When Deandre Ayton was selected first overall by the Phoenix Suns, the immediate expectation was that he would enter the league at the position his body appears to be best built for: center.
However, Ayton, who played a lot of power forward at the University of Arizona alongside center Dusan Ristic, himself even noted early last season that he would like to play power forward if given the opportunity.
Former Head Coach Igor Kokoskov refused, demanding that Ayton learn and develop his inside game before moving to his outside one.
But now with a new Head Coach, Monty Williams, and the strategic working tandem of he and Jones (something that was not the case with Jones and Igor presumably being that the now Assistant with Sacramento was the favored hire of former of General Manager Ryan McDonough), a new direction can be taken with the now second-year player.