Chicago Bulls undetected options for point guard help: Sign the impending UFA Reggie Jackson
One of the impending unrestricted free agent point guards that really has his stock on the rise this summer is the Los Angeles Clippers’ volume-scoring veteran Reggie Jackson. The former 24th overall pick in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft of the Oklahoma City Thunder out of the Boston College Eagles basketball program is now playing for his third different team in his career to date.
Jackson is familiar with the Bulls, as he spent six seasons throughout the 2010s with Chicago’s divisional foe the Detroit Pistons. He also spent four seasons with the Thunder and is now in his second year with the Clippers.
Jackson never really got a chance to succeed with the Thunder under head coach Billy Donovan. The Thunder parted ways with their former head coach Scott Brooks the season after Jackson was sent from the Thunder to the Pistons.
What Jackson could really bring to the table for the Bulls that someone like Schroder or even Lonzo could not is the ability to turn on the scoring and creating on offense as a primary ball-handler in crunch time. Jackson still leads the NBA in this playoff run in total three-pointers made. He really turned it on when the Clippers needed him the most in the playoffs this year.
The main question mark to the Bulls signing Jackson would be his defensive prowess. If Donovan feels confident that the Bulls could hold up on the perimeter with Jackson and star shooting guard Zach LaVine as the starting backcourt, then this solution could work.
The goal in this situation would be the Bulls having LaVine and Jackson essentially play out as a net neutral presence on the defensive end of the floor while remaining one of the most potent offensive pairings. They can each create their own looks, and both shot above 41 percent from downtown during the regular season.