Reggie Jackson rumors: Oklahoma City Thunder have no plans to trade Jackson

Now that the Phoenix Suns and guard Eric Bledsoe have agreed to a five-year, $70 million, the next guard who may looking for a big deal in restricted free agency is Reggie Jackson of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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Thunder general manager Sam Presti and the organization are very high on Jackson.

“We don’t look at [Jackson] as anything other than a core member,” Presti said via Royce Young of ESPN.com. “We want to invest in Reggie. There’s not a lack of clarity in that regard. Figuring out how best we do that is my job. And I’m going to do everything I can because I believe that he’s a great example of a lot of things that we try to do here. He was drafted, he’s been developed by our coaches and our support staff and the next step is to keep him with us for a long time.”

In fact, Presti says they haven’t considered trading him.

“That’s just not something we’ve considered,” Presti said about the possibility of repeating a trade with Jackson. “I think with him in particular he’s a guy we see being here for a long time. It may not be something we get solved in October, but the system is set up to try and give you an early opportunity to do that and we’ll try to take advantage of that. We want to get things done in advance if possible, but if not, we’ll pick it up next season and do it in earnest again.”

Many believe the Thunder made a mistake when they dealt James Harden and they clearly don’t want that to happen again.

Jackson averaged 13.1 points, 4.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game while shooting 44.0% from the field, 33.9% from three and 89.3% from the free throw line during the regular season. He put up 11.1 points, 3.8 assists and 2.4 rebounds per game while shooting 46.6% from the floor, 39.6% from beyond the arc and 88.6% from the charity stripe in the postseason. He was selected by the Thunder with the 24th-overall pick in the first round of the 2011 NBA Draft. He’s averaged 8.0 points, 2.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds per game while shooting 43.1% from the field, 29.2% from three and 87.7% from the free throw line.

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