Despite his production for the Detroit Pistons, Andre Drummond has taken a lot of criticisms from fans and media members. As it turns out, however, the All-Star center doesn’t also get the appreciation he deserves from Reggie Jackson and his other teammates.

Andre Drummond is currently averaging career-bests in scoring and rebounding, putting up 18.9 points and 16.2 boards per game for the Pistons. He is also the league’s leader in rebounding, ahead of Miami Heat center Hassan Whiteside and Dallas Mavericks big man DeAndre Jordan.

Furthermore, the 25-year-old New York native is making 1.5 blocks and 1.1 steals on a nightly basis, truly establishing himself as one of the league’s elite big men.

Nonetheless, according to Reggie Jackson, Detroit often takes Drummond for granted — particularly his rebounding which has been his specialty since entering the league in 2012.

“I’d be lying if I said we didn’t [take Drummond for granted],” Jackson told Vince Ellis of Detroit Free Press. “I think a lot of times we rely on him heavily for rebounds. On some nights when we get outrebounded, we’re solely looking for him to do it and not necessarily always helping him.”

“When you get a guy who over the last few years get around 14, 15 (rebounds per game), unfortunately it’s hard not to take him for granted, but we definitely appreciate him being the best (rebounder).”

It’s hard to blame Jackson and the Pistons for their treatment of Drummond. The two-time All-Star does a lot of things that go unnoticed, and it’s easy to overlook his 20-20 displays for it seems he didn’t really have that kind of performance.

Pistons coach Dwane Casey admitted they were guilty of not appreciating Drummond’s contributions, but he made up to it and sang high praises on his center.

“We take all of that for granted, but he’s playing at a fantastic level, an All-Star level right now,” Casey said. “We just got to continue to work to get better in a lot of different areas.”

Detroit currently holds a 7-6 record — good enough for sixth in the Eastern Conference — and Drummond has been a huge part of their success this early in the campaign. It remains to be seen if the University of Connecticut product can keep up his production and lead the team to a first playoffs appearance since the 2015-16 season, but if he does, the fans, media and his teammates won’t be able to do anything but take notice.