Reggie Jackson, Clippers Agree To Two-Year, $22M Deal

Reggie Jackson, Clippers Agree To Two-Year, $22M Deal

Reggie Jackson has agreed to a two-year, $22 million deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.

The contract is the maximum the Clippers can pay Jackson under CBA rules as a team over the cap.

Jackson averaged 10.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 23.0 minutes over 67 games in his first full season with the Clippers.

In the Western Conference Finals after the Clippers lost Kawhi Leonard, Jackson averaged 20.3 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists.

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Great news since Monday.

Now there's a team player. He could have easily gotten 20 mill somewhere else. Glad he decided to stay.

Great to hear. I assumed as much. Once Kelly Oubre signed in Charlotte, it pretty much left Reggie's options at San Antonio, Dallas and OKC. SA doesn't need a point guard, OKC is sitting on it's money and he has no interest in going there and Dallas wasn't interested.

This is great news. I had a feeling it'd all be about fit with Reggie. He got the big contract with Detroit and languished on the bench until they ate his contract.

He fit in perfectly with the Clippers. No telling if he'd sign a big contract somewhere else and end up languishing like he did in Detroit.

This is a fairly impressive team:

pf) Marcus Morris, Nicolas Batum

sf) Kawhi Leonard, Terance Mann, Amir Coffey

c) Serge Ibaka, Ivica Zubac, Daniel Oturu

sg) Paul George, Luke Kennard, Keon Johnson

pg) Reggie Jackson, Patrick Beverley, Rajon Rondo, Jason Preston

Two-way: Jay Scrubb, BJ Boston

Free agent: DeMarcus Cousins, Patrick Patterson

I've called him "Blockhead" Jackson.

When he hit his shots, he was "Action... Action" Jackson.

Now, based on this picture, his only nickname can be "Cyclops" (with his singular focus on making shots).

We're running it back guys...Love it! The minute Ibaka opted in, I knew it was going to be fine. This was the one year where I said to myself, we better NOT make changes. I was more worried we couldn't keep this team intact. Not who we were getting.

Not only do we get the gang back together, we have a second year of bonding without another big change. We made the WFC finals! You don't change that team especially when your best player was "knee-capped" in the middle of the run. Suns were not better than us (without Kawhi), we put ourselves in a no-win situation with that schedule. We ran out of gas, we weren't run out of the court.

This is why I'm excited about the upcoming season. People are sleeping on us and I hope the Clippers prove that this team is much more than Kawhi. He's still my favorite player but this team is much more than one player. Man, I am so happy we got the band back together.

Now, do we care whether we re-sign DeMarcus Cousins or do we just let him walk.

Andre Drummond, Dwight Howard, etc., have all signed elsewhere.

Nothing yet on Cousins.

I'm pretty sure he wants to stay and we should accommodate him after Kawhi decides on what contract he wants.

And don't forget that we drafted three very promising players, which will offset the aging process and keep us competitive even when our players start to age and decline in athleticism. Brooklyn and the Lakers have given up all their youth and will be f#cked if it doesn't pan out.

Yeah, I think his time in Detroit gave him the opportunity to be the main star, and he realized it wasn't necessarily putting him in the best spot to win. I think he's figured everything out now.

Reggie and Kawhi are back!

Nice- well deserved for Reggie!

Yes. Yes. Yes. That is why I am optimistic no matter what. We have youth for grooming. We have youth ready to take the next step. We have the established vets that know their roles. And we have our superstars. I am not saying we're flawless but to me, this is a complete team ready to compete for a title now and has pieces ready to fill in when changes are made at the top of the roster. This is no Doc Rivers FO!

Well said. Nor do we have Doc Rivers in charge of coaching decisions. After one year, I'm happy to say that Ty Lue is the guy for the job.

This was absolutely critical. Not that resigning Kawhi isn't important, but bringing back Reggie is absolutey huge. I honestly did not think this was possible. I doubt he's going to play as well as he did in the playoffs, but he's still an important piece to this team and I'm thrilled he's coming back.

Absolutely. I think that's what people need to understand. If I can describe Reggie's performance this year in the playoffs it would be "magic." He hit shots I did not think were possible. We shouldn't expect another conference championship appearance, but this will be a playoff team: likely anywhere between 6th through 8th seeding. If...just if we can get Kawhi back by playoffs, we will be fine.

Great signing. Reggie signed for less than Luke Kennard.

Now that is hurtful. Kennard better step up this year.

We aren’t a one man band team. We are not going to be anywhere near an 8th seed. It’s not like Luka going down on Dallas or Dame on Portland. This team will be no lower than 5th seed.

Last year guys were hurt and in and out the rotation all season and we still could have gotten 2-3 seed.

I actually think that we can still get 2-3 seed this year, even without Kawhi. Last year was Ty Lue's first year. Think the Clipper players know their roles and what to expect this year. Even better, we're literally returning everyone from last year and we could be potentially stronger developing our rookies. I also think that load management isn't going to be a problem this year, especially in terms of how it affected our team's consistency.

Wow, I hate to be the "negative Nancy" on the site, but I don't think that's likely. Last year, we had Kawhi and George, albeit in and out, but we had them. Even then, we got a 4th seed. How is it possible to get better without one of the best players in the league? We did well in the playoffs despite injuries, but I think we are all a little too high off of that conference finals. I'm calling it, 6th-8th seeding. That's not a bad place to be, and if we get Kawhi back by playoff time...then seeding won't matter as we are well experienced playing from behind and away from home. Once Kawhi is back, then yes I think we are contenders, but without him we are simply a playoff team. I don't know how everyone is predicting such a high regular season record.

Well the Suns didn't have one of the best players in the league, neither did the jazz and yet they were 1 and 2 seeds. The thing is that we have continuity, a very smart coach, and in the playoffs we took out the 1st seed(closing without our best player) and could have taken out the suns with a healthy contributing ibaka(I think he's a bad match up for them). I don't think 5 other teams are better than us with our without Kawhi.

Rednblue, you're forgetting one very crucial thing. The Jazz and Suns were 1 and 2 by circumstance. Every western team had injury. In a healthy season, the Suns and Jazz are not a 1 and 2 seed. So this notion that we can hang with a true 1 or 2 is a little misplaced. We weren't a 4th seed last year either, but injury made us so. However, every year resets. The Suns and Jazz won't be 1 and 2 coming up, but neither will other teams follow the 3-8 seeding. Let me expand, Klay Thompson will be back, Lakers changed significantly, Jazz and Denver will have injured players back....so this isn't last year. I honestly think people here are prisoners of the moment. Listen, was I proud of last year's achievements? Yes, but to think we are automatically returning to the conference finals is just naive dude. Folks need to temper expectations.

Lol you’re the one being extreme. No one mentioned conference finals without Kawhi. But we aren’t an 8th seed either.

There are many factors why we will be better. Continuity makes a big difference. Especially in the regular season when other teams are trying to figure out rotations with their new players and core.

We are literally playing with the same team with defined roles and players knowing their role. Last year Mann was barely in the rotation, kennard fell out the rotation, Reggie fell out the rotation, then went to starting.

There wasn’t continuity.

That’s why jazz was #1 seed. They had the most continuity on the west.

we chose not to take the 3rd seed. Don’t forget we intentionally tanked to lose the third seed. All year long we sat players. We could have won the division had we tried to.

Glad you guys see the light. This team could range from 3rd to 6th depending on how we play and who turns the corner next season. Its just that us being good minus Kawhi is just not the sexy thing to say amidst all the ESPN Lakers and Nets talk. We only needed a healthy Ibaka and a day off here and there in between playoff games against the Suns and we would've made the Finals. But nobody wants to here all that so we'll just stay under the radar for now. This is the right thing to do in running it back. Ty Lue is plotting and scheming the lineups and plays, PG will be a MVP canidate, Mann improved, Ibaka healthy, Zu with an outside jumper, Reggie revitalized, Pat Bev, Morris Sr, Batum, Kennard, hopefully two out of five of these rooks/youngsters will be in the rotation, maybe Winslow can contribute... come on now, we're not skipping a beat