<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wizards-trade-grade-jared-butler-reggie-jackson-76ers-deal');   ga('set', 'title', 'Wizards trade grade for Jared Butler-Reggie Jackson 76ers deal');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Wizards-trade-grade-for-Jared-Butler-Reggie-Jackson-76ers-deal.jpg"></figure><h1>Wizards trade grade for Jared Butler-Reggie Jackson 76ers deal</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-06T22:32:30-08:00">February 6th, 10:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-06T22:50:50-08:00">February 6th, 10:50pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Washington <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grizzlies-news-memphis-makes-marcus-smart-deal-wizards-beat-trade-deadline-buzzer">Wizards reminded the NBA world</a> on Thursday why it’s important to stockpile second-round draft choices. While the picks individually aren’t worth much, the value increases when teams acquire several.</p><p>That’s what happened with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-philly-trades-reggie-jackson-to-wizards-in-deal-that-includes-5-draft-picks">Wizards-76ers deal</a> hours before the trade deadline. The full <a href="https://x.com/BobbyMarks42/status/1887521355492696361" rel="noopener">details are below</a>, via ESPN’s Bobby Marks:</p><p><b>Wizards receive:</b></p><p>2026 first-round pick, least favorable of Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets (if 5-30), and Los Angeles Clippers<br>Reggie Jackson (Washington waived him shortly after making the deal)</p><p><b>Sixers receive:</b></p><p>2027 second (most favorable of Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns)<br>2028 second (Golden State)<br>2030 second (most favorable of Phoenix and Portland Trail Blazers)<br>2030 second (Washington)<br>Jared Butler</p><p>The first-round pick’s “least favorable” stipulation could make it end up near the No. 30 spot, but <a href="https://x.com/bijan_todd/status/1887526593871978704" rel="noopener">it’s still valuable</a>, via Monumental Sports Network’s Bijan Todd.</p><p>“Even if this could be the 30th pick in the 2026 draft (because it could be the Thunder’s pick), having a first-rounder in any case is a good bargaining chip for the Wizards to have,” Todd tweeted, “As in ‘look at this shiny first round pick we have’ if they try to include it in future dealings.”</p><p>With that in mind, how did Washington do in this deal?</p><h2><b>Wizards trade grade: A</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wizards-Jared-Butler.jpg"><figcaption>© Reggie Hildred-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Losing Butler is a shame, as he proved to be a capable role player when given the opportunity this season. The 24-year-old is averaging a career-high 6.9 points on 43% shooting with 1.3 rebounds and 2.6 assists across 11.3 minutes per game. However, Washington has a crowded stable of guards, so this deal was a no-brainer.</p><p>Statistically speaking, players picked in the first round are more likely to succeed. The pick range within the round makes a difference, as <a href="https://www.82games.com/nbadraftpicks.htm" rel="noopener">70% of players picked first</a> overall become stars, while just 6% of players chosen in the 21-30 range become stars, via 82games.com’s Roland Beech. Still, while less than half of players picked in the latter range even become role players, second-rounders usually produce either “deep bench” or “complete bust” types, according to Beech’s data system.</p><p>Therefore, it makes sense to dump several second-rounders for a first, even if the seconds are high in the round. While some second-round picks (such as Butler himself) develop into role players, the Wizards need to focus on foundational pieces for their future, and they’re more likely to find those in the first. That’s why this trade was a low-risk, high-reward move deserving of an “A” grade.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Wizards trade grade for Jared Butler-Reggie Jackson 76ers deal

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-philly-trades-reggie-jackson-to-wizards-in-deal-that-includes-5-draft-picks');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers trade Reggie Jackson to Wizards in deal that includes 5 draft picks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/76ers-news-Philly-trades-Reggie-Jackson-to-Wizards-in-deal-that-includes-5-draft-picks.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers trade Reggie Jackson to Wizards in deal that includes 5 draft picks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-02-06T07:35:45-08:00">February 6th, 7:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-02-06T07:43:42-08:00">February 6th, 7:43am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On the day of the NBA trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers and Washington Wizards have agreed to a deal that swaps point guards and draft picks. The Sixers are continuing to stock up on draft capital after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-philadelphia-trades-kj-martin-pistons" rel="noopener">shedding a few picks to salary dump KJ Martin</a>.</p><p>The full trade, according to NBA insider Marc Stein, is as follows: the Sixers will <a href="https://x.com/TheSteinLine/status/1887519566609133978" rel="noopener">receive Jared Butler and four second-round picks</a> in exchange for Reggie Jackson and a 2026 first-round pick. Mike Scotto of HoopsHype first reported the swap in draft capital.</p><p>According to Adam Aaronson of PhillyVoice, the Sixers will waive Pete Nance to make room for Butler, who is signed to a two-way deal. Aaronson also reports that the four second-rounders coming Philadelphia’s way include one pick in 2027, one in 2028 and two in 2030. The first-rounder headed to Washington is the least favorable of the Oklahoma City Thunder, Houston Rockets and Los Angeles Clippers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Sixers are trading Reggie Jackson + least favorable of the 2026 firsts of OKC/HOU/LAC to the Washington Wizards for four second-round picks and Jared Butler, per source. Those picks, I'm told:</p><p>2027 more favorable GSW/PHX, 2028 GSW, 2030 more favorable PHX/POR, 2030 WAS</p><p>— Adam Aaronson (@SixersAdam) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixersAdam/status/1887520301489004628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>76ers trade Reggie Jackson to Wizards, accumulate future draft capital</b></h2><p>The 76ers have their own first-rounder in the 2026 draft, so they could afford to move another one to break it into more tradable picks. They gave up two to trade Martin’s contract to the Detroit Pistons but also added one (their own 2025 second-rounder) in the Quentin Grimes-Caleb Martin swap with the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>Jackson appeared in 31 games for the 76ers this season, averaging just 4.4 points per game. He’s very likely to be a buyout candidate for the rebuilding Wizards, who exchange quantity of draft picks for quality.</p><p>Butler has played sparingly for the Wizards but did have a standout performance when they played the 76ers,<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-wizards-tyrese-maxey-comes-through-avoid-collapse"> recording a career-best 26 points</a> and tying his season-high of seven assists. The 24-year-old could be helpful to a backcourt that still features veterans like Kyle Lowry and Eric Gordon, though it’s unclear how big of a role Philly truly envisions for him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers trade Reggie Jackson to Wizards in deal that includes 5 draft picks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-how-guerschon-yabusele-benefited-kyle-lowry-reggie-jackson-pairing');   ga('set', 'title', 'How Guerschon Yabusele benefited from 76ers’ Kyle Lowry-Reggie Jackson pairing');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/76ers-news-How-Guerschon-Yabusele-benefited-from-Kyle-Lowry-Reggie-Jackson-pairing.jpg"></figure><h1>How Guerschon Yabusele benefited from 76ers’ Kyle Lowry-Reggie Jackson pairing</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-01-04T19:22:53-08:00">January 4th, 7:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-01-04T19:22:53-08:00">January 4th, 7:22pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>NEW YORK — Guerschon Yabusele’s latest start came alongside Joel Embiid in a rousing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-nets-joel-embiid-philly-coast-to-victory">Philadelphia 76ers win over the Brooklyn Nets</a>. But the main reason why he started was not necessarily his ability level but those of two of his teammates.</p><p>Nick Nurse certainly values what he can do, especially next to the team’s three stars, but starting Yabusele was a way of making it easier to deploy his preferred bench unit. Amid Kelly Oubre Jr’s hand injury, Kyle Lowry was the guy filling in for him. In Brooklyn, Nurse decided to go with Yabusele instead, marking the 76ers’ 20th unique starting lineup and one of its very biggest.</p><p>Nurse put Lowry back on the bench, he explained after the 123-94 win, to make it easier to play him next to Reggie Jackson.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nick Nurse said he went to Guerschon Yabusele to start so that Kyle Lowry and Reggie Jackson could come in together when Tyrese Maxey rests <a href="https://t.co/keR0OOd0IW">pic.twitter.com/keR0OOd0IW</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1875718136969965926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 5, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It hardly mattered who the fifth starter was against a tanking, injury-riddled Nets team but Yabusele did a fine job despite shooting 1-4 in the victory. He made the most of his lone basket on the evening, <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1875698273606127937" rel="noopener">throwing down a slam that excited the bench</a>.</p><h2><b>Nick Nurse explains preference to play Kyle Lowry, Reggie Jackson together</b></h2><p>When Tyrese Maxey hits the bench, the Sixers need someone to handle the ball and set up the offense. It’s a role that guys like Paul George and Caleb Martin are capable of doing but preferably not for long stretches of the game. Lowry and Jackson have struggled individually but Nurse sees value in having them help each other.</p><p>“It gives ’em a chance to work together as far as bringing the ball up,” Nurse said. “Seems like maybe there’s one that doesn’t get as much pressure or the other one doesn’t, so we can get the ball up and get into our stuff. They’re pretty interchangeable…I just thought it was a good way of letting them play an extended stint rather than one of ’em goes in and things don’t go well and it turns into a three- or four-minute stint that’s, that’s not any fun for either one of ’em.”</p><p>The heavy reliance on Lowry and Jackson to be a point guard by committee is a result of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-jared-mccain-sends-message-to-fans-right-after-knee-surgery">Jared McCain’s meniscus injury</a>. The promising rookie’s absence leaves the 76ers with a huge hole in their offense. Even if he can’t read the floor like one of his veteran teammates, he found his own way to generate good looks for himself and his teammates.</p><p>The 76ers could go a lot of different ways at the trade deadline but one of them could be upgrading their backup guard spot, especially if McCain’s injury sidelines him through the rest of the season. For the time being, Lowry and Jackson will co-pilot Philly’s second unit.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How Guerschon Yabusele benefited from 76ers’ Kyle Lowry-Reggie Jackson pairing

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/astros-news-why-reggie-jackson-stepped-down-front-office-gig');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Reggie Jackson stepped down from Astros front office gig');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/0Why-Reggie-Jackson-stepped-down-from-Houston-front-office-gig0.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Reggie Jackson stepped down from Astros front office gig</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-09T09:53:03-08:00">November 9th, 9:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-09T09:53:26-08:00">November 9th, 9:53am</time><address><a>Benjamin Adducchio</a>Benjamin Adducchio is a journalist and writer with more than a decade of experience in covering sports news. Ben is a passionate sports fan who loves college football, basketball, and the New York Yankees.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Houston Astros</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Astros and Major League Baseball legend Reggie Jackson are parting ways, and Jackson is opening up about the reason why. Jackson says he wanted to spend more time with his family in California.</p><p>The famed former New York Yankee worked for the Houston franchise as a front office executive. Interestingly, Jackson isn’t ruling out a possible return to baseball-working for the Bronx Bombers.</p><p>“It’s always been <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/11/08/sports/reggie-jackson-leaving-astros-front-office-position/" rel="noopener">a home for me</a>,” Jackson said, per the New York Post. “I’m a Yankee. I’m still a Yankee.”</p><p>Jackson is one of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-news-reggie-jackson-drops-american-truth-bomb-on-yankees-vs-dodgers-world-series">the most prolific players</a> to ever wear a Yankees uniform, despite playing for several different teams in his MLB career. He played for the team from 1977 through 1981. He won two World Series titles with the team, and was named an All-Star every season he played in the Bronx.</p><h2>Astros need to regroup to make the postseason once again</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Alex-Bregman-with-Houston-Astros-1.jpg"><figcaption>Thomas Shea-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Jackson worked for the Astros in the front office, from 2021 through the 2024 campaign. He called himself a “pseudo executive” for the team, per the outlet. He says he cherished his relationship with Jim Crane, the Astros chairperson.</p><p>“I really loved working with Jim Crane. He’s a wonderful guy, a great leader,” Jackson added. “I learned a lot being around Jim Crane. He’ll always be a friend. And that fan base is special. Man, they love their ’Stros.”</p><p>With Jackson working for the Astros, the franchise did see amazing success. Houston won the American League West Division each season the man known as Mr. October worked for the team. That is an impressive four year run, and it was capped off by the 2022 World Series championship.</p><p>Despite all of that, Jackson said he was ready to step away from the game of baseball. That may be surprising to some, as Jackson revealed he at one point <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/reggie-jackson-stunning-admission-previous-attempt-to-buy-athletics">wanted to buy</a> the Athletics.</p><p>“I enjoy being around the ballpark. But the road gets a little bit old,” Jackson added. “I still like being around the game. [But] I don’t want to be gone as much. I want to see what this is like.”</p><p>That 2022 season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/tigers-news-aj-hinch-perfect-response-beating-astros-playoffs">would be the last time </a>the Astros won the AL pennant. Houston has missed the World Series in the last few seasons, as the power structure seems to be changing in the American League. The Astros will have to compete with several other clubs for talent, including the Yankees as well as the Cleveland Guardians and others.</p><p>Houston reached 5,000 wins as a franchise during the 2024 season, so the Astros have a lot to build off of as they try and return to the postseason in 2025.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>CAMDEN, N.J. — The familiar faces Reggie Jackson sees as he joins the Philadelphia 76ers will make it much easier to acclimate to the fifth squad and 14th season in the NBA.</p><p>While perhaps not an explicit goal of the front office, and perhaps something unavoidable when targeting NBA veterans, Jackson is yet another bench addition who has overlapped careers with some of his new teammates. Time to mesh is not a luxury the Sixers have had in recent years. Fast-tracking the chemistry around the team’s nucleus of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George with role players who have played together elsewhere might be pretty helpful.</p><p>Jackson played with Andre Drummond in six different seasons with the Detroit Pistons. Only two more players, Serge Ibaka and Marcus Morris Sr., have played more NBA games with Jackson than Drummond has. As the big man returns to a team he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-honest-take-being-back-home-philly">loved playing for</a>, his former co-pilot of the rebuilding Pistons will surely help him feel secure in his new home.</p><p>“That guy,” Jackson said, pointing to Drummond in response to a question of why he joined the 76ers. Before speaking to the local media, the two former teammates <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1818308942402896313" rel="noopener">worked out together</a> on the team’s practice court.</p><p>“That’s my brother so it makes it easy,” Jackson said. “We’ve stayed in touch always, ever since our Detroit days. He knows my highs and lows, same here. Family is connected. So, yeah, I was excited to be able to play with Andre again and, hopefully, the connection looks well on the court.”</p><p>Jackson also played with George on the Los Angeles Clippers. At 167 games over four different seasons, the 76ers’ newest star comes in 16th on the leaderboard of games played alongside the confident guard who earned the nickname “Big Government” for his ability to bail out his team with timely buckets. Teaming up once again with George, who he credited with saving his career and is “one of the most confident players in the league” and “probably the smoothest player in the league,” is a dream scenario for Jackson.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Reggie Jackson at Paul George's camp:</p><p>"It really started making me question myself [late in Detroit tenure]… Don't let anybody ever do this to you in life, take the fun out of the things that you love to do. I really was gonna retire. My lifeline, my brother here saved me." <a href="https://t.co/06l7yEonp1">pic.twitter.com/06l7yEonp1</a></p><p>— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomerAzarly/status/1554951084979863552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 3, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>Jackson was dumped by the Denver Nuggets to the Charlotte Hornets in an offseason trade and later waived. The 34-year-old’s inefficiency on two-point shots and lackluster history of drawing fouls will only be <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jacksre01.html#adj_shooting" rel="noopener">exacerbated by his age</a>. Still, his confidence and durability — he played in all 82 games last season and no fewer than 67 games in the prior three seasons — show why Philly targeted him as a third-stringer.</p><p>“Reggie is a playoff-tested veteran who brings leadership and experience to our backcourt,” 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey said in the team’s official announcement of the Jackson signing. “He’s been a dynamic offensive player throughout his 13 seasons in the league.”</p><p>Playing time won’t come easy for Jackson. With Maxey and Kelly Oubre Jr. starting in the backcourt and three guards around Jackson’s size coming off the bench, he could be the deepest on the depth chart he has been since his earliest days in the league. At this stage in his career, he’s content to help the team in whatever form it takes.</p><p>“My mindset is just to come in and do whatever it takes: playing, cheering on, just trying to be a great teammate and enjoy the process,” he said. “That’s the fun thing [about] getting older in this game, you start to enjoy the process more and that’s the biggest thing I look forward to — just trying to help the locker room be great, trying to be a great team, just try to do all I can to find ways to win.”</p><h2><b>Reggie Jackson joining 76ers’ crowded guard room</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Reggie-Jackson-shoots-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>© Michael Ciaglo-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>With Jackson, Maxey, Kyle Lowry, Eric Gordon and Jared McCain, the 76ers have five players listed at 6-foot-3 or smaller on Basketball Reference on their current roster, which will eventually feature 14 players once they make their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-bargain-bin-free-agents-round-out-roster">final offseason addition</a> and retain an open roster spot. Only two other teams currently have four: the New York Knicks (Jalen Brunson, Miles McBride, Cam Payne, Tyler Kolek) and the Sacramento Kings (De’Aaron Fox, Malik Monk, Devin Carter, Jordan McLaughlin).</p><p>The listed heights of these players aren’t all-encompassing definitions of their abilities but they serve to illustrate their positional limitations, which will make Philly’s lineup combinations very rigid or comprise heavily of three-guard lineups. Size is going to be a glaring weakness for the Sixes coming into the season, both around Embiid in the frontcourt and in the backcourt options off the bench.</p><p>What the 76ers’ guards lack in size, however, they make up for in shooting. Despite the varying amounts of NBA experience and respective likelihoods of being consistent contributors for Philly, all of them can shoot the three-ball well. While it may be hard to play three of them together, whatever pairing Nick Nurse chooses should provide ample spacing from the guard spots for Embiid and George.</p><p>Jackson, who helps make up for his lack of height with a seven-foot wingspan, will have to get his three-point percentage back up. He has made just 33.7 percent of his threes over the past three regular seasons. In the three prior seasons, he made 39.3 percent of them. The players around him will get him open, so he’ll be expected to knock down more than a few.</p><p>Jackson pointed to Maxey, who is “definitely deserving” of an All-Star nod and max contract extension, and Lowry, who he said is a future Hall of Famer, as two players he’s looking forward to teaming up with. It’ll take time, he said, to mesh with them, Embiid and his other new teammates. The bulk of the chemistry he’ll generate will come in practice or the scarce opportunities he serves as an injury replacement. Accepting whatever role comes his way is a product of his tight inner circle and his upbringing.</p><p>“Being a military kid prepared me for this life,” Jackson said. “Always moving around, always trying to figure it out, find ways to acclimate yourself to a new situation, just trying to find a way to be effective.”</p><p>The chance to join a team with an appealing roster and reunite with some of his favorite teammates was too much for Jackson to pass up, even if he wouldn’t see the court as much as he would have in other places. After experiencing the intensity and passion in Detroit for over half a decade, he’s ready to take on Philadelphia.</p><p>“I play for my teammates, play for my family, and, honestly, just try to represent the name on my back and do all I can to help the name on the front,” Reggie Jackson said.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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