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Big Deadline Day for Pistons and Thunder

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Reggie Jackson headlined a seven-player trade between the Pistons, Thunder and JazzThe Detroit Pistons, Oklahoma City Thunder and Utah Jazz were involved in a three-team trade on Thursday. The Pistons acquired point guard Reggie Jackson and the Thunder received point guard D.J. Augustin, center Enes Kanter and small forwards Steve Novak and Kyle Singler. Here is what they each bring to their new squads:

From role player to starter

The Pistons now turn to Reggie Jackson as their

Reggie Jackson This Season

starting point guard with Brandon Jennings out for the season with a leg injury. In 13 games as a starter with the Thunder this season, Jackson averaged 20.2 points, 7.8 assists and 5.2 rebounds per game.

Jackson gives the Pistons a very good pick-and-roll option. Among the 57 players with at least 150 plays as the pick-and-roll ball handler this season, Jackson ranks fourth in the NBA with a 47.2 field goal percentage. The Pistons as a team are 25th in the league.

Both of the Pistons starting point guards this season distributed the ball at a high rate. Among players with 10 starts this season, Jennings ranked eighth in assist percentage (an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on the floor) and D.J. Augustin ranked 11th. Jackson ranks one spot ahead of Augustin.

Augustin in for Jackson

Augustin replaces Jackson as Russell Westbrook's backup in Oklahoma City. He is averaging 10.6 points and 4.9 assists per game this season but is capable of putting up bigger numbers. As the Pistons starter over their last 10 games, he averaged 20.3 points and 8.2 assists per game while shooting 46.8 percent from the floor and 43.2 percent from beyond the arc.

Another option on offense

The Thunder typically don't get too much offensive production out of their centers. Kendrick Perkins averaged four points per game with the Thunder this season and Steven Adams is at 7.4 points per game.

Kanter is averaging a career-high 13.8 points per game this season and ranks eighth among centers. He is converting on 59 percent of his shots in the paint and averaging a career-high 4.4 makes per game.

Three-point help

Singler and Novak should give the Thunder a boost from beyond the arc. Oklahoma City ranks 25th in the league in three-point percentage. Singler is shooting a career-high 40.6 percent from deep and in limited minutes, Novak has converted on 16 of his 33 three-point attempts this season. His 48.5 three-point field goal percentage would rank second in the NBA if he qualified for that leaderboard.