PAOK continues its transcriptional design with the announcement of its acquisition Kay Jay Jackson. The American guard signed a two -year contract cooperation with the “biceps of the North” and will significantly enhance the group’s peripheral line By Yuri Zdovc.
PAOK Mateco has formalized the deal with the 28-year-old (born March 27, 1998), who last season (2024-25) competed With the sopron jersey In Hungary, making excellent appearances.
In 30 matches It had 18.6 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists on average, shooting 53% on two -pointers, 31.5% on three -pointers and 74.3% from the line of shots.
Juure Zdovc’s team has already acquired Cleveland Melvin, Marvin Jones, Stephen Brown, Antonis Koniaris, Thodoris Zarra and Diamantis Slaftsaki.
In detail the announcement of the PAOK CA:
“PAOK Mateco announces the deal with US guard KJ Jackson for the next two years, up to the 2026-27 season. We welcome KJ Jackson to the big PAOK family …
Kaelin Nolan Jackson was born on March 27, 1998, is 1m in 88 and comes from an excellent season with Sopron in the Hungarian Championship, where with 18.6 points per game, he was one of the top scorers in the league. Jackson had 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists on average, in the 30 games he played during the 2024-25 season, with 53% on two-pointers, 31.5% in three-pointers and 74.3% in shots.
Basketball started from Temple University (2016-18) and graduated from Umbc in 2020, with 13.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.2 Assists per game.
His professional career began in Romania in the 2020-21 season, when he competed in CSU Sibiu (11.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists).
And next season (2021-22) he competed in Romania, this time with Steaua and in 30 league matches he had 15 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
He continued in Finland with Kobrat in the 2022-23 season (17 points, 4 rebounds, 5.8 assist), while at the end of the same season (2022-23), he played 14 games in A2 France with Maurienne (19.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.3 assist), Season (2023-24: 14.5 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.2 assists). After completing his obligations in France, he competed in the Dominican Republic’s championship to return to Europe and Sopron, with which he competed in the 2024-25 season before signing his contract with PAOK Mateco. “
Source: Sport Fm
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