“Once I got out of the city, it was just real Western out there,” Jackson says.
But it’s this last stop, with George and the Clippers, where he finally seems to have found his NBA home.
In the second round against the Utah Jazz, he also averaged 18 points, but Jackson stepped it up to 24.5 points and 6.5 assists after Kawhi Leonard was lost to a knee injury in Game 4.
And according to ESPN Stats & Information research, he is one of only three players in NBA history to hit at least three 3-pointers in 14 postseason games.
“Honestly, this team has empowered me,” Jackson says.
And against Miami, Reggie seemed locked in, determined to carry the team to a win without its injured superstars.
“It was so great, because everybody on the team was supportive, like, ‘Man, listen.
Then we went from Tacoma, we moved to Clarksville, Tennessee,” Lue says.
Lue and his sister moved back each time to live with his grandmother in his hometown of Mexico, Missouri.
“I think having the chance to travel and be in those places, it puts you around different people.
“But now, when I get on the bus, the Greyhound, I throw up every time because of that smell.
“One thing about Reggie, he’s always going to come in, speak to everybody, shake everybody’s hand,” Lue says.
“We were on the road when he got traded, and he gets on the team plane,” Kander says.
After reaching a buyout with the Pistons in February 2020, George had convinced Jackson to join him in L.A.
The Clippers were still finding themselves after Leonard and George had teamed up.
Jackson went out to Los Angeles to stay with George and their group of friends — Myles “YT” Williams, Dallas Rutherford and Alex “A1″Jackson.
His body might not have felt like what he wanted it to feel.
“It was a really emotional moment,” Travis Jackson says.