Jalen Suggs has been through a roller coaster in his early basketball career.
There was the high of leading Gonzaga to the national championship game — with that famous half-court buzzer-beater that came with it — followed by the shocking “low” of getting passed over for the fourth pick. Orlando Magic fans were plenty happy for that believing they had secured a future perimeter star and one of the consensus top-four picks in the Draft.
Suggs’ rookie season did not go as planned either. There were plenty of good moments that kept everyone optimistic. But a nagging ankle injury — one that would require surgery in the offseason slowed him down.