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This year's NBA trade deadline has been absolutely bonkers, so good luck trying to keep up with where former Boston College guard Reggie Jackson will land...
Jackson, 24, has been looking for a new franchise after turning down a four-year, $48 million rookie contract extension with Oklahoma City. On Wednesday, he requested a trade in the hopes of landing a starting point guard job. Seemingly overnight, Jackson became one of the hottest commodities during today's NBA trade deadline.
At the start of the day, it was looking like Oklahoma City was ready to ship Jackson to the Brooklyn Nets for Brook Lopez.
Oklahoma City and Brooklyn are close to completing a trade centered on Brook Lopez and Reggie Jackson, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
Less than an hour later, OKC was thinking of pulling the plug on that deal and shipping Jackson to Utah for Enes Kanter.
Oklahoma City's probing another possible deal before committing to Brooklyn trade, league sources tell Yahoo. Decision soon.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
Sources: OKC hasn't committed to Lopez deal, and there's still another center that they've had talks about acquiring: Utah's Enes Kanter.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
Enter a third team in the Reggie Jackson sweepstakes: the Detroit Pistons.
Another team in hot pursuit of OKC's Reggie Jackson, league source tells Yahoo Sports: The Detroit Pistons.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
And ANOTHER team: the Indiana Pacers.
Oklahoma City is engaged with Utah and Indiana in trade scenarios, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. Pacers have long coveted Jackson too.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
The Pacers then exited the Reggie Jackson sweepstakes almost as soon as they entered them.
Oklahoma City talked to Pacers, but there are no possible deals there, league source tells Yahoo Sports.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
With just 20 minutes remaining before the trade deadline, everyone basically threw their hands up.
Sources: Brooklyn still waiting on OKC to finalize a Brook Lopez deal, but Thunder hunting elsewhere within 20 minutes of deadline.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
And when the dust finally settled, Jackson was shipped off to Detroit as part of a multi-team trade with Oklahoma City and Utah. Utah sends Enes Kanter to Oklahoma City for center Kendrick Perkins, while the Thunder get guards DJ Augustin and Klye Singer from Detroit.
Yahoo Sources: Oklahoma acquires Utah's Enes Kanter, sends Reggie Jackson to Detroit. http://t.co/fpklUd8Xsx
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) February 19, 2015
Jackson has averaged 12.4 points, 4.2 assists and four rebounds for the Thunder this season and will become a restricted free agent in July. A first-round draft pick (24th overall) of Oklahoma City in the 2011 NBA Draft, Jackson has averaged 9.0 points, 3.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds in four seasons with the Thunder.
Best of luck to Reggie Jackson in Detroit.