Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press

ORLANDO — The moment Detroit Pistons president/coach Stan Van Gundy decided to acquire point guard Reggie Jackson at the NBA trade deadline, it was going to be for better or worse.

After struggling for the first 10 games after arriving from the Oklahoma City Thunder, where he was a backup to Russell Westbrook for the majority of four seasons, Jackson was dominant in his last 16 games.

But the good and bad performances really didn’t matter when you consider that, even while Jackson was struggling, Van Gundy was saying that Jackson was the team’s point guard of the future.