FW: Potential Gem

[Matthew Booker ext9156 <mbooker@tyndall.com.au>]

ALL,

Does anyone know anything about this guy?

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Another player has declared for the NBA draft w/o playing in college.
The name is Stephen Jackson.  Vital #'s are 6'8", 220 lbs.  He's a SF/SG
type.  He came fm Oak Hill Academy.  Although accepted to Arizona, he
did not qualify and after a yr of prep courses to raise his grades, he
gave up to declare for the draft.  Anyways, 2 of his HS alums were Jerry
Stackhouse and Ron Mercer.  His coach claims he is BETTER than Stack and
is sort of a hybrid between Mercer and Stack.  He's supposedly a good
passer and scorer.  He led his team in scoring, assists, and 3 ptrs
made.  The key here is 3 ptrs.  I don't know what condition he is in as
he hasnt really been seen much.  Anyone else heard of him?  He isn't
rated in many pre-draft polls so it's hard to gauge where he would end
up in the draft.  But he could slip depending on how he shows in the
camps.

mr-g