It’s a good time to be a Suns fan!
The hometown team signed top draft pick Josh Jackson to a four-year contract.
Jackson comes to Phoenix after playing college basketball for one season with the Kansas Jayhawks. The 6’8″ San Diego native declared for the 2017 NBA draft and was selected as the fourth overall pick.
The twenty-year-old standout athlete is a shooting guard and small forward who averaged 16.3 points on 51 percent shooting, 3.0 assists and 7.4 rebounds in his only season at Lawrence.
Jackson will take to the court for the first time in his professional career with the Suns’ NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas. The Suns took to the court last Friday, with these practice games slated to end Monday, July 17.
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