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Michael Hackett
Personal information
Born	May 11, 1960 (age 64); Orangeburg, South Carolina
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	210 lb (95 kg)
Career information
High school	Wilkinson; (Orangeburg, South Carolina)
College	Jacksonville (1978–1982)
NBA draft	1982: 3rd round, 67th overall pick
	Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers
Playing career	1984–1988
Position	Center / power forward
Number	00
Career history
1984	Guaiqueríes de Margarita
1985–1988	Ginebra San Miguel
1990–1991	Beitar Tel Aviv
1993–1994	Hapoel Afula
Career highlights and awards
	Israeli League Top Scorer (1991); PBA champion (1986 Open, 1988 PBA-IBA Cup (Special Conference)); PBA Best Import of the Conference (1985); Liga Profesional de Baloncesto MVP (1984);

Michael Hackett (born May 11, 1960) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was the Liga Profesional de Baloncesto MVP in 1984, and the Israeli League Top Scorer in 1991.

Basketball career

He attended Jacksonville University, where he was considered by University of Alabama at Birmingham coach Gene Bartow as "the best 6-5 player in America."^[1]

Hackett was drafted in 1982 by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 21st pick of the 3rd round of that year's National Basketball Association draft but was released before the season started. He also played overseas, including in the Philippines for Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association.

He was among the highest scoring imports in PBA history setting a then PBA record of 103 points against Great Taste in a game on November 21, 1985. This was later broken by Tony Harris' 105 points. In that same conference, he won the PBA's Best Import of the Conference Award. The following year, he teamed up with Billy Ray Bates, forming what is considered to be the greatest import tandem in PBA history, leading Ginebra to the 1986 Open Conference title.^[2]

He was the Israeli League Top Scorer in 1991.

References

^ 'Little' Mike Hackett is Big Man on Jacksonville's Improving Team, The Evening Independent, 11-Jan-1982
^ Hardcourt: The 2001 Official PBA Annual. Philippines: The Philippine Basketball Association. 2001. p. 146

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