Jaren Jackson won an NBA championship with the Spurs in 1999. A few months later, his son Jaren Jackson Jr. was born.
Now 19 years later, the proud father has a message for his son on draft night.
#NBADraft
@jarenjacksonjr
@JarenSrJackson
@memgrizz
I’m a Hoya for life because of you. Thank you for coming to New Orleans to recruit me. The course of my life changed with my decision to go to Georgetown. I will forever appreciate you.
Now, with a heavy heart, I send out my condolences to the Thompson family.
🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 RIP Coach
The making of Jaren Jackson Jr.: How a basketball journeyman, a high-powered lawyer & a Defensive Player of the Year are grooming a teenage unicorn for NBA stardom
My first profile for
@postsports
/
@washingtonpost
The smile on Tom Izzo's face was priceless this morning when Jaren Jackson Jr. just casually strolled into his press conference!
"Smile 😀 more, Coach!" -
@jarenjacksonjr
Even before her role as head of the WNBPA, Terri Jackson has always pursued her passion for elevating women in sports—and she's nowhere near finished with her mission:
(with
@Symetra
)
Jaren Sr. & Uncle Frank (my brother) hanging out after the Grizzlies clinched the Twolves series.
#MemphisMemphis
@memgrizz
Continue to believe!
“The best is yet to come!”
To Coach Pop, on behalf of my family, Jaren, Terri, and Jaren Jr., my sincere prayers and condolences go out to you and you family as well as the Spurs family for the passing of your wonderful wife, Erin. Love Always.
My conversation with WNBPA director of operations Terri Jackson on seeing her son, Jaren Jackson Jr., picked fourth in the NBA draft, the honesty of Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, her unique view on the NCAA, and social consciousness in the WNBA
Fmr Park Tudor product Jaren Jackson (
@therealjnari_
) has declared for
#NBADraft
. Take a look at our profile of him back in 2015. Great father & son story about the soon-to-be lottery pick.