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The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Friday that they have signed 22-year-old guard Frank Jackson.
Jackson played two seasons for the New Orleans Pelicans, during which he averaged 7.2 points and 1.1 assists in 16.4 minutes of play.
He has had one span of extended minutes as an NBA player. During the 2018-19 season, he started 16 games over a 26-game stretch. He scored at least 19 points in six of those games and averaged almost 12 points in about 27 minutes per game, but posted just 1.5 assists per game and shot below 29% from 3.
Jackson is one of three players who were on the Pelicans last season who have joined Oklahoma City this offseason. Kenrich Williams and Darius Miller arrived in the Steven Adams trade, which George Hill was also a part of via the Milwaukee Bucks.
Additionally, Zylan Cheatham and Josh Gray were traded from New Orleans to the Thunder but were waived.
Jackson will compete for a backup guard role with 23-year-old Ty Jerome, 19-year-old Theo Maledon and others.
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