Neckar Riesen Ludwigsburg decided to sign Darryl Joshua Jackson to help complement the guard position. Jackson is a 26 year old 189cm shooting guard from Beaverton, Oregon.
The Beko BBL team is getting a player that has numerous European experience especially having played many years in Romania. He has played in four countries and last season played for InterCollege Etha Engomis (Cyprus-Division A): Greek League: 13 games: 10.0ppg; EuroCup Qualifications: 2 games: 6.0ppg, 1.5apg; EuroChallenge: 5 games: 11.4ppg, 3.0rpg, 1.2spg, FGP: 50.0%, 3PT: 33.3%, FT: 76.5%, in May'12 joined Sokhumi Tbilisi (Georgia-Superleague, starting five): 5 games: 13.2ppg, 2.6rpg, 3.4apg, FGP: 59.3%, 3PT: 34.8%, FT: 83.3%. He started his basketball career with Warner Pacific (NAIA). In 2008, he started his professional basketball career with the Vancouver Volcanoes (IBL).
He then went to Europe to play for CS Energia Rovinari Targu Jiu (Romania-Div.A, starting five): 30 games: 11.0ppg, 2.3rpg, 2.1apg, 1.3spg, FGP: 51.6%, 3PT: 32.9%, FT: 80.8%. In 2009-2010, he continued to stay in Romania and have solid stats playing for BCMUS Arges Pitesti (Romania-Div.A, starting five): 33 games: 16.8ppg, 3.5rpg, 3.1apg, 1.5spg, FGP: 54.1%, 3PT: 40.8%, FT: 82.5%. In 2010-2011, he joined top Romanian team BC Steaua Turabo Bucuresti (Romania-Div.A, starting five): EuroChallenge: 8 games: 7.1ppg, 1.6rpg, 1.4apg, FGP: 37.5%, 3PT: 43.3%, FT: 54.5%; Romanian League: 37 games: 12.6ppg, 2.5rpg, 2.0apg, FGP: 58.7%, 3PT: 39.8%, FT: 85.2%.
Awards/Achievements in his basketball career have been Romanian Cup Semifinals -09Romanian League All-Star Game -10, Maltese National Team -10, 12, European Championships Div.C in Malta -10, Romanian Cup Finalist -11, Romanian League Semifinals -11, Cyprus Super Cup Winner -12, Cyprus League Champion -12, Eurobasket.com Georgian League All-Bosmans Team -12, and Georgian League Semifinals -12.