A year ago, everything seemed to be fine for Reggie Jackson.
He had helped lead the Pistons back to the playoffs and the projections had them finishing in the middle of the East’s playoff teams, a precipitous jump from their six years of missing the playoffs.
In his first full season as a starter, Jackson had his best year, posting career highs of 18.8 points, 6.2 assists and hitting 35 percent on 3-pointers.
But things fall apart.
Quickly, sometimes.
His knee tendinitis got worse as last summer progressed and just before the start of the season, he had platelet-rich plasma injections in his thumb and knee to ease the pain.