DECEMBER 1: Jackson’s contract with the Pistons is now official, the team announced in a press release.
NOVEMBER 20: The Pistons, who have been quite busy in the first few hours of free agency, are finalizing a deal with Grizzlies small forward Josh Jackson, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN tweets. It’s a two-year deal, according to the Detroit News’ Rod Beard (Twitter link).
Detroit also reportedly reached agreements on Friday with big men Mason Plumlee and Jahlil Okafor.
Jackson, a 2017 lottery pick of the Suns, has had a rocky NBA career. He had a number of off-court issues in his first two NBA seasons and Phoenix traded him to the Grizzlies last offseason. In an attempt to revive his career and value, Jackson agreed to spend a good portion of last season in the G League.
As the season progressed, Jackson returned to Memphis and appeared in 22 games as a reserve. He averaged 9.0 PPG, 3.0 RPG and 1.6 APG in 17.3 MPG. Jackson has made just 29.8% of his 3-point attempts during his three-year career.
Jackson, 23, grew up in Michigan and played two high school seasons in Detroit before moving to California for his last two prep years. He’ll compete for minutes against last year’s lottery pick, Sekou Doumbouya as well as Svi Mykhailiuk and rookie Saddiq Bey.
Good pickup
Bust.
Yeah people said the same thing about Wood who you were just salivating over in the next post. Lol!!!!!!
I never even heard of Christian wood before this year. Was Christian Wood a top 6 lottery pick like Josh Jackson? I think I missed it.
Very solid scoop. Now interested to see how Weaver plans to shape up this rosters. He has about 5 centers and 5 sf.
Yes I really don’t understand what he’s doing picking up all these big men. I need to look at their roster, do they not have any big men? I know they might be losing Christian Wood, but acquiring Five Guys in a matter of a couple days? He must have a plan up his sleeve.
It’s better that they acquired Five Guys over the the pair of McDonalds.
Would like to see him do well in Detroit. Disappointed he didn’t work out in Phx
He is on the verge of a breakout once he is finally used correctly. Thought several teams should be in on him as a defender/2nd or 3rd playmaking guard/combo forward. Detroit has grabbed a few guys that fit some of those teams that badly need defense at those positions