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Auburn Hills — After appearing in every game for the first time in his eight-year career, Reggie Jackson admitted he’s finally coming around to believing Arnie Kander’s seemingly strange prediction.
Kander, the franchise’s guru of injury prevention and now adviser to the medical staff, had the counterintuitive hypothesis that Jackson would be getting stronger while others are breaking down late in the season, despite the 29-year-old point guard starting all 86 Pistons games.
Monday night’s final piece of evidence was perhaps the most compelling proof.
“Arnie told me it would come,” Jackson said Tuesday as select Pistons met with the media at The Palace practice facility during locker room clean-out day.