professional basketball player who played power forward and gained fame in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks in the early 1990s. ... John Levell Starks (born August 10, 1965 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a 65 former basketball player who gained fame while playing at shooting guard for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association in the 1990s. ... The NBA Playoffs are four rounds of competition between sixteen teams in the Eastern Conference and Western Conferences (called Divisions, pre-1970) of the National Basketball Association. ... Jump to: navigation, search Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American National Basketball Association player, and is considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Chicago Bulls are a National Basketball Association team based in Chicago, Illinois. ...

Jackson had a steady career with the Knicks, averaging 13.6 points and 10.6 assists per game, earning him the 1988 Rookie of the Year award. After the 1992 season, he was traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, a trade that saw Charles Smith and Doc Rivers go to the Knicks. Mark later was traded to the Indiana Pacers, where he teamed with Reggie Miller, Rik Smits, Antonio Davis, and Dale Davis to make the Indiana Pacers a strong contender. After a short stint with the Denver Nuggets, he returned to the Pacers. Jackson later played for the Utah Jazz before retiring as a member of the Houston Rockets in 2004. He is currently ranked second in the NBA all-time assists list with 10,323. Jackson currently works as an analyst for ESPN. In basketball, an assist is attributed to a player who passes to the ball to a teammate in a way that leads to a score, meaning that he or she was assisting in the basket. ... The National Basketball Associations Rookie of the Year Award, first given after the 1952-53 NBA season, is given to the top first-year player in the league. ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles Daniel Smith (born July 16, 1965 in Bridgeport, Connecticut) is a former professional basketball player in the NBA. The 6 10, 230 lb power forward was selected third overall in the 1988 NBA Draft out of the University of Pittsburgh by the Philadelphia 76ers but... Glenn Anton Doc Rivers (born October 13, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former pro basketball player and current head coach of the Boston Celtics. ... The Indiana Pacers are a National Basketball Association team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. ... Jump to: navigation, search Reggie Miller Reginald Wayne Miller (born August 24, 1965 in Riverside, California) was a US professional basketball player. ... Rik Smits (born August 23, 1966 in Eindhoven, Netherlands) is a former professional basketball player who spent his entire career with the Indiana Pacers. ... Antonio Lee Davis (born October 31, 1968 in Oakland, California) is an NBA basketball player, as of 2004 playing for the Chicago Bulls. ... Elliott Lydell Davis (born March 25, 1969 in Toccoa, Georgia) is a professional basketball player who plays center and power forward for the Detroit Pistons. ... The Denver Nuggets are a National Basketball Association team based in Denver, Colorado. ... The Utah Jazz is a National Basketball Association team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. ... The Houston Rockets are a National Basketball Association team based in Houston, Texas. ... ESPN, formerly an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...