Reports: Pistons land Mason Plumlee, Okafor, Josh Jackson
The Detroit Pistons beefed up their front court on Friday, agreeing to free agent deals with Mason Plumlee, Jahlil Okafor and Josh Jackson, ESPN reported. Plumlee landed a three-year, $25 million deal, according to ESPN. Okafor got a two-year contract and Jackson reached an undisclosed deal with the Pistons, per ESPN.
The Detroit Pistons beefed up their front court on Friday, agreeing to free
agent deals with Mason Plumlee, Jahlil Okafor and Josh Jackson, ESPN reported.
Plumlee landed a three-year, $25 million deal, according to ESPN. Okafor got atwo-year contract and Jackson reached an undisclosed deal with the Pistons,per ESPN. (edited)
All three players were reserves for their teams last year.
Plumlee, 30, averaged 7.2 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 61 games(one start) for the Denver Nuggets last season. In his seven-year NBA career,which has included stints with the Brooklyn Nets, Portland Trail Blazers andDenver, he has career averages of 8.3 points and 6.2 rebounds.
Plumlee, a 2013-first round draft pick by the Nets out of Duke, has twobrothers who have played in the NBA, Miles and Marshall. However, neitherMiles nor Marshall appeared in the 2019-20 season.
Okafor, another Duke product, put up 8.1 points and 4.2 rebounds in 30 games(nine starts) for the New Orleans Pelicans last season, down from his careernorms of 11 and five. The 24-year-old started his NBA career with thePhiladelphia 76ers, who made him a first-round pick in 2015, and hesubsequently played for the Nets before spending the past two seasons in NewOrleans.
Jackson, 23, was a first-round pick of the Suns in 2017, and he played twoseasons in Phoenix before he was with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2019-20. Heaveraged career lows of nine points and three boards last season, lowering hiscareer marks to 11.9 and 4.3, respectively. Jackson also appeared in the GLeague in 2019-20.
–Field Level Media