Lauren Jackson
Lauren Jackson
Lauren Elizabeth Jackson AOis an Australian former professional basketball player. The daughter of two national basketball team players, Jackson was awarded a scholarship to the Australian Institute of Sportin 1997, when she was 16. In 1998, she led the AIS side that won the Women's National Basketball Leaguechampionship. Jackson joined the Canberra Capitals for the 1999 season when she turned 18, and played with the team off and on until 2006, winning four more WNBL championships. From 2010 to 2016,...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth11 May 1981
CityAlbury, Australia
I can see Sue and I leading this team to many more championships...We're going to take this and learn from it. We worked too hard for this.
Once I made the decision to play, and it was my decision, I was going to do it. You go out there and give it your best shot. I've had better days (physically), but I'm OK.
I made the decision that I was going to play tonight. This was huge for us. Going on the road and winning is big, and we definitely want to win the series in two games so we can relax and prepare for the next round.
With Jenny Whittle (197cm) and Tracey Beatty (202cm) we're by far the tallest and I think it's going to be very difficult for other teams to double and triple team me.
Betty was unstoppable. That's what we need from her every game. Once she does that, we are unstoppable.
Betty was unbelievable, ... That's what we need from her every game. Once she does that, we're unstoppable.
Coming into Christmas I didn't even know if I was playing again. I know the girls had a lot of desire to win. I think people lost a bit of faith in us when we lost a few games, but we just knew we could win it.
There's some great talent in that team. They stuck it out. They were pretty good, but I never show any pity.
As a team, we want to win just for her. For someone to make a team want to win for their coach is a pretty powerful thing.
She wanted me to come home and get treatment, but I was pretty much just like, 'It's not going to happen,'
It's a very good deal so I'm excited. I've had a great run in Canberra but it's time to move on. Obviously I've had a lot of injuries and issues with my legs and, for me, I felt it was best to go to a shorter season where I can have time after the WNBA in Australia to undergo rehabilitation.
It's all up in the air at the moment, ... I love the WNBA, and I love this team. It just depends on what Basketball Australia's restrictions are.
It's all up in the air at the moment, even the WNBA,
It's not great, ... Once you get out there and start playing, that's just the way it is. With my shins and everything else I've been through that is so painful, I've done this before, so it's not really that frightening.