Report: Nuggets G Reggie Jackson buys $5.25 million option

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May 12, 2024; Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Denver Nuggets guard Reggie Jackson (7) goes to the basket against the Minnesota Timberwolves in the first quarter of game four of the second round of the 2024 NBA playoffs at Target Center. Mandatory credit: Bruce Kluckhohn-USA TODAY Sports

Denver Nuggets guard Reggie Jackson is picking up his $5.25 million player option to return for the 2024-25 season, ESPN reported Monday.

Jackson, 34, played all 82 games (23 starts) in 2023-24 and averaged 10.2 points, 3.8 assists and 1.9 rebounds.

He signed a two-year, $10.25 million extension with Denver in July 2023 after helping the Nuggets win the franchise’s first NBA championship in 2022–23.

Jackson has career averages of 12.6 points, 4.2 assists and 2.8 rebounds in 853 games (529 starts) with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Detroit Pistons, Los Angeles Clippers and Nuggets.

The Thunder drafted him in the first round (24th overall) out of Boston College in 2011.

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