|
|
Will 2003 be Jackson's third straight All-Star appearance? Jeff Reinking WNBAE/Getty Images |
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The first overall selection in the 2000 WNBA Draft, Seattle's Lauren Jackson made her second consecutive All-Star appearance in 2002.
Jackson finished the 2002 season ranked third in the WNBA in blocks (2.89 bpg), fourth in scoring (17.2 ppg) and tied for 12th in rebounding (6.8 rpg) and came in 10th in the league's MVP voting. She is the Storm's all-time scoring leader with 1,038 points.
The leading scorer and rebounder on Australia’s 2000 silver medal-winning Olympic basketball team, Jackson has played for the Australian women’s national basketball team since 1997, when she was just 16.
Jackson has come on strong so far in 2003*. She earned Player of the Week honors for the second week of the season, as she posted back-to-back double-doubles in leading the Storm to a 2-0 mark on the week.
Through the Storm's first six games, Jackson ranks third in the WNBA in scoring (19.5 ppg), fourth in rebounding (8.7 rpg) and second in efficiency ranking.
All right, you make the call: it's up to you whether or not to vote Jackson into the lineup of this year's All-Star Game: Cast your vote.
Of course there are other Western Conference forwards to consider as well. Need a little more info before you cast your vote? Here's a quick look at the stats to date of the Western Conference forwards on this year's All-Star ballot: Stats Comparison.
Check out previous days' featured players:
Tammy Sutton-Brown | Marie Ferdinand | Chamique Holdsclaw | Lisa Leslie | Tari Phillips | Tina Thompson | Teresa Weatherspoon | Sue Bird | Dawn Staley | Ticha Penicheiro | Tamika Catchings | Sheryl Swoopes
* 2003 statistics through games played on June 10.
