LAS VEGAS - Given their investment in Pierre Jackson, the 76ers' signing of the point guard late Tuesday was a formality.
Jackson, who is playing on the club's NBA Summer League team, signed a partially guaranteed four-year contract with the franchise at a hotel on the Las Vegas Strip.
The Sixers acquired Jackson, a former Baylor star, in the 2014 draft, but he ruptured his right Achilles tendon last summer in the Orlando Pro Summer League. The team released him in September but still gave him a $400,000 deal for his rehabilitation.
"Obviously I was a devastated when I got hurt," said Jackson, who finished with nine points Wednesday in a 75-68 loss to the Brooklyn Nets in the team's playoff opener.