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JACKSON ADAPTS TO GROWING PAINS.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 16-JAN-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: JACKSON ADAPTS TO GROWING PAINS.(Sports)(The former University of Oregon and Creswell High standout is adjusting in what is essentially his first year in the NBA)

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Byline: Rob Moseley The Register-Guard

PORTLAND - He's still Luke.

Still refreshingly small-town, unaffected by life in the big-time.

He wears that attitude on his sleeve. And his untucked shirt. And his loosely knotted tie.

The NBA may have a new dress code in place, but this is Luke Jackson we're talking about. So when he got off the bus at the Rose Garden before Sunday's game between his Cleveland Cavaliers and the Trail Blazers, Jackson's hair was a brown mop, and his adherence to the dress code was minimal at best.

"I picked up a couple pairs of slacks and collared shirts," he said with a smile Sunday. "But I'm not a guy that's going to wear Gucci suits to every game."

From those tangled locks to that playful grin, it was clear Jackson hasn't changed much in the last two years, since his days at the University of Oregon, and before that Creswell High School. The two-time Oregon high school Class 3A player of the year and...

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