Wearing goggles, rich and high-profile body language, unreasonable shots again and again but full of confidence, as if he is the number one trump card. Reggie Jackson, who won the title of “Mr. June” in the 2021 playoffs, is the most classic starting point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers in recent years, and can be said to be an important representative backcourt after Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams. Before the trade deadline, the Clippers traded Reggie Jackson to the Hornets, ready to bridge another era.
Wearing goggles, rich and high-profile body language, unreasonable shots again and again but full of confidence, as if he is the number one trump card. Reggie Jackson, who won the title of “Mr. June” in the 2021 playoffs, is the most classic starting point guard for the Los Angeles Clippers in recent years, and can be said to be an important representative backcourt after Patrick Beverley and Lou Williams. Before the trade deadline, the Clippers traded Reggie Jackson to the Hornets, ready to bridge another era.
Back in 2020, how lucky the Clippers were to pick up Reggie in the buyout market. At that time, the outside world was full of doubts. It was generally believed that the Clippers lacked a traditional point guard. Beverley, who was the starter at the time, was not good at organizing. Someone needed to assist Kawhi Leonard and Paul George to manage the offense. In addition, the team still had Lou who was good at scoring. And the best sixth man with a lot of possessions, what can Reggie, who focuses on offense, contribute?
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Reggie also had a great reputation in the past. He was once regarded as the core guard of the Pistons reconstruction. He even won a five-year 80 million contract in 2015. However, he only averaged 16.2 points and 5.6 assists in six years in Detroit. He did not have an ideal record, and due to long-term injuries and a style of play that is only good at offense, he was bought out of the contract in February 2020 in advance. The Clippers finally signed Reggie with a basic salary. At first, it might only be regarded as a lucky bag, but the value he brought clearly exceeded the book value.
In the 4 seasons of the Los Angeles Clippers, Reggie averaged 12.8 points and 3.8 assists. The number of games played in the Clippers is second only to Ivica Zubac and Terance Mann. He scored 392 three-pointers and only lost to George. He is the number one sniper of the Clippers. . He is also the scoring guard who has the best chemical effect with the two stars in recent years. He can ambush the bottom corner as a sniper, and can tear the defense line and enter the penalty area when necessary. He can even defuse bombs in singles.
The 2020-21 season is a year where Reggie shines and is also a classic! The speedboat completed the extension with a basic salary, in exchange for an unimaginable price-performance ratio. He first filled in the regular season when Beverley was injured and started the ball, and then Williams was traded. “He really saved us all year, one key shot after another.” As former assistant coach Chauncey Billups said at the time, Reggie can be said to be a great savior for the Clippers this year, especially in the playoffs. Performance.
In the 2021 playoffs, when Leonard fell due to injury in the fifth game against the Jazz, Reggie unexpectedly became the second in command next to George, and he was also a major contributor to the Clippers’ first advance to the Western Conference Championship. In the sixth game against the Jazz in the second round, many fans focused on Terance Mann’s 39 points, but forgot that Reggie also scored 27 points, 10 assists and 3 steals.
And compared to Mann, Reggie’s amazing story is even higher, and there is more than one good performance! The entire playoffs in June were better than the next round. First, the score in the first round against the Lone Ranger rose slightly to 15.4 points. In the second round, it rose to 18 points. In the Western Conference Championship, they met the Suns and had 20.3 points. In this year’s playoffs, he averaged 43.8% shooting from the field and 40.8% from the three-point line. He made frequent outside shots with a big heart, and the Clippers officially called him “Mr. June” (Mr. June).
In addition to credit, Reggie’s hard work is indispensable. In the 2021-22 season when Leonard was absent and George was injured for a long time, Reggie became the top scorer of the Clippers in one fell swoop, averaging 16.8 points per game, a record high in the past five years. As if it was the only option on the offensive end, several big heart attacks saved several games.
Not only Reggie saved the speedboat, but in the press conference after the speedboat was eliminated in 2021, he truly revealed that “the speedboat saved his life.” Because of his long-term health, Reggie once considered retiring after a buyout in 2020. It was a recruiting call from his good friend George that made him decide to fight for another year! “I thank everyone in the lounge, Paul (George) for that phone call last year that allowed me to be here through it all, the city that made me feel at home, embraced my strengths, my weaknesses, and without them I wouldn’t be here. Not here, not even playing.”
“Allow me to be myself” Reggie Jackson is not a pleasing point guard in the contemporary NBA. He is short in height, poor in defense, and lacks organizational skills. Only offensive methods are a few bright spots. However, the 2021 Clippers just need such Players, they have Paul George and Kawhi Leonard to shoulder the offensive and defensive tasks. What Reggie needs is to seize the opportunity and exert his destructive power as much as possible, so that the Clippers can become a team that can bloom more.
By this season, the fate of the two parties seems to have come to an end. Although Reggie still had a data performance of 10.9 points and 3.5 assists, his poor shot selection and defense were mercilessly magnified. for. However, Reggie never complained. In an interview in January, he mentioned that “I just want to win. I don’t care how much time I play. As long as we can win, I only care about the ultimate goal.” Perhaps Reggie has always been that year. Reggie maintains his consistent playing style and characteristics, but the Clippers, who are not as expected this season, are no longer able to protect themselves, and the unstable offensive and defensive system can hardly cover up his flaws in playing style.
Reggie was lucky enough to meet the Clippers team when his career was at a low ebb, but the Clippers were also so lucky to have this good player, and he deserved credit and hard work. He is a pistachio in the lounge and is also willing to cooperate with the ball Any adjustment of the team, even if the bold and unrestrained style of play made the fans frightened from time to time, they surprisingly contributed to the most glorious period of their careers. I hope that Reggie can find the next team Bole in the buyout market and start another spring of his career.
