Casey Jacobsen

Casey Jacobsen
Personal information
Born (1981-03-19) March 19, 1981
Glendora, California
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Listed weight 214 lb (97 kg)
Career information
High school Glendora (Glendora, California)
College Stanford (1999–2002)
NBA draft 2002 / Round: 1 / Pick: 22nd overall
Selected by the Phoenix Suns
Playing career 2002–2014
Position Shooting guard / Small forward
Number 23, 32
Career history
2002–2005 Phoenix Suns
2005 New Orleans Hornets
2005–2006 Tau Vitoria
2006–2007 Brose Baskets
2007–2008 Memphis Grizzlies
2008–2009 ALBA Berlin
2009–2014 Brose Baskets
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  United States
FIBA U19 World Championship
1999 Lisbon Team competition

Casey Gardner Jacobsen (born March 19, 1981) is an American retired professional basketball player. He had an extensive European basketball career, mostly playing for Brose Baskets. There he won the German League in 2007 and 2010, and also received the German League Finals MVP Award. Following his retirement in 2014, Brose Baskets retired his jersey number.

Amateur career

Jacobsen played at Glendora High School, and he was a McDonald's All-American. After that, he attended Stanford University, where he scored a career high of 49 points against Arizona State University on January 31, 2002. He was a First Team All-American his sophomore year and a Second Team All-American his junior year. Jacobsen was also a three-time All-Pac-10 selection. In his three years in college with Stanford, he finished #3 in points scored (1,723), #6 in points per game (18.1), #2 in three-point goals (222), and #4 in three-point percentage (.427).

Professional career

After his career at Stanford University, Jacobsen was the 22nd overall pick in the 2002 NBA Draft, selected by the Phoenix Suns. He was later traded to the New Orleans Hornets in exchange for Jim Jackson. Jacobsen has averaged 5.9 points per game through his career and is known as a player with exceptional range on his shot, out to beyond the NBA three-point line. His usual positions are shooting guard and small forward.

After playing for TAU Vitoria of the Spanish ACB League during the 2005-06 season, he signed a non-guaranteed contract with the Houston Rockets, and played in four preseason games with them, but was released on October 27, 2006, before the 2006-07 season began.[1] Jacobsen then moved to the Brose Baskets (Bamberg, Germany) of the German League, where he won the German Basketball Championship in 2007, and he also earned the Finals MVP Award.

Jacobsen returned to the NBA when he was signed by the Memphis Grizzlies on July 24, 2007 and he spent the 2007-08 season with them.[2][3]

On July 1, 2008, the Grizzlies chose not to offer Jacobsen a new contract, making him an unrestricted free agent.[4] In August 2008, he signed with the German League club ALBA Berlin.[5]

In June 2009 Jacobsen signed a new contract with his former team Brose Baskets Bamberg in Germany. He led his team to win both the German Cup (Pokalsieger) [6] and German Championship [7] in 2010 and was again named Finals MVP.[8]

Jacobsen re-signed with Brose Baskets Bamberg in August 2010 for the 2010-2011 season.[9] The team again won the German Cup in April 2011.[10] At game five of the finals he announced that he extended his contract for three more years. In May 2014, Jacobsen, along with his longtime teammate John Goldsberry, announced retirement from the professional basketball. In tribute to him, Brose Baskets retired his 23 jersey number.[11]

After retiring from playing basketball, it was announced by the Phoenix Suns that Jacobsen would not only be a broadcaster during some pre-game and post-game shows with Tom Chambers, but he'd also hold his own show under the Rise Suns Digital Network.[12] He'd make his debut as a broadcaster on the November 2014 game against the Sacramento Kings. In addition, Jacobsen would also take on the college basketball analyst role for Fox Sports and the Pac-12 Networks.[13]

NBA career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 Phoenix 72 0 15.9 .373 .315 .686 1.2 1.0 .5 .1 5.1
2003–04 Phoenix 78 13 23.4 .417 .417 .820 2.6 1.3 .6 .1 6.0
2004–05 Phoenix 40 0 19.2 .414 .382 .774 1.7 .9 .3 .0 5.3
2004–05 New Orleans 44 1 23.4 .398 .364 .792 2.3 1.7 .5 .2 7.6
2007–08 Memphis 53 0 10.3 .339 .222 .765 1.2 .4 .1 .0 2.0
Career 287 14 18.5 .393 .352 .769 1.8 1.1 .4 .1 5.2

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2002–03 Phoenix 6 0 6.5 .200 .400 .000 .5 .3 .5 .0 1.0
Career 6 0 6.5 .200 .400 .000 .5 .3 .5 .0 1.0

References

  1. ↑ NBA notes: Fortson suspended; Shinn selling New Orleans home
  2. ↑ Jacobsen signs with Memphis after two seasons in Europe Archived July 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Memphis Grizzlies sign guard/forward Casey Jacobsen
  4. ↑ Griz to go slow in free agency
  5. ↑ Alba completes roster with Jacobsen
  6. ↑
  7. ↑
  8. ↑
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
  11. ↑ "GOODBYE, JOHN & CASEY!". brosebaskets.de (in German). Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  12. ↑ http://www.nba.com/suns/media-day-2014
  13. ↑ Phoenix Suns, Jazz reunite 3 German League teammates
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