After his exceptional season in Pro B (15.6 points at 44%, 3.3 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 2.4 steals), concluded with the MVP trophy with Saint-Quentin, how is he doing? Parker Jackson-Cartwright (1.80 m, 26 years old) on the upper floor in Germany? Pretty good, thanks for that.
The pocket leader is the third best scorer in BBL with his 18.8 average units (accompanied by 3.4 rebounds and 7.4 assists) and above all, Bonn is the surprising runner-up to Bayern Munich. A bit like Saint-Quentin in short… Above all, the Californian has just signed one of those evenings that marks in a professional career: 40 points at 13/22 and 5 assists in 35 minutes against Bamberg (victory 95 -81).
“For the third time in a row, the opponent went under the screens in defense against Parker Jackson-Cartwright,” explains his coach Tuomas Iisalo. “That’s why he got into a good rhythm from the start. He’s a very good shooter behind the dribble and we, the coaches and teammates, gave him confidence and said ‘you can do it’. Today he showed what happens when you choose this tactic. »
His 40 units represent by far the record of the season, ahead of the 34 points of Max Heidegger (Oldenburg) in September. And to find traces of a bigger offensive projection in the Bundesliga, you have to go back to … 2006, and the 41 points of former Strasbourg player Chuck Eidson. For sixteen years, only three other players have reached this famous 40-point mark: Tommy Adams, also in 2006, ex-Orléans Caleb Green (2008) and Frantz Massenat (2019).
How far can he go?
What make you wonder what are the limits of PJC? Graduated from the University of Arizona in 2008, his rookie season was a disaster: 2 G-League appearances with the Westchester Knicks and 0 points on the clock. But since then, it’s been a festival: an MVP trophy in England in 2020, a double in Pro B under the leadership of Julien Mahé. And soon a hat-trick in Germany? Here is a player that the Picardy supporters will soon watch evolve in the European Cup with a touch of nostalgia, but the satisfaction of knowing that his flight was taken at the SQBB.
PJC in December 2020 in a 90-83 victory in Paris with Saint-Quentin
(photo : Lilian Bordron)