After playing one season at Duke University, Frank Jackson experienced one of the biggest highlights of any basketball player’s career June 22, when he was selected 31st overall in the NBA draft, the initial pick of Round 2. Unfortunately for the 19-year-old combo guard, a stress fracture in his right foot and subsequent surgery meant that he wasn’t able to play for New Orleans during NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. Instead, the Utah native will make his professional debut in the fall, after rehabbing from the surgery.
Pelicans.com caught up with Jackson following New Orleans’ final summer game vs.