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Former Lone Peak High star Frank Jackson won’t make rookie debut this season for Pelicans

Guard has another surgery on right foot<br>

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Lone Peak guard Frank Jackson is one of the best high school basketball players to ever suit up in Utah. He's been named the All-Tribune MVP.

Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Lone Peak guard Frank Jackson is one of the best high school basketball players to ever suit up in Utah. He's been named the All-Tribune MVP.

 | March 20, 2018, 12:41 a.m.

New Orleans • The New Orleans Pelicans say rookie guard Frank Jackson won’t make his NBA debut this season after having follow-up surgery to remove residual scar tissue from earlier right foot operations.

The Pelicans say Jackson also received an injection in his foot.

The club says a specialist in New York handled Jackson’s latest procedure.

The Pelicans acquired the 6-foot-4 Jackson through a draft-night trade with the Charlotte Hornets, who selected the former Duke player with the first pick of the second round last summer.

Following the draft, the Pelicans signed Jackson to a three-year contract at the NBA minimum with two years guaranteed, but Jackson needed a second foot surgery last summer to address a setback following his initial surgery last May.

Jackson, from Lone Peak High School, spent one season at Duke, averaging 10.9 points.

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